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La Sapotillier
rue du Centenaire, Gustavia
590-27-60-28
Dress code: casually elegant
Reservations: optional
$$$
Dine beneath an old sapodilla tree or inside in the dining room
at this downtown restaurant. Dishes include pan-fried dover
sole, cocotte of fishes with anise flavoring, or filet of duck. Save
room for the créme brûlée. Open for dinner only.
Restaurant le Bistrot des Arts
rue Jeanne d'Arc (far side of harbor), Gustavia
590-87-55-20
Dress code: casual
Reservations: optional
$$-$$$
Decorated with artwork, this bistro offers up pizzas prepared in
the brick oven, including a creole pizza with pineapple, spicy
West Indian sausage, and crab. Parisian onion soup, Caribbean
fish soup, and other specialties are served as well. This restau-
rant also boasts a good view of the harbor.
Romantic Activities
Start your visit with a look around
Gustavia.
Day-trippers en-
ter this harbor town at the waterfront, an easy walking dis-
tance to its fine shops and sidewalk cafés. Filled with a
delicious French atmosphere, this small town can sometimes be
bustling, with streams of traffic. The town is built in a U-shape,
following the harbor. On one side lies the tourist office, duty-
free shops and several cafés; on the other side, you'll find many
good restaurants and the
Musée de St. Barthélemy,
590-
27-89-07. Exhibits explain the island's history through old pho-
tos, paintings, and documents.
Beyond Gustavis, visit the small communities of
Colombier
and
Corossol.
These two small towns of 300 residents each (lo-
cated northwest of Gustavia) are home to a population of older
women who wear the traditional dress of the French provincial
regions of Brittany, Normandy and Poitou. Long-sleeved
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