Martinique
Georges-Michel Granville · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Martinique, Rum and a Volcano
France in the Caribbean, the only appellation-controlled rum on earth, and the volcano that erased a city in 1902.
- days
- 6
- bases
- 3
- places to eat
- 5
- budget
- mid
Martinique is a French département, which means euros, EU standards, proper bakeries and roads that work, combined with a volcanic Caribbean island of rainforest, black-sand coves and the best rum in the world. Six days covers the south's beaches, the north's mountains, and the distilleries in between.
What you get
The whole trip, decided.
Not a list of sights. A route someone has already walked, with the bookings that need doing early flagged, the transfers timed, and the costs written as real ranges instead of a fantasy number.
- 6 days
- written out morning, afternoon and evening
- 3 bases
- where to sleep each night, and why there
- 5 places to eat
- with what to order and which base it is near
- 6 local tips
- the things a guidebook does not tell you
- A route map
- showing how the whole trip fits together
- Full costs
- stay, food, activities and transport, broken out
- 6 pre-trip checks
- what to confirm yourself before you book
- A printable PDF
- works offline, yours to keep
Why this one
Worth the flight.
- Rhum agricole, the only rum anywhere made under an appellation d'origine contrôlée
- Saint-Pierre, the city Mount Pelée destroyed in 1902, killing all but a handful
- Les Salines, a long palm-backed beach at the island's southern tip
- The Route de la Trace through rainforest, built by Jesuits in the 18th century
- Croissants and boudin créole in the same breakfast, which tells you everything
Best months are December, January, February, March, April, May. Expect around $1,300–2,500 per person, excluding flights for the whole 6 days, excluding flights. The guide breaks that into stay, food, activities and transport so you can see where it goes.
How this stays honest
Checked August 2026
Prices, opening days and entry rules drift, and no written guide can outrun that. So costs are always ranges rather than quotes, every plan carries the date it was last checked, and the last page is six things to confirm yourself before you book anything.
I take no commission from any hotel or operator. You book everything yourself, in your own name, at the price you can see.