Church

Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice Church, Cap Malheureux

Cap Malheureux · Rivière du Rempart

Cap Malheureux is a fishing village on the northern tip of the island. Its church, Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice, is a very simple building, and it is the bright red roof that made its name: it stands out against the blue of the sky, the turquoise water and the outline of Coin de Mire, offshore.

What sets it apart

The church welcomes visitors, for mass or for a look inside. Its holy water basin is made from the shell of a giant clam.

Highlights

The red roof before Coin de Mire
The holy water basin made from a giant clam shell
A fishing village on the northern tip

Good to know

During mass, enter as a worshipper or wait for the service to end.

Getting there

By the sea, at Cap Malheureux, on the northern tip of the island.

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In the journal

Trou aux Biches and Mont Choisy, beneath the casuarinas of the north-west
Seven days in the north
The north, bay by bay
Grand Baie and the north, the coast that never sleeps