Title: Ile St Joseph Travel Guide: Best of Ile St Joseph, French Guiana Travel 2026 | Expedia.co.uk [Hotels in Ile St Joseph](https://expedia.co.uk/Ile-St-Joseph-Hotels.d3000425538.Travel-Guide-Hotels)[Holiday Rentals in Ile St Joseph](https://expedia.co.uk/Ile-St-Joseph-Holiday-Rentals.d3000425538.Travel-Guide-HolidayRentals)[Ile St Joseph Car Hire](https://expedia.co.uk/Compare-Cheap-Car-Hire-In-Ile-St-Joseph.d3000425538.Car-Hire-Guide)[Ile St Joseph Holidays](https://expedia.co.uk/Ile-St-Joseph.d3000425538.Holidays-City-Breaks) # Ile St Joseph Travel Guide ## Tourist Guide ![Adobe](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000425538/f7ff98aa-126b-49d2-9e15-bc7a2c45c39b.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Adobe](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000425538/d86d9e4f-bbdd-483f-b5a7-19a8cc69ec26.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Ruined prison](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000425538/e8b82d4b-3ca2-491b-86a0-4cbb468eb3d4.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Waterfall](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000425538/6617a118-fbda-4483-834a-c9b160dded89.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ![Entrance into solitary confinement. Here’s some more history: In the late 1840’s France had a problem with overpopulation in its prisons and made the decision to transport some of the prison population to the Iles du Salat (Salvation Islands). This particular set of islands is about 6 miles off of the coast of French Guiana and made up of Ile Royale, Ile Saint-Joseph and Ile du Diable. The French also installed prisons on the mainland of French Guiana as well as other islands located north of here. The prison was run on the Salvation Islands from 1852 until 1946. A law was passed by the French Government in 1853 that required convicts to stay in French Guiana following their release for a time equal to their sentence ... or, for sentences exceeding eight years, for the remainder of their life’s! So, incarceration here really was a life sentence with no ability to return to mainland France! Interestingly, the islands are still part of France and the EU as is mainland French Guiana.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/3000425538/d87f0375-6edf-4184-9cd7-c0f90012f4d2.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh) ## Visit Ile St Joseph - Top hotels in Ile St Joseph - Top Holiday Rentals in Ile St Joseph ![Hotel Mercure Kourou Ariatel](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/1000000/990000/981200/981144/a60bb818_y.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=340&ch=150) ### Hotel Mercure Kourou Ariatel Avenue de St Exupéry Kourou Stay at this business-friendly hotel in Kourou. Enjoy free Wi-Fi, free parking and breakfast (surcharge). Popular attractions Sinnamary and Musée de l'Espace ... 7.6/10 Good! (20 reviews) Nice hotel with good service. The only problem is the restaurant the food is very limited and On Saturday there was only pizza and salads and they told me after I order. 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