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Sainte-Luce
is located at the South of Martinique, on the Western coast, between
Le Diamant et Le Marin.The commune of Sainte Luce has the largest
selection of hotels of the island.
Many beaches are located near Sainte Luce : Gros Raisins, Anse Corps
de Garde, Anse Pont café, Anse Fond Banane, Anse Désert,
Anse Mabouya.
The Forest of Montravail, forest field arranged by the ONF (Office
National des Forêts) allows the discovery of many species of
trees of Martinique or imported like the pine of the Caribbean, the
mahogany of Honduras, the pear tree, the courbaril thus that a large
fromager. One also finds in this forest the vestiges of old cultures
of the dwelling of Montravai: cacao-trees, avocado trees, mango trees,
vanilla, coffee-trees, bricotiers, plum trees of cythère ...
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 SAINTE-LUCE
- MARTINIQUE 
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Hiking
in Sainte-Luce
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Hiking
in Montravail Forest - Forêt de Montravail
3 km - 1.5 hours
Level 1 (easy) - Petroglyphs located at Montravail Forest.
Access : Forêt Domaniale de Montravail. |
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Precolombian
site
Ste Luce is also one of the oldest place of settlement of the island
as testify an archeological precolombian site, discovered in 1970,at
the Forêt de Montravail. This site has a group of four rocks
engraved (petroglyphs) of more than fifteen centuries of existence.
Of irregular form of 2 m on 1m40, one of these rock has 11 faces engraved.
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