At about 6000 km from Europe, you can get to Guadeloupe, Pointe a Pitre in 8 hours from Paris Orly. There are about 5 flights a day depending on the time of year.

 

Air France, the national airline, offers a wide range of prices and the possibility of buying a ticket online, connecting flights can be purchased and arranged at the same time.
Air Caraïbes, a French company specialized in connections with and within the Antilles and Corsair, part of the nouvelle frontiers group, also run daily flights from Paris Orly. You will need to organise flights to Paris, although you might be able to do that at a lower cost, by yourself.
There are many low cost airlines offering cheap flights to get to Paris. You will need to make sure that your ticket guarantees passage for connecting flights in case of unexpected delays by the airlines. If you buy your ticket direct from Air France plus the connecting flight to Paris, you will not have this issue as Air France will let you board the next available flight. Note that most flights coming in from Europe land at Charles Charles de Gaulle, Paris and you will need to arrange to transfer to Orly, Paris, where the international flights leave from. Take into account travelling times between the two airports of aprox. 2 hours.

If you love the sea and you have the time, there are two other ways to get to Guadeloupe. You can sail out of European seas between the periods of October to December, when many ships make the journey over or you can hitch a ride on a cargo ship with passenger facilities.

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The other neighbouring islands are easily reachable by sea from Guadeloupe.
Express des Iles departing from Point à Pitre in Guadeloupe connects to Dominica, Martinique and St. Lucia (Wed / Fri / Sun; crossing times vary between 1h45, 3h45, 6h50.) you can take your car, but most car rental companies wouldn't accept you taking their cars to an-other island.
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Guadeloupe is connected by Air Caraibes with regular flights to Martinique, St Martin, St Barth, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Cuba, via Martinique, St Lucia, Canouan (Grenadines), French Guiana, Belem (Brazil).
The company Liat serves St Lucia and several other islands in the region via Antigua: St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Santo Domingo, Barbados, Tortola, Anguilla, St. Kitts & Nevis, via St Martin: St Thomas, Tortola, St.Croix, San Juan (Puerto Rico).
Air Antilles Express links with Guadeloupe Martinique, St. Martin and St.Barth.
There are links with the United States (American Eagle via Puerto Rico - Air France to Miami 3 times a week - Delta Airlines to Atlanta on Saturday) and with Canada (Air Canada and Air Transat).
 

TThe international airport, Pole Caraibes in Guadaloupe was opened in 1996 and has representatives from AéroLyon, Air Canada, Air France, Air Caraïbes, Delta Airlines, Air Antille Express, American Airlines, Corsair, Cubana, Liat, North American, Royal, Star, Air Europe, Air Transat.

At the airport you can find the check in desks, souvenir shops, music and tobacco shops.You will also find a pharmacy, a hair dressers, a post office, snack shops, internet kiosk, a money exchange, ATM/cash machine, restaurants & bars, taxi desks and duty free. The airport is DDA friendly.

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To move between the islands of Guadeloupe, you have the choice, by air or sea.
Les Saintes is accessible from Guadeloupe with ferries departing from Pointe à Pitre, Trois Rivière, Sainte Anne and St Francois (via Marie Galante - only in season). Les Saintes is also has daily connections from Marie Galante.
Marie Galante can be reached by Saint François, Pointe à Pitre and Les Saintes.
La Desirade be reached only from mainland Guadeloupe, St.Francois at Grande Terre.
The maritime options are more flexible a reasonable priced compared to air travel options.
Before taking the boat, ensure on all cases that you are well informed on the departure times and aim to be there in advance, as some times the boats leave early!
If you prefer to travel by private plane, Tropic Airlines tel. 0590 202 018.
More specific details can be found on this site on the individual pages of the islands concerned.

There are two bus stations in Pointe à Pitre, the new station Bergevin, is not in the city centre, but runs routes to Basse-Terre. The other terminal is near the train station in the Quartier de la Darse (Dock lands,) center city and it runs the routes to Grande-Terre. The station at Bergevin has a ticket office, where you can find the timetables. The other station is more like a bus park and you will need to buy your ticket on the bus, directly from the driver. Ticket price guideline is as follows, Pointe-à-Pitre - Deshaies: € 5; Pointe à Pitre-Basseterre: € 8 (April 08). Guadeloupe is trying to reorganise her public transport system, to provide users with a regular and more frequent service.  They are aiming to provide transport on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays and keep the services running until 21/22. They should also be improving the intervilles, which run local rural routes that connect the villages and small towns, the express routes, with link the major towns with just a few stops in-between, the periurbaines routes which connect the outskirts of Pointe-à-Pitre with the city centre.