Hotel Pelican

A fantastic small, friendly, clean, hotel which I would not hesitate to recommend. Delicious breakfast. All the staff are helpful and kind, with extra special praise for Magali who was just exceptional. Everything is beautifully maintained and kept sparkling clean. The pool overlooks the beach and along the beach are restaurants and two take aways including Ben and Jerry’s ice cream! The beds are so comfortable, the linen soft and smooth and the decoration just perfect, natural and calm and in keeping with the setting. Surrounded by lovely trees and flowers. My husband and I stayed twice here for a total of eight nights and we really loved it.

In our 4th attempt to finally visit Martinique we always knew where we would stay first while "in the south of the island" (feel free to my separate review on Hotel Le Panoramic) but it was the second part of the journey for which always planned to explore "the middle and the north" parts of this island that we couldn't find the right pleasant appeal/quality to location to price combination - not until we came across Hotel Pelican which caught my attention immediately and which after spending here 3 nights I can honestly say now checked off all of these needs. Location: easy 20 minutes roughly west from the FDF airport - once you get off the "highway road" and transfer to the street just follow the google maps and you will come across the hotel sign on one of the buildings - it's somewhat unusual but its due to the hotel's prime beachfront location - it's hard to believe but Hotel Pelican is the only absolute beachfront hotel in this area and for the price it comes at it's an absolute steal. There is a public pathway literally waterfront of the hotel leading straight to the beach below - for the night gate is closed to prevent non-guests entering the property from the beach but you are welcome to use your key if you still want to use it - it's simply faster than walking "behind" the hotel through the parking lot - there is a cemetery right behind it, pretty unusual place for a cemetery, so I am not sure I would care for the room without the ocean view but it's still an excellent value - the beach nearby is pretty decent too and there are some restaurants walking distance. It's worth mentioning that the location is perfect for exploring St Pierre (north/northwest), La Trinite (east/northeast) and quite honestly anything else you would want to visit as Martinique has an absolute superb quality of its roads and everything is very well connected - it's a road trip paradise - we drove 711km/442miles in our 8 days on this island to give you an idea. Room: we have on on the on the European 2nd floor or American 3rd Floor - on the pictures "to the left of the letter T" on the Hotel Pelican logo that is on the face of the hotel facing the ocean - the views were stunning, sunset, chilling, breakfast on the balcony - loved it! Wi-Fi worked great, don't recall a safe in the room or I simply forgot by now as we stayed in 4 different hotels during our 2 weeks between Martinique and Guadeloupe but all in all you don't one, trust me. The TV is French cable so unless you speak French you are out of luck - but the views and everything else will make you forget about this, trust me. The bed is decent and 2 pillows per person was a pleasant factor as well. A/C worked perfectly and the outside kitchen on the balcony was a welcome surprise - there are electrical shades AND! a new one for me an electrical awning :) so throughout the day when the sun is blasting too hard you can use the buttons on the wall to adjust that to your liking. One thing I would complain ab