cruise.freak Posted January 22, 2016 #1 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Any ideas what to do in Martinique? Hard to find information on this port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocecruise Posted March 16, 2016 #2 Share Posted March 16, 2016 We are going in 2 weeks. We plan to go visit Saint Louis Cathedral, the library and The Grand Marche. All are close to one another and seems quite close to the pier. The Cathedral was designed by Effel and is supposed to be quite beautiful. We are not planning a beach day here as we have one the previous and following ports. If we pass by a pharmacy I will definitely go in to buy French beauty products... at less than what it sells for in the US and Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaLowrey Posted March 19, 2016 #3 Share Posted March 19, 2016 We are going in 2 weeks. We plan to go visit Saint Louis Cathedral, the library and The Grand Marche. All are close to one another and seems quite close to the pier. The Cathedral was designed by Effel and is supposed to be quite beautiful. We are not planning a beach day here as we have one the previous and following ports. If we pass by a pharmacy I will definitely go in to buy French beauty products... at less than what it sells for in the US and Canada I would love to try your idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocecruise Posted April 6, 2016 #4 Share Posted April 6, 2016 We are back and we loved Fort-de-France! Lots of people to help in English at Port ! We strolled thru the streets, stopped at the library, visited the Cathedral and went to the Grand Marche. HAd some pastries. .. just loved it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted April 6, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 6, 2016 We've loved Martinique the times we were there. Taking an excursion offered by the ship has worked best for us. Many of the taxi drivers only speak French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise life Posted April 8, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Thanks Joecruise! Would love to see the Cathedral and eat pastries!! Do you remember what bakery you visited and do they take US dollars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocecruise Posted April 8, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Thanks Joecruise! Would love to see the Cathedral and eat pastries!! Do you remember what bakery you visited and do they take US dollars? I don't know the name of the bakery. ..I saw so many ! It was in a commercial center downtown where we went to buy my son a French book ! They probably take US dollars...we had bought Euros before going. I know around the port they take US dollars at par with Euros which is a great exchange rate for you...at least 20% .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise life Posted April 9, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Thanks for the quick reply; we leave in 51 days. It will be a great cultural experience for us all, I'm sure. Excited to go somewhere completely unique to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kklkmkkk Posted April 22, 2016 #9 Share Posted April 22, 2016 We are back and we loved Fort-de-France! Lots of people to help in English at Port ! We strolled thru the streets, stopped at the library, visited the Cathedral and went to the Grand Marche. HAd some pastries. .. just loved it ! You were able to just get off the ship and walk to the attractions then? Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justabitoff Posted April 23, 2016 #10 Share Posted April 23, 2016 You were able to just get off the ship and walk to the attractions then? Thanks for the info! There's not a whole lot to do in Fort-de-France. I wouldn't really say there are attractions. You can't walk to the Balata Cathedral from the port, or the Balata Gardens, or see Mt. Pelee, or the zoo, or anything like that. You pretty much have to take a taxi or a tour in order to see the sights. I highly recommend finding a tour of some sort or getting a taxi. Martinique is beautiful, but Fort-de-France is pretty run down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocecruise Posted April 23, 2016 #11 Share Posted April 23, 2016 You were able to just get off the ship and walk to the attractions then? Thanks for the info! Yes you can walk to St-louis cathedral, the fort, the library and the spice market from there !! I didn't find Fort-de-France run down ! !! Not as poor as all the other ports we visit !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justabitoff Posted April 24, 2016 #12 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yes you can walk to St-louis cathedral, the fort, the library and the spice market from there !! I didn't find Fort-de-France run down ! !! Not as poor as all the other ports we visit !! I didn't spend any time in Fort de France except to drive through briefly. We went to the other popular sites on Martinique, like the Balata Gardens (my favorite place on our entire cruise!) and St. Pierre. The people on my cruise who stayed in F-de-F instead of going on a tour did not have anything nice to say about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnaPalomita Posted January 13, 2017 #13 Share Posted January 13, 2017 We are back and we loved Fort-de-France! Lots of people to help in English at Port ! We strolled thru the streets, stopped at the library, visited the Cathedral and went to the Grand Marche. HAd some pastries. .. just loved it ! Did you plot your route on google maps? :x Just wondering how you navigated around! Do you remember the bakeries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocecruise Posted January 13, 2017 #14 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Did you plot your route on google maps? :x Just wondering how you navigated around! Do you remember the bakeries? No sorry I don't remember the bakeries...it was in a commercial center. As for the route, yes we mapped it on Google maps. But everything was close to each other. You can find some nice info on TripAdvisor too! Sent from my SM-G935W8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmerr01 Posted March 26, 2017 #15 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Any place have good crepes? Spent one day in Paris last summer and it ruined us forever! Would LOVE some good french crepes again! yum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piginmud Posted February 21, 2018 #16 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Yes you can walk to St-louis cathedral, the fort, the library and the spice market from there !! I didn't find Fort-de-France run down ! !! Not as poor as all the other ports we visit !! I was there in January of 2016 and didn't like it at all. I thought the town was dirty and the locals weren't very friendly at all. They didn't seem to care that much about your business. I read in a different thread that they only get 18% of their income from tourism, so maybe that's why. I think on my upcoming cruise I'm just going to stay on the ship. debbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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