Les Saintes was a disappointment after all the raving about it. You have to take a mooring buoy as they have filled the anchorages with them. Ours cost 11 euros a night but only after you pick it up do you see the tiny sign saying 40 feet 5.5 tons, so we had to move to another! The metal hoop on the top needs a moorfast type boathook, which luckily we had for the Solent but we saw others struggling to reach the hoop which is fixed to the buoy. We dinghied over to help another boat who could not moor up at all.
Customs is no longer in the Town Hall but in the LSM internet cafe, another D-I-Y task but only 1 terminal, so there was a queue. It cost 1 euro to clear out as well.
The town and area is very pretty but full of tourist shops and expensive bars. Not our favourite location I’m afraid.