travel42 Hotel Review: Club Med La Caravelle

Club Med La Caravelle travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

All-inclusive hotels are novelties in the French Caribbean, which caters more for independent travelers and lovers of boutique hotels. In fact, Club Med is the only truly all-inclusive hotel in Guadeloupe.

It first opened in 1968 on the island of Basse Terre, in the area that now hosts the Langley Resort Fort Royal. It was in 1973 that Club Med moved its operations to Grande Terre. While a few other hotels in Guadeloupe do offer optional all-inclusive mea...