TRAVEL
TIPS
| Driving |
TBA |
| Currency |
(EUR)
Euro/(FRF) French Franc |
| Electrical |
220 Volts |
| Telephones |
Country
Code 594, City Code, French Guiana 594+6D |
Time:
GMT - 3.
Electricity:
220/127 volts AC, 50Hz.
Telephone:
IDD available. Country code: 594. Outgoing international code:
00.
Climate:
Tropical. Dry season is August to December; rainy season is December
and January and April to July. Hot all year round, with cooler
nights. Average temperature is 27°C (85°F).
Required
clothing: Tropical lightweights and rainwear.
Food
& Drink: There is a fairly good selection of restaurants
and hotel dining rooms offering a number of different cuisines.
The majority of them are in Cayenne, although French, Continental,
Vietnamese, Chinese, Creole and Indonesian restaurants can be
found elsewhere. A local speciality is the bouillon d'aoura, a
dish of smoked fish, crab, prawns, vegetables and chicken, served
with aoura, the fruit of savana trees.
Tipping:
In hotels and restaurants, a 10 per cent tip is usual. Taxi drivers
are not tipped.
Currency:
Since January 2002 the Euro has been the official currency for
the French Overseas Departments (Départements d’Outre-Mer)
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion. For
further details, exchange rates and currency restrictions, see
France section.
Currency
exchange: There is a bureau de change at Rochambeau airport
and three bureaux de change in Cayenne (Change Caraïbes,
Change Minas and Guyane Change). They will exchange money every
day except Saturday.
Credit
& debit cards: American Express, Visa, Eurocard,
MasterCard and Carte Bleue are accepted. Check with your credit
or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and
other services which may be available.
