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French Guiana.

Less-touristed places, sorted by Wander Well Score.

Cayenne, French Guiana
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Cayenne

French Guiana

This coastal capital of French Guiana sits where the Cayenne River meets the Atlantic, with a walkable centre that packs in a dense food-and-drink scene and…

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Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana
Gold
Coast & island escapes

Remire-Montjoly

French Guiana

This coastal suburb of Cayenne in French Guiana, Remire-Montjoly sits along some of the best beaches in the Cayenne area, with residential districts running…

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Régina, French Guiana
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Régina

French Guiana

Sitting on the water in French Guiana, Régina is a small riverside village that also ranks as the second-largest commune in France by land area — a striking…

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Roura, French Guiana
Silver
Mountain villages

Roura

French Guiana

A large commune in French Guiana bordering both coastal wetlands and mountain terrain, Roura encompasses the Kaw-Roura Marshland Nature Reserve alongside the…

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Cacao, French Guiana, French Guiana
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Cacao, French Guiana

French Guiana

A village on the Comté river south of Cayenne, Cacao is home to a Hmong farming community — refugees from Laos resettled here in 1977 because the landscape a…

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Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
Gold
Inland waterside towns

Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni

French Guiana

Riverside town in French Guiana on the Maroni River, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is defined by its history as a penal colony from 1858 to 1946, with the former c…

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Matoury, French Guiana
Silver
Mountain villages

Matoury

French Guiana

This southern suburb of Cayenne in French Guiana hosts the territory's main international airport, Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport, making it the entry point f…

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Iracoubo, French Guiana
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Iracoubo

French Guiana

This small coastal village in French Guiana draws visitors to a wooden church whose interior is covered floor-to-ceiling in vivid folk-art murals, painted be…

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Apatou, French Guiana
Bronze

Apatou

French Guiana

This modest commune in French Guiana is one of the few places where communities from four distinct Maroon peoples — the Aluku, Paramacca, Ndyuka, and Saramak…

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Sinnamary, French Guiana
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Sinnamary

French Guiana

Founded in 1664 as the second French settlement in French Guiana, Sinnamary is a modest coastal town on the Sinnamary River, between Kourou and Iracoubo, hom…

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Montsinéry-Tonnégrande, French Guiana
Silver

Montsinéry-Tonnégrande

French Guiana

A small commune in French Guiana, southwest of Cayenne, with a botanical garden and walking trails through the surrounding landscape.

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Awala-Yalimapo, French Guiana
Bronze
Coast & island escapes

Awala-Yalimapo

French Guiana

Tiny Kaliña Amerindian village on the north coast of French Guiana, where low-slung buildings sit directly behind a wide sandy beach fringed with dense palm…

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Kourou, French Guiana
Silver
Coast & island escapes

Kourou

French Guiana

Home to the Guiana Space Centre — the main launch facility for both France and the European Space Agency — Kourou is a coastal town in French Guiana with a w…

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Saint-Élie, French Guiana
Bronze
Inland waterside towns

Saint-Élie

French Guiana

This tiny hamlet deep in French Guiana's forested uplands, Saint-Élie sits beside a large hydroelectric dam and reservoir, offering a rare glimpse of industr…

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