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Plaza
Place des Palmistes
Caiena's central square, with about 3 hectares of lawn and imperial palms, the statue of Félix Éboué and surrounding creole houses. At night, food stalls gather around the edges.
Caiena · French Guiana Capital
Caiena
In the destination Caiena, Kourou and the Ilhas da Salvação.
In the photo: Catedral Saint-Sauveur de Caiena
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from 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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The local experience
What to see in Caiena
Fort
Fort Cépérou
The ruins of the 17th-century fort atop Cépérou hill, where Caiena began. The climb starts at Place Léopold-Héder, passes murals by local artists and ends at a viewpoint over the city, the river mouth and the sea.
Church
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Cayenne
The cathedral of Caiena, built between 1825 and 1833 to replace the old church of Saint-Nicolas and raised to cathedral status in 1934. It is a historic monument, with a wooden tower and a bright interior.
Market
Marché de Cayenne
The central market of Caiena, with covered pavilions and stalls selling tropical fruit, spices, vegetables and fish, and the food stalls serving phô soup that have become a city tradition. It operates on market days in the morning.
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Museum
Musée Alexandre-Franconie
A departmental museum housed in a 19th-century Creole mansion facing Place des Palmistes, with collections of natural history, Indigenous archaeology and the history of Guiana, including paintings by a former convict from the bagne.
Beach
Plages de Rémire-Montjoly
The beaches of the neighbouring town of Caiena, about 8 km from the centre: the long stretch of Montjoly and the Anse de Rémire, with rocks and views of the islets. The sea is muddy, carried by sediment from the Amazon.