Now is a great time to purchase discount airfare to Martinique.
With beautiful white-sand beaches and a culture brimming with French flair, Martinique is part of the Lesser Antilles and lies in the semitropical zone; its western shore faces the Caribbean, and its eastern shore fronts the more turbulent Atlantic. The irregular coastline of the island has five bays, dozens of coves, and miles of sandy beaches. Almost a third of the island’s year-round population of 360,000 lives in the capital and largest city, Fort-de-France.
The island is cooled by a wind the French called alizȳ, and rains are frequent but don’t last very long. Late August to November is the rainy season. April through September are the hottest months.
Bird-watchers are often pleased at the number of hummingbirds, and visitors can also see mountain whistlers, blackbirds, and mongooses. Multicolored butterflies flit about, and after sunset, there’s a concert of grasshoppers, frogs, and crickets.
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