THE WINDWARD/LEEWARD DWELLING
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Park with precious woods and arboretum, dedicated to Pointe-Noire, the cradle of wood craftsmen and age-old traditions.
Located in front of the Caribbean Sea, the Côte-sous-le-Vent house is a park dedicated to this region sheltered from the winds and ideally located, considered as the granary of Guadeloupe in more than one way. Pointe-Noire is the cradle of wood craftsmen and age-old traditions of the Antilles. The town is also called the capital of wood in Guadeloupe. And it is precisely on the former site of the wood house, in a completely refurbished house, that you will find all the riches of the island that you will be able to discover during a trip out of time: its precious woods, its arboretum with its hundred-year-old trees to be discovered in the bend of a path marked out with didactic panels for each specimen, its cocoa, its coffee, its spices... The lovers of pretty flowers will walk in the middle of orchids and bromeliads with the access to a typical Creole house. Educational spaces will make you discover the local crafts, their manufacturing secrets and of course the magnificent flora of Guadeloupe. An exceptional exhibition on the world of piracy will make you discover that the Côte-sous-le-Vent was a high place of filibustering in the 17th century! Outdoor games allow you to discover or rediscover the typical games of the West Indies, to climb in the pirate Kaz (a tree house) and to watch with the long sight if the enemy approaches! A coffee or chocolate-peyi tasting is offered at the end of the visit.
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C'est bien dommage car le cadre est superbe et le lieu pourrait être entretenu pour une visite agréable...
végétation locale, habitation ancienne aménagée, culture et histoire de la Guadeloupe sans oublier l'histoire des pirates qui émerveille toujours les enfants.
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Le mini musée sur les pirates sentait le renfermé, la salle de jouets/ d’objets en bois est très mal entretenue.
Aucun intérêt, dommage.
Pas de papillons, peu d’orchidées et pas non plus de vélo volant malgré ce qu’écrive certains websites mal informés.
En fin de visite ai gentiment demandé si nous pouvions revenir un autre jour quand il ferait plus beau (comme certains musées ou sites le font) et la réponse fut vraiment désagréable (Kon si nou té ka deranjé éssi yo té pé trop’ moun té vin’). Je n’ai pu résisté à enregistrer la fin de la conversation d’ailleurs… tellement elle fut désagréable et à un certain moment la fille de l’accueil était devenu si hostile et agressive que ma famille (nous étions 8) a préféré partir et la laisser… d’ailleurs pa tutoyer mwen an pa zanmy aw… malelivé. Très très décevant.