Tours and activities in Pointe-à-Pitre

Pointe-à-Pitre is the largest city of Guadeloupe, an overseas région and département of France located in the Lesser Antilles.

The name Pointe-à-Pitre, literally the "headland of Pitre", is often said to derive from a Dutch Jewish fisherman called "Pieter", who settled in the 17th century on a promontory facing the Îlet à Cochon ("Hogs Islet"), just to the south of today's downtown Pointe-à-Pitre.

Its location and large sheltered port have allowed Pointe-à-Pitre to become Guadeloupe's largest city and economic capital.