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- 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.
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).
No vaccinations are required. 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.
The climate is tropical. The air is at 27 ° C and average bit up to 32 ° C.
The currency is the euro. 1 EUR = 1.29903 USD (as of May 2013) according to the exchange rate of the day.
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
The electricity is 220 volts. The plugs are the same as in France.
- To call from the Islands of Guadeloupe to:
Metropolitan France: Dial the ten digits of your correspondent
Abroad: Dial 00590590 and six figures of your correspondent (landline).
The USA : Dial +11 590 590
- To call 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.