Plage des Raisins Clairs, Caribbean beach in Saint-François, Guadeloupe.

Plage des Raisins Clairs is a fine-sand beach in Saint-François, Guadeloupe, protected by a coral reef barrier. The photograph shows pale wet sand at the water's edge, a strip of darker dry sand to the right, and a line of small white foam where the sea meets the shore. A few small dark figures are visible in the water near the centre.

In 2013 a slave cemetery was uncovered on the beach. A rare iron collar, 22 cm in diameter and weighing nearly 4 kg, had already been found there in 1992, attached to a skull. The beach lies in Saint-François, on the eastern part of Guadeloupe, about 60 km northeast of Basse-Terre.

The name Raisins Clairs refers to the sea grape, a coastal tree whose clustered fruit ripens along Guadeloupe's shores. In 1992 a 22 cm iron collar weighing nearly 4 kg, linked to a skull, was found here, and in 2013 a slave cemetery was uncovered on the beach, making the site a place of memory as well as a bathing spot.

The coral barrier keeps the water calm and shallow close to the sand, so swimming stays easy for children. The beach lies in Saint-François, about 60 km northeast of Basse-Terre, on the eastern side of Guadeloupe. Look for the wet pale sand at the waterline and the darker dry sand behind it.

In 1992 a 22 cm iron collar weighing nearly 4 kg, still linked to a skull, was found on the beach; a slave cemetery was uncovered here in 2013. The beach lies in the east of Guadeloupe, 60 km northeast of Basse-Terre.