Introducing Presqu’île de Caravelle

This charming peninsula has some gorgeous stretches of beach and a wild and untamed feel in parts. A gently twisting road with spectacular views runs through sugarcane fields to the peninsula’s main village, Tartane, and then on to Baie du Galion. On the north side of the peninsula are a couple of protected beaches: the long, sandy Plage de Tartane fronts the village, and the gently shelving, palm-fringed beach of Anse l’Étang is one of the isalnd’s nicest and is a good, uncrowded place to surf.

Tartane beach, the larger of the two strands, has lots of fishing shacks, a fish market and colorful gommier (gum tree) boats; both places have plenty of beachside restaurants.