Martinique, an overseas French overseas department located in the Caribbean, sits between the independent countries of Dominica and St. Lucia. Martinique is fully integrated into the French state, with representatives in Paris and the euro as its currency. As you might expect, it is not the least expensive place to holiday in the Caribbean by » Read more
French Caribbean: Budget Travel Guide
The island of Terre-de-Haut in the tiny Les Saintes archipelago just south of Guadeloupe is a little slice of Francophone heaven in the midst of the Caribbean. But unlike St. Barts, another tiny French Caribbean isle, Terre-de-Haut isn’t so French that it doesn’t also feel as if it’s part of the region. Terre-de-Haut marries its » Read more
Three European countries have territories in the Caribbean today: France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. If one measures things in terms of citizenship rights, then all of these three countries’ Caribbean territories are part of Europe. If one measures them instead in terms of full territorial integration with their European “mother countries,” then only » Read more
