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MARTINIQUE  >  CARIBISCH GEBIED 


Vakantie op Martinique  -  Reisinformatie over Martinique.

Hoofdstad van Martinique : Fort-de-France


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Cruises Martinique

  Cruisetravel.nl -  Caribbean Cruises
Het Caribisch Gebied is één van de meest populaire cruisebestemmingen. Witte, uitgestrekte zandstranden, een azuurblauwe zee, wuivende palmen en swingende eilanden.
Vaart u naar het oostelijk deel dan bezoekt u b.v. St. Maarten, St. Lucia en Martinique, terwijl het westelijke gedeelte Grand Cayman, Jamaica en Mexico omvat. Uw vertrek- en aankomsthaven is meestal Miami of Fort Lauderdale, beide Amerikaanse badplaatsen met gezellig drukke boulevards, winkels en restaurants. Ideaal om een paar dagen extra te verblijven voor of na uw cruise. En… het klimaat is het gehele jaar door aangenaam! Witte zandstanden, een azuurblauwe zee, wuivende palmen en een charmante bevolking. Dat is de Caribbean op zijn best.
Cruise Travel is de cruise specialist bij uitstek.

Hotels op Martinique / Hostels

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Reisbureau / Reisorganisaties 

Club Med: specialist in luxe all-inclusive reizen 
Les Boucaniers  -  Clubdorp met kinderopvang
Aan een van de mooiste baaien van de Antillen; Waterskiën, wakeboard, fitness met Club Med Gym; Snorkelen met boottochtjes.

 Does Travel & Cadushi Tours
Martinique werd door de oorspronkelijke Carib-indianen aangeduid als het 'Eiland der bloemen'. Een bezoek aan dit schitterende Franse eiland leert waarom. Vele vlinders maken het toch al gekleurde landschap nog bonter. 's Nachts nemen vele vuurvliegjes de rol van de vlinders over.



 Chimere Yachting Martinique  - Yacht Rental
Fleet is composed exclusively of performante, convivial and anonymous boats. Contrary to some other Companies, you will feel the pleasant sensation to be on your own boat.
 Golf Martinique - Empress Josephine Golf Course of Martinique

Reisgids / Reisliteratuur

  Reisboekwinkel De Zwerver
Reisboekhandel De Zwerver heeft een ruim assortiment reisgidsen, land- en wegenkaarten, wandel- en fietskaarten, digitale kaarten, wereldbollen, reis dvd's en wandkaarten.

 Martinique  -  Claude Morneau 
The only guidebook on this destination of the French West Indies. From Fort-de-France to Saint-Pierre, with stops in Grande Anse des Salines and Montagne Pelee. Everything about hiking and water sports. Color plates to help you identify birds.
Amerikaanse reisgids. Paperback | Ulysses Travel Publications | USA Edition

Vakantiewoningen Martinique

 Bruna  -   

Vervoer van/naar Martinique

 Luchthaven van Martinique - L'aéroport du Lamentin

Blauw vierkantje - illu Losse vliegtickets / goedkoop vliegen Martinique  -  diverse aanbieders


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 Martinique  -  officiële site toeristenbureau [frans]
Praktische informatie, Calendrier, De Villes en Villages, Transports, Arts et Culture, Gastronomie,  Souvenirs, Cartes, Plages, Escapades, Agritourisme et Ferme-Auberge, Réceptifs, Les Communes, Activités sportives, Sites et Patrimoine, Restaurants

 Government of Martinique  -  Prefecture Region de Martinique
A night-and-day access to a great number of administrative forms, to practical information, and to the main national web sites...

 Fort de France  -  Ville de Fort de France  -  Hoofdstad Martinique
Originally named Fort-Royal, the city became economically important after the volcanic eruption of Mount Pelée destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre in 1902.
A statue commemorating Martinique-born Empress Josephine, the wife of Napoleon, is in the city.

