THE ISLAND Martinique - A hidden gem

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The largest of the Leeward Islands, Martinique is 425 square miles (1,101 square km). The southern part of the island is all rolling hills and sugarcane fields; it's also where you'll find the best beaches and most development. In the north are craggy cliffs, lush vegetation, and one of the Caribbean's largest volcanoes, Mont Pelée looming over the harbor town of St Pierre,  also know as the
“Petit Paris “ back in the early 1900.

Martinique is simply one of the most enchanting paradise destinations in the Western Hemisphere. Francophiles adore this island for its food, rum, music, and elan, and the availability of the finest French products, from Chanel fashions to Limoges china. This paradise endowed with lots of tropical beauty, including white and black sand beaches as well as  rain forests.

As a French overseas department, French law, French language and Euro currency rules. 400,000 inhabitants, where of 100,000 live in Fort de France, capital of Martinique. If you believe in magic, Martinique definitely has it, and a sensuality that lets romance grow. If you have been here once, you will have the desire to come back. Martinique - Island of Flowers - Madinina, as the original inhabitants, the Arawak used to call it before it was discovered in 1502.