8. Route de la Trace & Balata Botanical Garden

The unforgettable Route de la Trace forges its way through island's dense rain forest, leading travelers over the mountains northeast of Fort-de-France. Blazed by 17th century Jesuit missionaries, the route winds through verdant valleys, past clusters of bamboo and wild tropical flowers, and under a virtual canopy of tree ferns. Martinique's famous Balata Church, an impressive Roman-Byzantine structure modeled after Paris's Sacré-Coeur Basilica, and the Balata Botanical Gardens (596-64-48-73) also lie along the route.   (© 10Best)

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