Guadeloupe

A series of waterfalls on the Carbet River in Guadeloupe, with three main cascades set amid tropical rainforest on the lower slopes of La Soufrière, among the most visited natural sites in the French Caribbean with approximately 400,000 visitors annually.

A French fort overlooking the town of Basse-Terre, built in the 1650s and named for the mulatto officer Louis Delgrès, who defended it in 1802 against Napoleon's expedition to restore slavery, dying with his garrison rather than surrender.

A fortification on the morne called Mire on Terre-de-Haut Island in the Îles des Saintes, Guadeloupe, rebuilt in Napoleonic style in the mid-19th century and now housing a museum of naval history and Caribbean nature, with panoramic views over the bay.

A narrow east-pointing island approximately 11 km long, forming part of Guadeloupe as an overseas department of France, with a high limestone karst plateau at its eastern end that supports a nature reserve and seabird colonies, surrounded by clear water with coral reefs.

An active stratovolcano on Basse-Terre, rising 1,467 m to the highest peak in the Lesser Antilles, with an active crater still emitting vapour and a trail to its summit through Guadeloupe National Park.

The commercial capital and largest city of Guadeloupe, a French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles, situated on an islet between two natural harbours and characterised by distinctive 19th-century Caribbean architecture in brick and coloured timber.