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Practicalities
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Information
on Guadeloupe and its outer islands, including free, detailed Chemin Bleu road
maps
, is available from the main tourism office, 5 square de la Banque, across from la Darse's markets (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-noon; tel 0590/82 09 30, fax 83 89 22;
). You can check
email
at
Rapido
, 42 Centre John-Perse (daily 9am-1pm & 2-5pm; a?¬3.05/15min) and send regular mail from the
post office
on place de l'HA?tel de Ville (Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat 7am-noon).
There's no good reason to stay in Pointe-A -Pitre, but for those getting on or off boats in the dead of night, the small but appealing rooms at the portside HA?tel St John Perse , 10 Centre John-Perse (tel 0590/82 51 57, fax 82 52 61, ; US$75-100 with breakfast) are your best option. Otherwise, the spartan Maison de la Marie-Galante , 12 place de la Victoire (tel 0590/83 87 83; US$25-50), will only do if you need a transit stay; the cheapest rooms are fan-only.
The city's few
restaurants
are equally lacklustre, but
Le Petit Palais
, 4 place de l'A?glise (Mon-Fri 6.30am-4.30pm), has pastries and coffee;
Maharaja Monty
, 43 rue Achille RenA©-Boisneuf, serves up quality Indian curries in a French colonial-meets-Taj Mahal setting; and nearby,
La FougA?re
, 34 rue Peynier, is the most attractive eatery in town, with tasty and affordable creole specials. Other useful information
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Guadeloupe,
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