Northern Grande-Terre Region

After the green and steep hills of the Grands fonds, extends the plain of Grippon where is located the city of Morne-à-l'eau. It is a mixed landscape between mangroves, beaches, flat agricultural plains, windswept savannahs of the trade winds and towering cliffs. It is a rural place suspended out of time where history seems to struggle refusing to mingle with modernity. This land was the last refuge of the native Caribbean indians of the archipelago. It became a land of sugar cane mills and of sugar cane plantations as in Port-Louis where the ancient factory was re-established into an ambitious cultural center. The built heritage is sometimes dominated by the remains of slavery like for the stairs in Petit-Canal. The charming cottages and country restaurants are all indicated as bases for hiking and equestrian trails, rides in a cart of beefs, or bicycle. It is good to go surfing and hang out with the associations in the area.