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Pointe a Pitre Self Guided Walking Tour with Challenges
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Explore the vibrant historic district of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, on this engaging 2-hour self-guided walking tour. Covering 2.8 km (1.6 mi), this urban adventure leads you through 25 notable sights, including the Place de la Victoire and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. Along the way, tackle fun challenges at each stop to gain insights into the city’s rich history and culture. This tour is designed for all ages, allowing you to learn and discover at your own pace while enjoying the beautiful surroundings.
- Self-guided tour with 23 challenges to spark curiosity - See key sights like the ACTe Memorial and Saint-John Perse Museum - Family-friendly, suitable for groups of 1-6 people - Start from you...
Highlights
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
25 points of interest seen
23 varied challenges
Directions, and instructions, on your smartphone
This tour is strictly exterior sightseeing, you need not enter any of the locations seen on it.
Admission is not included for any location, as you do not need to enter them for this activity.
Internet access on your smartphone required
Meeting Points
Departure
You must convert your voucher on our website before beginning the activity.
To do so, your TripAdvisor/Viator account Must Have your Real Email as we will email instructions to it. These will tell you how to convert your purchase on our website to complete the activity.
Return
The tour ends 2 blocks from the start location, a 2-minute walk.
Pointe a Pitre Self Guided Walking Tour with Challenges
About
Explore the vibrant historic district of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, on this engaging 2-hour self-guided walking tour. Covering 2.8 km (1.6 mi), this urban adventure leads you through 25 notable sights, including the Place de la Victoire and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. Along the way, tackle fun challenges at each stop to gain insights into the city’s rich history and culture. This tour is designed for all ages, allowing you to learn and discover at your own pace while enjoying the beautiful surroundings.
- Self-guided tour with 23 challenges to spark curiosity - See key sights like the ACTe Memorial and Saint-John Perse Museum - Family-friendly, suitable for groups of 1-6 people - Start from you...
Highlights
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 1 hour to 2 hours
Offered in English & French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
25 points of interest seen
23 varied challenges
Directions, and instructions, on your smartphone
This tour is strictly exterior sightseeing, you need not enter any of the locations seen on it.
Admission is not included for any location, as you do not need to enter them for this activity.
Internet access on your smartphone required
Meeting Points
Departure
You must convert your voucher on our website before beginning the activity.
To do so, your TripAdvisor/Viator account Must Have your Real Email as we will email instructions to it. These will tell you how to convert your purchase on our website to complete the activity.
Return
The tour ends 2 blocks from the start location, a 2-minute walk.
Itinerary
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Place de la Victoire
Discover the city’s main public square and learn about two of its notables by solving challenges with their sculptures.
In all, solve 3 challenges here.
15 minutes
2
Learn the history of this golden-age theatre/cinema and why only its front façade remains.
Solve a challenge here.
5 minutes
3
Walk by and learn about Pointe-à-Pitre's local government and how it is structured.
Solve a challenge here.
4
Walk through this open-air public market on the city pier. Learn about its history, then focus your time and attention on 2 frescoes that highlight the city’s and the department’s history.
Solve 2 challenges here.
10 minutes
5
Learn about the 1967 riots in Pointe-à-Pitre, what caused them and how many deaths resulted from the police backlash.
Then turn around to learn about another event related to Guadeloupe: Napoleon's army's first defeat at the hands of the Haitian rebellion. A rebellion sparked by the re-enablement of slavery in Guadeloupe - not wanting that to spread to their own then-French island.
Solve 2 challenges here.
10 minutes
6
See the city cenotaph and learn about an honoured journalist in this small traffic island.
5 minutes
7
Discover Pointe-à-Pitre’s new high court building and solve a challenge here.
Spend 5 minutes here.
8
Admire this church perched atop a small hill. Learn about its copy of the Massabielle Grotto in Lourdes, France, and the copy recreated here for pilgrimage purposes.
Solve a challenge here.
10 minutes
9
Memorial Acte
As you walk up and down the Massabielle hill, see and learn about this new museum in Pointe-A-Pitre focused on the history of slavery, the local population of Guadeloupe and the broader Caribbean.
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Admire this old church rectory now turned into a city museum.
Solve a challenge here.
Spend 10 minutes getting here while also solving 3 other challenges.
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Église catholique Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul à Pointe-à-Pitre
See the city's main church and learn its history. Solve a challenge about it before turning around and learning about a bust in the front square, and then about the old high court building, now abandoned.
Solve 3 challenges here.
Spend 10 minutes here.
10 minutes
12
Musée départemental d'Art et d'Histoire (MUSARTH)
Solve a challenge during the 5 min walk to get here.
Learn about this beautiful small museum and solve a colourful challenge here.
Spend 5 minutes here.
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Admire the city's old city hall building and solve a challenge while you are here.
Spend 5 minutes here.
14
Spice Market
Walk 2 minutes to reach a small public square where you'll find the spice market, an open-air public market.
Solve a challenge here.
5 minutes
15
Learn about Velo, a local percussionist, king of "Ka" music.
Solve a challenge here.
5 minutes
16
Musee Saint-John Perse
Learn about this final location, another city museum. Also learn about the person it is named for.
Solve your final challenge here,
Spend 5 minutes here.
