Transportation

Martinique is now only a few minutes away from the island of Guadeloupe with connections on Air Caraïbes from Pointe a Pitre.
Air Caraibes also flies to and from St. Martin, St. Lucia (Vieux Fort), Dominica, Antigua, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Trinidad.
From Miami, Air France flies jets (737's) daily.
BWIA offers daily service from JFK airport in New York with a LIAT connection in Antigua or Barbados.
Caribbean-based LIAT serves many nearby islands.
Air Antilles fly several times a day to and from Guadeloupe and St Martin, as well as Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and St Barth.
Daily flights from Saint-Lucia (airport code: UVF) offer new opportunities for U.S. and Canadian visitors to Martinique. Travelers from New York, Miami, Atlanta and Toronto are now able to transit via Saint-Lucia and fly to Martinique through the airport at Vieux-Fort/Hewanorra (UVF.)

Each ferry service offers several trips weekly.
A sample round-trip fare between Guadeloupe and Martinique on Express des Iles is approximately 81€ and the trip takes between 3 and 3 ¾ hours.

Some ferries anchor in Fort-de-France Bay and transfer passengers to shore by smaller tender boats; others dock at the Passenger Terminal at the harbor port just a few minutes drive from the city's center.
A recent addition is the Pointe Simon Cruise Dock, which can accommodate two large ships at a time and allows passengers to disembark right in the heart of Fort-de-France where a "Welcome Brigade" of young hosts and hostesses is posted to assist visitors.
Immigration and Customs officials board ships and normally give clearance within a half-hour. Passengers do not go through any time consuming formalities, nor is there a going-ashore tax. In 2004, Martinique welcomed 159,416 passengers on 198 cruise stops.

While public buses are inexpensive, much public transport in Martinique is by collective taxis, 8-passenger limousines bearing the sign TC. There are some 400 TC’s all over the island.
Hours: early a.m. to 6 p.m. In Fort-de-France.
The main terminal is at Pointe Simon.

Ferry Services

Fort-de-France is linked by ferryboat to the main resort areas
of Trois-Ilets and Sainte-Anne:

• Fort-de-France to Trois-Ilets, Pointe-du-Bout Marina round trip:
  Daily from early a.m. until after midnight
• by ferryboat Somatour ferries
  6:30 am to 12:10 am from Fort-de-France
  6:10 am to 11:45 pm from Pointe du Bout
  Fort-de-France to Trois-Ilets, Anse-Mitan beach and Anse à l'Ane:
  Daily From early morning until late afternoon
• by Vedettes Madinina
  Tel. (596) 596 63 06 46
  Fax. (596) 596 63 80 68
  Fort-de-France to Trois-Ilets
• With Matinik Cruise Line
  from Fort-de-France to downtown Trois-Ilets Monday to Saturday
  Fort-de-France to Sainte-Anne, via Anses d'Arlet Tuesday to Sunday
  Société Martiniquaise Saintannaise,
  Tel. (596) 596 76 73 45
  Tel. (596) 596 76 83 23
  Fax. (596) 596 52 14 73

Arrival and departure point in Fort-de-France for all ferries (navettes or vedettes, as they are called locally) is the Quai d'Esnambuc.
The price for a round-trip ticket between Fort-de-France and Pointe du Bout is approximately 5€ for adults, 2,50€ for children ages 2 to 11.
Round-trip between Fort-de-France and Anse Mitan or Anse à l'Ane is the same.

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