Saint Maarten Travel Blogs

Visited St. Maarten for the first time and must say I enjoyed the sun, the beaches, the fresh fish and the lovely people. It was a short trip but I discovered the island by jeep, enjoyed the beaches at Oriental Bay, did a trip with a catamaran to the famous St. Barth, visited this Island by local t…

Yet another beautiful port. The cruise just keeps getting better and better. Today we booked another historic tour, which would take, is all around the island. We visited both the French and the Dutch sides. We learned some really interesting facts about this very unique island. For instance, it's …

My mom and I went on an amazing cruise to the Caribbean for 7 days. St. Maarten was by far my favorite island, it was clean and the people were so friendly. The shopping was AMAZING on the French side of the island. Antigua had the most beautiful beaches and St. Lucia has banana ketchup which is actually really good on French fries!

Wow!! this is paradise! mmm.. i´ve always seen on tour brochures those pictures of turquoise water on the white sand beaches and palm trees... finally i can see it by myself! As i live in the cold Andean Mountains in Ecuador one of my dreams is to move to a warm beach for life, hopefully on t…

I woke up actually being nervous about today. During last year's visit we did the historic tour of the island which took us to both the French and Dutch side of this unique island. This time we were splitting up. Michelle, Melissa, Scott, Justin and I we going horseback riding. We drove quite a way…

For the second summer in a row, I was able to house-sit for friends. They have a beautiful home, in a beautiful place. Hope to do it again!

Saint Maarten is dividend into French and Dutch sides of the island.  Cruise ships arrive on the Dutch side of the island, where the shopping generally is located.  The better beaches are on the French side of the island -- about a 20 minute taxi or bus ride to the opposite side of the is…

St. Maarten had similar beaches as St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. The water was nicer blue in St. Maarten. We rented a jet-ski for about $50/ half hour which was a lot of fun. You could rent chairs, or towels, etc. like on any beach. The cool thing was when you ordered beer or food from one of t…

It was really nice to see land today.  I got off the ship and went to do some quick shopping before the excursion started.  I got a few t-shirts and spent most of the rest of my Euro’s.  It was really hot in St. Maarten and I was very thankful that I had changed my excursion to a r…

Trip over most of carribean...

Had a chance to visit my cousin in Anguilla this October and we took a 20 minute ferry ride over to St. Maarten. Beautiful island but of course the most fascinating site is sitting at the Sunset Beach Bar at the end of the Princess Juliana International airport watching the planes take off and land.

Island hopping the eastern carribbean for xmas and newyears '07/'08

St.Maarten is a beautifull Island in the Carribean. It is divided in a French site and a Dutch site. Both sites have their own beautifull things and specialties. Both sites have a good Kitchen. We have enjoy our trip and look forward in returning again.