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THE DISTILLERIES
Distillerie Bielle
Monday through Saturday : 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
(Sometimes open on Sunday : 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM)
Free entry
Habitation Bielle - Grand Bourg
97112 Marie Galante
+ 590 97 93 62 / Fax : + 590 97 85 14
http://www.rhumagricole.com/bielle/
Distillerie Poisson " Rhum du Père Labat "
The Poisson Distillery produces nearly 200,000 liters of this well
known rum a year. Tasting is possible.
Opening hours: monday through saturday : 7:00-12:00 AM Free entry
Section Poisson - 97112 Grand-Bourg
(: + 590 97 03 79 / Fax : + 590 97 79 65
http://rhumagricole.com/perelabat/index.html
SIGHTSEEING
OXEN TUG-OF-WAR
For the Marie-Galantais, the ox isn't just a simple farm animal, but
rather a true sportive whose hour of glory sounds at the beginning of a contest
of tug of war.
Access : On the dirt roads of Morne Lolo, Canada, Vanniers, Bambara, Canada,
Saint-Michel, you can follow these really "strong" events.
Contest season : from June to February
HABITATION MURAT
The Murat Plantation, with its 207 slaves, was considered in 1839 to be the
largest sugar cane plantation in Guadeloupe. Today it is an eco-museum of
arts and traditions where on several hundreds of square meters it houses over
three centuries of Guadeloupe's sugar refinery history up to the colonial
age. The museum also has a center of documentation and lecture as well as
a garden of medicinal plants. Free Entry
Section Murât 97112 Grand-Bourg // (: + 590 97 94 41
Opening hours : Monday through Friday : 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 2:30 PM - 5:30
PM
Saturday and Sunday : 9:00AM - 12:00 AM / 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
BEZARD WINDMILL
The Bezard Windmill is the first windmill in the French West Indies to have
been reconstructed to its original state and returned to proper working condition.
It is one of the rare mills in Marie-Galante to have benefited from modernism
at the end of the 19th century in the area of sugar cane grinding. Its structure
is completely metal with horizontal rollers for more efficiency.
You'll also find here many hand crafted articles displayed for sale in authentic
slave cabins, that is to say of an architecture characteristic of the houses
where the black workers lived. These were all lined up in a row at the bottom
of the master's house located a good distance from the vegetable garden. You
can still find a few samples of these houses today in the Bas region.
Section Bézard 97140 Capesterre // (: + 590 97 20 93
Opening hours : every day from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Entry fee : 20 FF - 3.5 €(adult) - 10 FF - 1.6 € (children under
12 years)
Helpful advice: Go on the guided tour.
WIND POWER PLANT PETITE PLACE
The wind engine power plant Petite Place was put into operation in 1998. It
produces electricity that is directly deposited into the reserves of EDF (French
Electrics Network). Due to the trade winds, 30% of the Island's electrical
consumption is produced.
Section Petite Place - 97 140 Capesterre
Access : coming from Capesterre, take the hill Morne des Pères, on
its top, turn left, after 3 kms, right after section Tacy, take right on the
dirt road for 2 kms.
Opening hours : every day
Free entry