Martinique: After trying to get a price from a cab to get an island tour and said $450 we just walked away as the gap was way way off from what we were going to pay. We decided to pay $8 to ride the ferry to the beach. My boy and I apparently were the only one’s who enjoyed it because we were combing the beach for sea glass. ...
Beautiful island. Not much English spoken. Taxi up into the hills. Every fruit seen. Orchids growing on trees. Houseplants here growing wild there. Bring euros ...
Terrible island - locals were very unfriendly and you felt like you were a nuisance to them especially in the museum. Only highlight was the St. Pierre ruins which was interesting. Wouldn't visit this port again if future cruises stopped there. ...
Berth was further from main downtown area than with an cruise earlier this year with P&O. I suspect MSC use this cruise terminal as it is much better laid out to disembark and embark the mainly French speaking cruisers who leave and join the cruise here. Very long day in port. It was a 15-20 min walk into town which has good shopping, cafe's and bars. Just like a typical French city in fact. Good ...
We took the Water Taxi over to the Anse L’ane beach. The ship docked at the dock outside of the main city, so it is about a 15 minute walk to the other pier where the Water Taxi was. Water Taxi Fee was 5 dollars each way. We got off at the first stop, which was less crowded and less commercialized then the beach at the second stop. This beach had some great snorkelling. ...
