Your day, step by step
08:30
Walk from the terminal to Place de la Victoire, 10–15 minutes. Pick up a map at the tourist information point.
09:00
Marché de la Darse on the waterfront for fruit and fish, then the covered Marché Saint-Antoine for spices.
10:00
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, with its riveted iron frame, and the Musée Saint-John Perse in a 19th-century Creole house on rue Nozières.
11:00
Walk about 15 minutes south to the Mémorial ACTe. Allow two hours.
13:00
Taxi to Plage de la Datcha in Le Gosier, about 15 minutes. Lunch at one of the beach restaurants and agree the taxi pick-up time.
14:00
Swim, or take a shuttle boat to Îlet du Gosier.
15:30
Taxi back to the terminal, leaving Datcha 90 minutes before all-aboard at the latest (by 16:00).
- Latest you can leave Town centre (Place de la Victoire)16:15
16:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Town centre (Place de la Victoire)Walk 10–15 min to the Centre Saint-John Perse terminal16:15
- Mémorial ACTeWalk about 30 min via Place de la Victoire, or a short taxi16:00
- Plage de la Datcha (Le Gosier)Taxi about 15 min; book the pick-up in advance16:00
- Sainte-Anne beachesTaxi or car 30–45 min, with afternoon traffic from 16:0015:15
Where people get Pointe-à-Pitre wrong
Arriving on a Sunday expecting open shops and buses, or staying too late at a south-coast beach as weekday traffic builds.
Built from our Pointe-à-Pitre guide, checked against 13 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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