Across the bay, south of Fort-de-France - Les Trois-Îlets - is a popular tourist area with hotels, restaurants and several attractions that illustrate the history and culture of the island. Two of these revolve around ancient industries: sugar cane and ceramics. The Village de la Poterie des Trois-Ilets is a large complex located in an old pottery yard where tiles were made. Today, the buildings house craft workshops and shops, as well as restaurants and a sports centre where you can canoe. Small shops sell clothes, locally made soaps, art and local crafts. Artisans include jewellery makers, potters and an artist who creates contemporary sand paintings using the many colours of the local earth and stone.
Near the pottery workshops of the Maison de la Canne in a former sugar factory. Here you can learn more about sugar production and its history, from the slave trade to later industrialisation. Pointe du Bout is the tourist centre where you will find most of the hotels, shops, ice cream parlours and restaurants. The ferry runs back and forth across the bay to Fort-de-France. To the west of Pointe du Bout, tourists flock to the creamy sands of Anse Mitan, one of the island's most beautiful beaches.
