Cluster · Pointe-à-Pitre
Bergevin ferry terminal & harbour
Check-in cluster: ferries to Les Saintes and Marie-Galante leave from here; go to buy or confirm tickets, not to sightsee.
28″ bags
painful
Time budget
90m
Rescue coverage
100% ≤7′
max p90 6′
Places
1
Rules in force · 6Pavements are narrow and uneven
- Guadeloupe ↗Entry follows French rules for overseas departments, which can differ from mainland France and the Schengen area: check official French sources for your passport.
- Guadeloupe ↗Sargassum seaweed can pile up on some beaches, mainly in spring and summer: check conditions before booking a beach base.
- Guadeloupe ↗La Soufrière is an active volcano: check the alert level and trail status before hiking.
- Grande-Terre ↗Avoid driving across the Pointe-à-Pitre area at about 06:30–08:30 and 16:00–18:30: traffic is heavy.
- Pointe-à-Pitre ↗The centre empties after dark and on Sundays: eat early, take a taxi door to door in the evening and do not wander the back streets.
- Pointe-à-Pitre ↗Pavements are narrow and uneven: bags go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
Map to the centre
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Walking weather, next 5 days
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Bound and physics
The ferry terminal and the harbour front (approximate box).
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- Few
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- harbour paving
- Sleep here or visit
- visit
Rescue anchors
A — Terminal waiting hall (field-verify)
seated_rest · shelter · toilet · valid: always
B — Ticket-hall benches (field-verify)
seated_rest · valid: always
C — Snack kiosk by the quay (field-verify)
food · valid: always
D — Café near the harbour (AC) (field-verify)
ac · food · seated_rest · valid: always
E — Harbour-front shade (field-verify)
seated_rest · valid: always
F — Taxi rank shelter (field-verify)
shelter · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 6′, worst cell 6′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
Edges out
| To | How | p50 | Climb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marché Saint-Antoine & the north streets | Car north-west | ~8 min | flat |
Red lines here
- Ferry timetables change: confirm the return before you leave the island.
Around this cluster
Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.