One of the most pleasurable things while on a travel is to see the cities that existed in the past and to feel the ambience they provide today. One such example of a pleasant capital is the city of Cayenne which lies in South America.
With the perfect ambience for a lazy tourist to feel relaxed and loll around, Cayenne provides ideal travel luxuries for all those who visit this part of the world. South America is a continent of travel pleasures and major sight seeing locales so once you are in Cayenne you would get the best of everything, cherished memories included.
Come to Cayenne where the ambience of French colonial buildings would certainly give you the right feeling of having been in the perfect place at the perfect time. Feel the superb magnificence of the French Quarter of New Orleans here and enjoy the difference.
This commercial and administrative centre of the French Guiana is the place where there are more than 40,000 inhabitants and where you would find the best kind of architectural elegance and constructional grace. With the ideal shopping facilities, the small museums here along with the 17th century fort give great take away memoirs for your travel kitty. Here is where you would the most exotic aromas and the most memorable experiences of being in a different land.
Situated in the western end of a small peninsula that lies between the Mahury River and the River Cayenne, the city of Cayenne is a place where the French first established their settlement after they acquired the land from Chief Ceperou sometime in the year 1643. The city is named after a chief of the same name. The Cayenne harbour docks some small ships while the larger ones are docked at the Degrad which lies near Cayenne. The nearest airport to Cayenne is the Rochambeau airport.
While here in Cayenne, there are innumerable places to see and many sights to remember. The Avenue du General de Gaulle is one such place that you will always remember for its commercial ambience. This is where most of Cayenne’s hotels are located and this is an ideal hub of commercial activity.
Then you have the Botanical Gardens which are found in the centre of the city. This is the place where the tourists love to come and enjoy the greenery and the freshness of this verdant expanse of land.
Go to the Carnival and enjoy the lovely parades in Caribbean style and filled with a lot of French influence and bask in the carnival atmosphere here. So if you are visiting Cayenne make sure you visit it in the month of February for this is when you get to see such colourful spectacles. The Carnival has festivities every weekend this month from the time of Epiphany and then again during the time of Easter, around four days before Ash Wednesday.
Visit Chinatown in Cayenne and enjoy the delicious food stalls offering the best of Indonesian and Chinese cuisine. The food stalls are located in the Village Chinois or Chinatown where you get to see some of the best clubs, nightlife zones and music hubs in this part of the city. Enjoy here and let your travel juices flow here.
Then there is the 17th century Fort Ceperou which gives the best views of the port and the sight of the River Cayenne from here is stupendous the fort to the Cayenne harbour.
Visit the Felix Eboue Museum and see the life and tales of the First black colonial governor of France, Felix Eboue.
A visit to Cayenne will surely add an exciting chapter in the book of your holiday memories.
