It was on the great beach of Le Carbet that Christopher Columbus landed in Martinique on June 15, 1502.
With its traditional huts, this pretty fishermen's commune on the north Caribbean coast tells several pages of the history of Martinique.
A pre-Columbian settlement, its name evokes the large central hut (carbet) of Caribbean villages.
The island's most "famous" tourist, painter Paul Gauguin, stayed here in 1887 and discovered his first island emotions. Not far from the hut occupied by the painter, the Musée Paul Gauguin presents reproductions of canvases painted on this beach.
Don't miss: a visit to the magnificent animal park set in the ruins of the Habitation de l'anse Latouche, founded in 1643; the spectacle of fishermen pulling the "seine" in the early morning....