 Communes du Centre
"Papier froissé", petit point en plein coeur de l'Arc Antillais, la Martinique est un pays au relief tourmenté. Hormis le Lamentin, pas de plaines mais des coulées longues et étroites. De mornes en mornes, le regard glisse puis plonge soudain au fond des vallées pour s'ouvrir ensuite sur de magnifiques anses. Si bien qu'aller quelque part, c'est toujours monter ou descendre. On monte au Gros-Morne, on descend à Fort de France.
 Communes du Nord
Le Nord de la Martinique est le domaine de la fabuleuse forêt tropicale et des massifs montagneux dominés par l'imposante silhoutte de la Montagne Pelée connue dans le monde entier pour son éruption dévastatrice du 8 mai 1902. Les plages de la Côte Caraïbe du Prêcheur à Schoelcher, au sable cendré, sont une succession de petites baies aux eaux calmes qui abritent autant de pittoresques villages de pêcheurs.
  Communes du Nord Atlantique
De la Côte Atlantique, ou "côte au vent", se dégage un charme tout particulier fait de contrastes.
C'est d'abord le Sud, entre Le Vauclin et la presqu'île de la Caravelle, marqué par les eaux turquoises protégées par la barrière de corail mais aussi les fonds blancs et la célèbre baignoire de Joséphine de la baie du François ou encore les nombreux îlets du magnifique havre du Robert dont le calme et quiétude contrastent avec le charivari incessant de l'Océan Atlantique dont les vagues tumultueuses assaillent les côtes escarpées et volcaniques du Nord, domaine du vent et d'une nature déchaînée.
 Communes du Sud
La Côte Caraïbe, ou "sous le vent", est caressée par les eaux bleues et calmes de la Mer des Caraïbes, ouvrant sur de superbes plages de sable blanc bordées de cocotiers.
Sa réputation n'est plus à faire et ses charmes ont été maintes fois ventés.
Des Trois-Ilets aux Anses d'Arlet, du Rocher du Diamant à la plage des Salines, le Sud est un enchantement.


 Grand-Rivière  -  Een van de meest pittoreske plaatsen in Martinique
Small fishing village which has often been completely cut off from the rest of the island after heavy rains. You can see children challenging the huge waves of the Atlantic on surfboards called "floats" which are made from tree trunks.
 La Baie du Marin
 Lamentin  -  Mairie du Lamentin
 Le Carbet
 Le Marin
 Le Precheur
This is the last town on the northern Caribbean Coast. It is famous for the hot volcanic springs and the "Tomb of the Caribbean," where, according to legend, a collective suicide took place when the Carib Indians returned from fishing to find that their village had been pillaged by the colonials.
 Le Robert
 La Trinité
 Le Vauclin
 Marigot
 Morne-Vert
This village not only has a very pleasant climate but also offers a magnificent view of the peaks of Carbet and  Mont Pelée.
 Riviere-Pilote
The grain store of the south, Rivière Pilote has vegetation very similar to that in the north. A few kilometers from the village, cockfighting and snake-mongoose fighting take place regularly in the big "Pitt."
 Riviere Salee
The Rivière-Salée is a large plain that has been given over to growing sugar cane. Although there is no distillery within the territory belonging to this district, on some of the houses you can still see structures that date to the last century.
 St Anne / Sainte-Anne
This is a pretty little region at the far southern end of the island. There are several headlands, coves and capes with beautiful white sand beaches, the most famous of which is Les Salines, undoubtedly one of the most majestic beaches in all the West Indies. Beyond the Pointe des Salines, the Stony Savanna is an arid expanse of land scattered with jasper plants and petrified wood.
 St Luce
 St. Pierrre  -  Saint-Pierre City  -  Le guide pratique de Saint Pierre
Made famous for its near-total destruction by the eruption of Mont Pelée in 1902. The river of boiling hot lava claimed 30,000 victims. There was one survivor by the name of Cyparis, a prisoner who was protected by the thick walls of his cell. The Franck Perret Museum of Vulcanology has a whole collection of relics from this period that were transformed by the terrific heat.
La Place Bertin, Rue Victor Hugo, La Maison de la Bourse, La Cathédrale de St Pierre, L'église du Fort, Le Théâtre, La Maison Coloniale de Santé, Les ruines du Figuier, Le Pont Roche, Anse Turin, Anse Latouche, Saint-Pierre, La Distillerie Depaz, Le Musée du Volcan, Visites guidées, Le Parc Naturel, Rue Monte au ciel, Annuaire téléphonique de l'ile de Martinique
 Trois Ilets
You can get there by car of course, but also on the ferry boat from Fort-de-France. The Pagerie Museum is in this town, set up on the spot where Empress Josephine was born. A number of musical and cultural events are organized in the Park of the Trois-Ilets close to the island's magnificent golf club. You must not miss the Market, and the Sugar Cane Museum. The Pottery, where the objects are handmade using a potter's wheel, is also worth a visit.

