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Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe with Guide
Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe with Guide
Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe
Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe with Guide
Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe

Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe with Guide

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Price is CA $36 per adult
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Overview

Where did the city of Pointe-à-Pitre get its name from? What does a Dutch fisherman have to do with it? Who created the city plan and how did it happen that Guadeloupe belong to Sweden for a year?

Answers to these questions, a walk around the most important monuments of the city and stories about the history of the island and the city itself you will get to know during the Historic Walking Tour of Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe.

Activity location

  • Place de la Victoire
    • 5 Rue St
    • 97110, Pointe-a-Pitre, Caribbean

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Marché Couvert
    • Marché Couvert Rue Duplessis
    • 97110, Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Caribbean

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English Speaking Guide
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English

English Speaking Guide

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00am
Price details
CA $36.40 x 1 AdultCA $36.40
Total
Price is CA $36.40
Until Sat, 30 Nov

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  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Place de la Victoire
  • 15m
We will start our walk from the Victory Square, the oldest Square in Pointe-à-Pitre. A Brief history of history of Guadeloupe from archaeological times to the twentieth century. You will also learn more about the founding of the city and the monuments in the square.
Pointe-a-Pitre
  • 5m
Cross the local little fresh fish sale point and you see the catch of the day.
Pointe-a-Pitre
  • 5m
Today's sous-prefecture building is an old infantry barracks, a reminder that Pointe-a-Pitre was a garrison town.
Pointe-a-Pitre
  • 15m
We will visit the Church Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul built in 1807 to be completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1843. Rebuilt further in the 19th century.
Pointe-a-Pitre
  • 5m
Statue of Marcel Lollia, a well-known Guadeloupe drummer, you will learn how the Gwo-Ka music trend and the first drum came into being. We will tell you why this musical trend is so important to local residents.
Musee Saint-John Perse
  • 30m
Residence of Ernest Souques, the owner of the Darboussier sugar factory, designed by atelier of Gustave Eiffel, the designer of Eiffel tower in Paris. You will find out what a planter from Louisiana has to do with it. Today there is a museum of Saint John Perse, we will visit the mansion inside, not only from the outside.
Pointe-a-Pitre
  • 15m
The last stop will be the biggest local Spice Market - Marché Aux Épices. We will introduce you and tell you about the origin of the most important spices and fruits. The range of products makes this place perfect to buy souvenirs from your trip to Guadeloupe.
Pointe-a-Pitre
  • 20m
Walk by rue Frèbault, a street teeming with life and music with many different shops, selling clothes, jewellery and cosmetics.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPlace de la Victoire
    • 5 Rue St
    • 97110, Pointe-a-Pitre, Caribbean

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMarché Couvert
    • Marché Couvert Rue Duplessis
    • 97110, Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Caribbean

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