Travel quotes

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles

Basse-Terre

When to go to Basse-Terre ( Guadeloupe ) ?

Month	Sunlight (h/d)	Average T min (°C)	Average T max (°C)	Record T min (°C)	Record T max (°C)	Precipitations (mm)	Wet days	Rating
january	7	19	26	13	29	233	23
february	8	18	25	12	32	154	18
march	8	18	26	13	28	205	20
april	8	19	27	14	30	184	20
may	7	20	28	16	30	291	23
june	8	22	28	14	31	357	25
july	7	21	28	14	29	446	27
august	7	22	29	14	32	388	26
september	7	22	29	17	31	416	23
october	7	21	28	15	34	314	24
november	7	20	28	16	32	311	22
december	7	19	27	14	32	256	23

How to read the charts

For example: In january, you will get 7 hours of average sunlight in Basse-Terre and the overall temperature will vary between 14 and 32 (Celcius) in this area of Guadeloupe. Usually you shouldn't see more than 23 rainy days wich is representative of this part of America.

What to do in Basse-Terre : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants

Basse-Terre is both a city and one of two main islands of Guadeloupe, which is also the administrative capital. Located at the foot of the Soufriere Hills volcano, it is strongly influenced by the presence of the latter. It has a little less than 15,000 inhabitants.

Originally, it was a fortress city, built upon année1743. Today, the city experienced an economic decline fairly clear, the successor to the eruption of the Soufriere in 1976.

You can visit the Old Quarters and interesting architectural heritage, the St. Francis Cathedral, Fort St. Charles, built on the hills and you can have a view overlooking the city and the bay.

In the city, you can go explore the rest of the region and its surrounding dense rainforest, classified National Park, through fields of sugar cane and banana fields, but also stopping off on the beaches of red sand or black. Some hiking trails allow you to explore the lush flora and numerous species of birds, waterfalls and rivers and enjoy the mangroves and the slopes of the Soufriere.