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Travel and Tourism in Guadeloupe
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Guadeloupe.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Currency
- euro (EUR); French franc (FRF)
- Climate
- Subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity
- Ethnic Groups
- Black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5%
- National Holiday
- Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 16 15 N, 61 35 W
- Location
- Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Puerto Rico
- Airports
- 9
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Relatively good medical care is available throughout the French West Indies. Not all doctors speak or understand English. Hyperbaric chambers are available in Guadeloupe at the Center Hospital University in Abymes and in Martinique at the Center Hospital University in Fort de France.