Habitation La Grivelière

Closed until "last quarter of 2020" (according to their website). Stunning location, very informative guided tour and excellent coffee. The drive up to the plantation alone makes this a worthwhile visit.

accessible only via guided tour in French, worth visiting to learn about locally-cultivated food plants and see how coffee was processed before electricity. You can get lunch there made with garden produce, which we should have done (we took the first tour of the day and didn't expect it would last as long as it did, until 1130 or so), and every tour ends with a sample of the local brew. You can get a bag of beans in the gift shop as well as local chocolate and honey. Good bathrooms which you probably will need after that coffee. If you visit, note that the drive up is pretty hairy (our car stalled out). There are some hiking trails that start from the plantation parking lot taking you into the jungle where you can see some waterfalls, but most are pretty difficult and long (the plantation staff suggested using a mountain guide).

The drive to this place is terrifying. After 3 days driving around Basse Terre, this was the worst drive we had encountered. Our small car nearly tapped out on the steep ascents. No English tour, which is fine, but not much to see or do. Coffee was just coffee. Not worth it. The views, however, are amazing!

This is one of THE most outstanding and extraordinary places for those lucky enough to be able to visit the island of Guadeloupe. The massive investment and work undertaken to restore all the original equipment such as the water mill for the electricity needs of the coffee processing and the original drying beds under the Manor House has earned La Griveliere status of World Cultural Heritage and it is much deserved. As of this writing La Griveliere is the OLDEST coffee farm in the world and can trace continuous coffee cultivation on the grounds all the way back to the 1730-1740s and I cannot recommend a visit here enough, it's simply a mindblowing experience and for true coffee lovers it's better than Disney land for coffee aficionados. The facility will be closed for the general public in 2019 as the plantation undertakes major renovation work following the extensive damage from Hurricane Maria (late 2017) but write the management and ask for the possibility of a private tour.

It is closed for renovation until 2020! We found that out today. Tricky to drive there, narrow road with low visibility, amazing forrest-jungle view.

Small winding road. One passenger asked to be shot. But beautiful road view. Terrible coffee. Nice old buildings

Worth visiting simply for the views. Absolutely beautiful location, and the road up is an adventure in and of itself

Wonderful tour about the history, vegetation, and coffee processing. Guides speak some English.