Vieux Port started docking ships and boats back in 600 B.C., and it was a vibrant hub of the city until steamboats became the preferred mode of transport and Vieux Port was considered too shallow.

Commanding a sea-view promontory at the mouth of the Vieux-Port, on the other side of the port from the grander, traditional InterContinental Dieu, just below the east fortress, two kilometers ...