French Guiana
The welcome hasn't improved much since the days of arriving convicts, but the rooms in the artfully renovated director's house are something out of a…
Must-see hotels in French Guiana
French Guiana
Housed in a gorgeously renovated colonial building overlooking Cayenne's main square, this boutique bolt-hole has the best rooms in town (room 1, in…
French Guiana
The best in the center, La Tentiaire has classy rooms with wood accents in a renovated administrative penitentiary building. Some rooms have balconies…
French Guiana
Right next to Le Vieux Bourg, this rather hidden hotel (find its entrance behind a forbidding electric gate on a side street overlooking a creek) is…
French Guiana
A welcome midrange addition to Cayenne's generally poor-value accommodations, the Amandiers is also the only hotel in town on the seafront, even if…
French Guiana
A French family pension à la Guianese, this four-room place is warm, bright and impeccably clean. All the spacious rooms have Jacuzzi bathtubs, and a…
French Guiana
You can expect the best service in town at this converted Cayenne mansion, which now houses a charming hotel and restaurant with rooms arranged around a…
French Guiana
This simple but clean and lovely guesthouseat one end of the Sentier Molokoï has six spick-and-span rooms in three bungalows, surrounded only by the…
French Guiana
This pleasantly rambling building surrounded by nature is on the main road to Kaw. Accommodations are definitely on the rustic side, with shared toilets…
French Guiana
Across from the town hall, this is a central and reliable place to stay. While it looks rather unappealing from the street, it's actually clean and the en…
French Guiana
Rooms are bland, small and institutional-feeling but the Ket Tai is as cheap as things get in Cayenne, sadly. There are warmer welcomes in town, but the…
French Guiana
This new addition to St Laurent's hotels is a bit pricey, but offers comfortable and central accommodations in clean, tiled rooms with generous bathrooms…
French Guiana
This secure complex of simple studio rooms is within easy walking distance of the beaches. The cheapest are a room only, while for a small price hike you…
French Guiana
This well-run set of cabins is a pleasant spot, perfect for visitors wanting to explore the nearby nature reserves. It's rather fussily run, however, and…
French Guiana
This outdoor activity–oriented lodging at the top of a small hillside in Cacao offers comfortable private rooms as well as simple areas to hang your…
French Guiana
This modern and amiable hotel is located just outside of Mana. It's important to book ahead, however, as often the staff are totally absent if they're not…
French Guiana
The utilitarian Central isn't interesting in any particular way, but the decently comfortable and clean rooms, central location and good service make it…
French Guiana
A central and welcoming place to hang a hammock (or rent one if you don't have your own). The hammock lodge has a gravel floor and room for five. There's…
French Guiana
Given Hôtel Star's public-high-school decor and fairly characterless rooms, it's not going to be anyone's first choice, but it's central and secure and is…
French Guiana
Motel du Lac is a well-run place with a great pool, near Montjoly beach and a lakeside ecological reserve.
French Guiana
Simple youth-hostel-style accommodations near the turtle-egg-laying action in Awala-Yalimopo.
French Guiana
The dark and rather simple attic-style rooms here all have bathrooms, TVs and fridges, but they're a fairly last resort. The small restaurant downstairs…
