09/16/2026
A day in northern Martinique can begin more than 1,300 metres above sea level and end with your feet in the Caribbean Sea.
Mount Pelée dominates the landscape here, surrounded by dense tropical vegetation and hiking trails that climb across its volcanic terrain. At its base sits Saint-Pierre, a city forever linked to the volcano after the eruption of 1902 destroyed much of what was then Martinique’s cultural and economic centre.
From Saint-Pierre, follow the Caribbean coast north and the landscape changes again. Beaches such as Anse Céron and Anse Couleuvre trade the Caribbean’s familiar pale sand for volcanic black shores framed by thick greenery.
Volcano, rainforest, history and sea, all within a remarkably small corner of the island.