On the road on Sainte Marie

DI Richard Poole arrives at St Marie Airport. On the journey, the commissioner talks about the island... and the French. However, the airport  building is .... in Deshaies, about 500 metres from the police station. From the Béthsy primary school, the inspector's view rises towards the sun and afterwards he looked ... to the cemetery opposite. The beauty of Deshaies will be shown later. The well-known crime series Death in Paradise was filmed as a British-French co-production on Guadeloupe. In the series, Guadeloupe is presented as a neighboring island 10 times larger and again and again the actors are also in the series on Guadeloupe, for example, at the port of Pointe-à-Pitre. The capital of the island Sante Marie is Honoré, in reality Deshaies in the north of Guadeloupe. The actors change, the success remains - more and more tourists walk in the footsteps of the actors.  More than 400 local employes are involved in the filming. The region of Guadeloupe, of course, subsidizes the production costs every year and opens the doors. Screenwriter Robert Thorogood received the "En route to France" award shortly after the series began. The series is produced by the English company Red Planet Pictures Limited under contract with about 70 technicians. On location Skyprod Productions is still used. You can choose in our tours. Depending on the year or to the principle filming locations in Honoré and Sainte-Marie (Deshaies and Sainte Rose). 

The shooting will last about 3 to 6 months. In Deshaies, the main road N2 runs as a one-way street towards Basse-Terre along the restaurants and boutiques. It was necessary to close the street each time filming took place. That's why the restaurant was changed and the meetings of the police crew took place in the restaurant La Madras in a small side street. The crew and some actors stayed in the Fort Royal complex. The stars, however, usually stay in villas with their relatives. Guest stars are accommodated in the central Résidence O Coeur des Deshaies with its great panoramic view over the bay of Deshaies and in the evening they meet where? Not in a bar directly at the sea? Some actors  quickly became too warm during filming and left the series. Or due to private reasons.  Others held out for a long time and made lots of friends in the town, like Danny John-Jules (Dwayne Myers), who also speaks the local language créole guadeloupéen. 

The series has been a great success worldwide since 2011. Filming takes place mainly in the two streets of the beautiful fishing village of Deshaies and on the beach la Perle, where the bungalow of the inspector is located. Walk with us in the footsteps of Ralph Little, Kris Marshall, Sarah Martins or Humphrey Goodmam and Camille Bordey. Stroll and/or drive with us to the filming locations on the fictional island of Sainte Marie (e.g. sugar cane factory Domaine de Séverin, Langley Hôtel Fort Royal).  Visit our restaurant "Chez Sammy" on the gorgeous beach of Grande Anse, main filming location of the second episode "A Beautiful Day to Die" of the fourth season. Sammy will tell you interesting facts about Ralph Little, Sarah Martins, Kris Marshall, Danny John-Jules, Joséphine Jobert etc. while enjoying a fruit cocktail and hot temperatures. Our tours are in the footsteps of Death in Paradise and there is no connection between the production company (Red Planet Pictures Limited) and our services.

The Langley Resort Fort Royal was and is a frequent filming location of the series. Only the sun witnessed.....you certainly don't fall off the floor of the "Bay Cove Hotel" like Lisa Watson (Season 1, Épisode 2), but perhaps out of all clouds, dazzled by the charm of Deshaies? Our tours always include a stop at Fort Royal. Of course, you also have the possibility to stay there overnight, sit at the bar and, with a little luck, meet the crew there during the filming. .