Practical information

• Information relative to Covid-19

Please take note of the entry conditions in Guadeloupe, before your departure:

https://www.guadeloupe-islands.com/reopening/

• Entrance conditions

- For French citizen, an identity card or valid passport is sufficient.
- For European and Swiss citizen, a passport without visa, official identity card or French residence permit valid  are required.
- For foreign citizen, a valid passport (visa for some countries) is necessary.

• Amount allowed for duty free

You can carry up to 200 cigarettes (or 2 cartridges), or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250 grams of smoking tobacco and 1 liter of alcohol (over 22 degrees) or 2 liters of liquor (less 22 degrees).

• Health

Foreign citizens can travel to the French Overseas Territories depending on their vaccination status and the health situation of their country. If you plan to travel to the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe from the United States (classified as “orange” on the basis of health indicators on October 12, 2021), you must follow the following instructions:

If you are fully vaccinated against sars-cov2 (covid 19): you will have to present proof of your vaccination (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson), – and the results of a negative PCR or antigen test of less than 72 hours (PCR) and of less than 48h (anti-gen) upon boarding and arrival in Guadeloupe. U.S. visitors will also have to present a sworn statement they do not have symptoms of COVID-19 nor contact with someone with a confirmed case of COVID-19. Vaccinated visitors from the U.S. will not be subject to quarantine, however they will have to respect the lockdown measures, including the enforced curfew every day from 10 pm to 5 am.

If you are not vaccinated against sars-cov2 (covid 19): you will have to present the results of a negative PCR or antigen test of less than 72 hours (PCR) and of less than 48h (anti-gen) upon boarding and arrival in Guadeloupe. All non-vaccinated travelers will also need to present a compelling reason as to why they are traveling to the Guadeloupe Islands and will be subject to a mandatory 7-day quarantine.

Children under 11 are exempt from testing.

Only passengers from tropical countries must present a certificate of vaccination against smallpox. Tap water is potable everywhere, but mineral waters are also available to consumers in trades and restaurants.

• Climate

The climate is tropical. The air is at 27 °C and never exceed up to 32 °C.

• Currency

The currency is the euro. 1 EUR = 1.1584 USD (as of November 2021) according to the exchange rate of the day.

• Difference time

When it is noon in Paris,
- It's 6am in summer or 6 hours time difference.
- It is 7am in winter or 5 hours time difference

• Electricity

The electricity is 220 volts.

Please don't forget adapters for european plugs as the plugs in Guadeloupe are the same as in France. 

• Phone

To call the Islands of Guadeloupe from:
Metropolitan France: Dial the ten digits of your correspondent
Abroad: Dial 00590590 and six figures of your correspondent (landline).

To call from Guadeloupe Islands to:
Metropolitan France: Dial directly the 10 figures caller
Abroad: Dial: 00, then the country code, the area code and then the number you want.

• Taxes and service charges

Services and taxes are included in prices.