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Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni · Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is on the bank of the Maroni River, on the border with Suriname, and was founded in 1858 as the center of French Guiana's penal camps. The restored Camp de la Transportation offers guided visits; the official district preserves colonial brick and wooden buildings; and from the riverside pirogues depart for Albina and for villages upriver.

Caiena · Caiena, Kourou and the Ilhas da Salvação

Kourou

Kourou is on the coast, about 60 km from Caiena, and grew up around the Centro Espacial Guianense, Europe’s launch base. The base offers guided tours by reservation; the Guyaspace Expérience shows how rockets and satellites work, and boats to the Ilhas da Salvação, with the ruins of the old prison, depart from the port. On the waterfront, the Pointe des Roches shelters the Tour Dreyfus.

Caiena · Caiena, Kourou and the Ilhas da Salvação

Caiena

Caiena, the capital of Guiana Francesa, sits on a peninsula between the Caiena River and the Atlantic. The old center brings together wooden creole houses around Place des Palmistes and Place Léopold-Héder, the Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur, the Alexandre-Franconie Museum and the central market, and Forte Cépérou dominates the city from the top of the hill. To the east, Rémire-Montjoly has the nearest beaches.

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