Devil's Island (Kourou) as historical monuments. Since tourism facilities have been added, the islands now receive more than 50,000 tourists each year. Devil's Island (Kourou) Devil's Island (French: Île du Diable) is the third-largest island of the Salvation's Islands, an island group in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately 14 km (9 mi) off the coast of French Guiana in South America just north of the town of Kourou. It has an area of 14 ha (34.6 acres). The island was a part of a controversial French penal colony located in French Guiana for 101 years, from 1852 to 1953. Although it
Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony to the island is via a weekly ferry that brings visitors and family members to the island but the boat is not allowed to dock at the island. Instead, police launch boats transfer passengers from the boat to the island. The vineyard at the Gorgona Agricultural Penal Colony was first planted in 1999 but was soon abandoned only to be revived 10 years later by an inmate of the penal colony who had a family vineyard in Sicily and wanted to restore the Gorgona vineyards. In 2012, the Italian prison authorities inquired with various Italian wineries about partnering with the