We are going their next month for 8 days. We are staying with friends in Pointe-Noire. The suggestions are helpful as we have not been there before and neither has our friends. We will have a car and my wife speaks French, so we should be able to get by pretty well.

Thoughts on the best beaches to visit would be helpful. I will write up a report when I return.

Guadeloupe is not that easy to get to. We plan to spend a few days before and after in St Martin. We will fly in and out of Grand Case to Guadeloupe.