History off caribbean

The ray of morning but the hot sun broke through fluffy white clouds that covered the entire cap green island. Earth after a night of darkness appeared before us in full and a different, bright, shiny side. All rich colors of a tropical island sparkle even more. Red, green, yellow and blue colors of roofs on the coast of small raskidanyh whether houses, or huts were filled to a depth of tree. The town was still asleep but something where people speshashie poyavyalis sleepy and not at their jobs, or school desks. Simply "Heavenly Delight" as they say advertising. Of the islands of Guadeloupe, in the center rasbrosanye Caribbean, now look really paradise. But it was not always the case.
In 1493 the first time on these islands came the Europeans. This was the expedition of Christopher Columbus. Even after the discovery of America, the great explorer went for the second time explore new lands. As we see, and this time he was lucky. danilaaa
But alas, this time in addition to opening up new unexplored land, animals and vegetables are exported from the islands of the pioneers, instead of native inhabitants of Guadeloupe and deprivation of freedom and carefree life on their islands. The colonizers began a brutal war, but simply the destruction of unwanted Indians. Villages located at the cores of the Caribbean mercilessly plundered everything of value taken out. And imported black slaves in Guadeloupe. The descendants of these people, and were subsequently most of the population of Guadeloupe. That is without even osoznovaya were natives of the Caribs. The Europeans eventually ruined the beautiful island, but did not find a decent property to leave the land. Now they come to the Caribbean mainly as a peace-loving tourists.

Butterfly islands

When viewed from above is very similar to Guadeloupe spread my wings a butterfly. By itself, the island of Guadeloupe is not large, only about 1,800 square meters. kilometers. But this does not mean that the islands are like a small village. Not at all. In the heart of the island, you look with modern high-rise buildings of glass and metal. Pass around expensive cars. Everywhere laid great roads along which very nice wheel

Opening Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe opened November 4, 1493 Columbus. During this time he was in his second expedition. On these islands, located in the sea karibsvokm Europeans for the first time in my life tasted a pineapple! Columbus named the islands in honor of Holy Mary of Guadalupe. Later there was a decline to the word of Guadeloupe. Official language - French. So at the cores of these beautiful shot his film documentarian famous traveler and scientist Jacques Cousteau.

Guadeloupe! This remote archipelago is getting closer, which means a dream fulfilled!

Want to visit the island, "Marie-Galante"?. A "Désirade" or "Le Saint"? Never heard about the amazing islands of the "St. Bartholomew" and "St. Martin"?. We have great pleasure to invite you to visit!

Believe me, that even the smallest island turns into an entire planet, as soon as you start to learn more about it!
Visit our islands, which are located in the heart of the Caribbean Sea.
Enjoy the pleasure of walking, try scuba diving, surfing, feeling himself an experienced hunter on sharks in the fishing, at your service canoe. A National Park (incidentally, this is the 7th rated in France and protected natural reserve in the Code of UNESCO) serves to implement bicycle and even horseback riding on the roads, the length of which more than 400 km.
It offers magnificent golf game of golf, as well as a fascinating journey for pleasure boats which are equipped with all necessary piers. This will help you discover the fascinating world of new sea and to appreciate the beauty of the islands in the territory of our archipelago.
a little geography, Guadeloupe - an archipelago, French patrimony, which includes eight islands whose total area is about 1,700 km. " Two islands, namely, the two largest of them, according to its shape resembles a butterfly which launched the wings. These two islands and are, in fact, very Guadeloupe.
In the western part of the island which is called "Bass. Ter", is dominated by an active volcano "La Sufis" (altitude 1,500 m), around which lie the rainforests, which are included in the National Park. Guadeloupe is an ideal destination for lovers of untouched nature and clean fresh air. In this part of the island is the capital city of Guadeloupe - Basse Terre. He, in turn, is also a cultural monument.