 Chambre de Commerce et de l'Industrie
Empress Josephine - wife of Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Martinique
 Gauguin
Martinique was ooit het toevluchtsoord van de beroemde Franse schilder Paul Gauguin en herbergt nog altijd het naar hem vernoemde museum. Zie bv. Artcyclopedia of Wikipedia

Cuisine

 Antilles Resto  -  le guide des restaurants et des recettes de cuisine creole
La gastronomie de Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.
 Banane Martinique
History, Health [ Banana's Virtues ], Recipes [ Cocktails, Banana Dishes, Banana Desserts ], Tourism, Goodies [ Banana Drawings, Banana Wallpapers ]

Geschiedenis van Martinique

When Columbus landed in 1502, the island to which he gave the name Martinique was peopled by the Carib Indians who called it Matinino or Madinina. They had driven away the Arawaks who, like themselves, had come to the island from South America. The island was claimed by France in 1635 and officially annexed by the King of France in 1674. France and Britain fought over the island until 1815, when it was restored to France. An important date in Martinique's history occurred 150 years ago on May 22, 1848, when slavery was abolished. In 1946, Martinique became a Department of France and in 1974 a Region of France [ French West Indies ].

Historical sites worth seeing include La Pagerie, where Napoléon's Empress Joséphine was born in 1763 (the year that France relinquished rights to Canada in exchange for the French West Indies); Diamond Rock, a 600 -ft. pinnacle in the sea manned by the British in 1804 and occupied by them as a sloop of war for 18 months, and St-Pierre, Martinique's principal city until May 8, 1902, when Mt. Pelée Volcano erupted, wiping out the city and its 30,000 people in three minutes.

 Martinique's History  -  Wikipedia
There have been people living in Martinique, a small island in the Caribbean since 3000 BC, but the earliest record is of the Arawark Indians, who populated it around 100 BC. They named their island Madinina, meaning island of flowers. These peaceful inhabitants were killed by the Carib Indians in the 7th century AD, who occupied the island until the arrival of the Europeans.
Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover Martinique in 1502, on his fourth and last New World voyage...

 Le Musée Régional d'Histoire et d'Ethnographie

Muziek, Cultuur & Entertainment

Martinique has become known for Biguine [ 1920s ] and a form of music called zouk [ in the 1980s ].

 Gens de la Carabe et de l'Amazonie  -  Association consacrée aux cultures caraibéennes
 Photography from the Caribbean - Jean-Luc de Laguarigue
 Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe - Biguine, Chouval bwa, Gwo ka, Kadans, Zouk
Biguine is a Martinican form of clarinet and trombone music. Evolving out of string band music, biguine spread to mainland France in the 1920s. Early stars like Alexandre Stellio and Sam Castandet became popular. Its popularity abroad died relatively quickly, but it lasted as a major force in popular music on Martinique until Haitian compas took over in the 1950s and mini-jazz artists like Les Gentlemen and Les Vikings de Guadeloupe became popular in the late 1960s..


 

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