Experience Carnival in Martinique

MARTINIQUE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF CARNIVAL in 2006
(1906 – 2006)

Unlike Elsewhere, Revelry Will Continue

Right Through Ash Wednesday, March 1

Carnival celebrations in such Mardi Gras capitals as Rio, New Orleans and Trinidad are sizzling hot right through Shrove Tuesday, but then fizzle out with the arrival of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Not so in Martinique! While revelers elsewhere in the world are nursing hangovers and having their aching foreheads dabbed with ashes, the people of Martinique are just beginning the final, most exciting day of their celebration. Here Carnival runs at full tilt an extra 24 hours and, with more than 40 marching bands joining the festivities in 2006, Martinique is planning a party of a lifetime!

Mardi Gras connoisseurs from many lands, including the late Truman Capote, himself a native of New Orleans, have praised the uniqueness of the Martinique.
It’s “as spontaneous and vivid as an explosion in a fireworks factory” event, wrote Truman Capote in “Music for Chameleons,” describing his visit to Carnival in Martinique.

An Invitation to Martinique

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Travel easy now from the US to Martinique

Martinique's ultramodern International Lamentin Airport
near Fort-de-France, has regular flights
on AmericanAirlines and AmericanEagle

NONSTOP SERVICE BETWEEN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
AND FORT-DE-FRANCE, MARTINIQUE

From Martinique, American Eagle launched
nonstop service between San Juan, Puerto Rico
and Fort-de-France, Martinique, on December 15, 2005.

The airline operates the flight every Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday
from San Juan to Fort-de-France, using the 64-seat Super ATR aircraft.

Thanks to American Eagle, traveling to and from Martinique will be easier.

For more information on rates and reservations, please visit:
American Airlines’ Web site at www.aa.com.