My wife and I travel to different Caribbean Islands every December and Au Jradin fit our needs perfectly. We look for a private, CLEAN, safe, beautiful, spacious place to stay that has a kitchen and porch (or veranda), is on an interesting part of the island, near beautiful beaches and away from the crowds, but with services. This is what we found at Au Jardin.
Matthieu greeted us in English on an island where few Americans go and fewer locals and visitors speak English. He was exceedingly helpful in making reservations at the best French restaurant in Deshaies (the BEST town on the island) on our anniversary, gave us insight into snorkelling sites, gave us discount tickets to get into the Botanical Garders very close to Au Jardin (and totally worth the visit), arranged a kayak at a discount, answered our questions about the French language and gave us excellent driving instructions (you MUST rent a car). He set up the car rental for us ahead of time at the airport and arranged our prepaid ferry tickets to Marie Gallante. We came back from our anniversary dinner and found a card, flowers and a botttle of local rum punch sitting on our table! Incredible!
Guadeloupe is France! The food is spectacular, the markets well stocked, the people polite and friendly and it is very safe. This rates as one of our best ever trips...and there have been many. I had the entire trip booked by the end of February and everything went as planned. Au Jardin was the PERFECT place to start and have as a home base on Guadeloupe.
