Each top rated stay in Guadeloupe is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.

We look at how the property actually sources and saves its energy, like Tendacayou Ecolodge & Spa, an owner built rainforest lodge raised from reclaimed wood, salvaged roots, stone and bamboo that runs with no televisions and no air conditioning.

We analyse the water conservation, like TropicAngel Ecolodge & Spa, which is run on solar power and uses rainwater harvesting and water saving systems alongside comprehensive recycling and composting towards zero waste.

We verify where the food comes from, like Tendacayou Ecolodge & Spa, whose table d’hotes, Le Poisson Rouge, builds menus from fish landed by neighbouring village fishermen and vegetables that are roughly 80 per cent from the lodge’s own garden.

We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Au Jardin des Colibris Ecolodge & Spa, the first tourist establishment in Guadeloupe to win the Palme Verte du Tourisme and to be classified a bird refuge, which carries the national park’s Esprit Parc label and plants a coral in Deshaies Bay for every booked stay.

The eco lodges and spas on this list of best places to stay in Guadeloupe have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.

If the butterfly shaped isle has only stretched your wings so far, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or drift south to the eco stays of nearby Dominica and Martinique, then north up the chain to the quiet greenery of Montserrat.