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Holiday in the Caribbean? Come to Martinique!

GETTING THERE

The flight from Paris to Martinique takes approximately 8 hours and after no more than an hour clearing customs and collecting your baggage a short taxi ride will find you at your personal paradise.

Martinique is connected to France by numerous flights daily

Departing from Italy there are various connecting routes
Italy-Paris-Fort-de France.
Although this is the most direct route your travel agent may be able to propose alternative routes according to the airline promotions at the time.

The principal leg from Paris Orly to Fort-de-France is serviced by Air France, Air Caraibes and Corsair

Air France: 2 or 3 flights per day on alternate days
Air Caraibes: 1 flight per day during peak season ; 4 flights per week during the low season
Corsair: 1 flight daily, usually late morning departure

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The total cost of a ticket Italy - Martinique with SkyTeam (Airfrance and Alitalia) ranges between 650 Euro and 1000 Euro, according to the season and type of ticket.
Air Caraibe and Corsair have fares, Paris to Fort de France, which vary between 550 Euro and 900 Euro*. You will need to add the cost of the Italy-Paris leg.
Remember that the best offers are normally available for departures with ample time in the future.

*average price for a 30 day return economy ticket

A note: All flights for Martinique depart from Paris Orly. The flights arriving from Italy land at the airport Charles de Gaulle, it is therefore necessary to transfer by land to Orly: budget 3 hours to transfer from one airport to the other. Several low cost airline companies offer flights directly from Italy to Paris Orly, but one must pay attention to the arrival times and allow for eventual delays so as not to miss your inter-continental flight.

It is also possible to travel by other routes, making stopovers and tailor made arrangements.
Martinique is connected by Air Caraibe with regular flights to Guadalupe and her islands, Saint Martin, St Lucia, Barbados, Santo Domingo, Canouan in the Grenadines islands.
The company Liat serves numerous other islands in the region, via St Lucia.
Not to forget the connections with the USA (via Porto Rico and via Haiti), with Canada and South America: Cayenne (French Guyana), Belem (Brasil).

Martinique’s one major airport, Lamentin, is 9km east of Fort De France and less that 40 minutes to all of the islands tourist zones.
Transfer from the airport to your hotel can be made by Taxi or hire car or by arrangement with your hotel.

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Sea connections

The near islands are also accessible by sea.
The Express des Iles(island express) departing from Fort de France connects Martinique with Dominica and Guadalupe (mon/thurs/fri/sat/sun; duration 1h'30 and 3h), with Les Saintes (mon/thurs), Santa Lucia (everyday except Thursday'; durataion1h'30).

Another company that serves the islands of Guadeloupe and Dominica is Jeans.
The West Indies, departing from Marin, travels to St Lucia twice daily (duration 1 ora'30).

The airport of Lamentin

Though relatively small Lamentin is well organized and has many shops for those last minute purchases…