Beach Plaza

Marigot

by Fam_Stoica

Marigot is the capital of the French part of Saint Martin. The French atmosphere is overall present : lovely streets, nice houses with gingerbread decorations, boutiques and restaurants. Don't miss the Marina Royale or a superb view from Fort Louis.

Don't forget the sun lotion !

by Fam_Stoica

T-shirts, comfortable shoes Sun lotion with both UVA/UVB protection (a factor of 20 or more is recommended).
A mosquito repellent is very useful during the rainy season. - digital camera is a must
- filters are useful (very strong light)
- powerful batteries
- large memory card or convenient storage solution (PDA, notebook, external HDD)

Baie l'Orient

by lewistfo

Baie l'Orient, la plage des hôtels de touriste, elles est la plus belles de l'ile et fait face au vent. Les vagues y sont donc puissantes. De là, on apercoit les voiliers passer en direction de St-Barth. On voit aussi l'ile déserte sur laquelle on est allé passer quelques heures lorsqu'on était justement en route pour la même place.

Nous avons passé la journée a un hotel pour prendre un verre, manger et relaxer au soleil. Grosse vie sale!

Fort Louis

by bsfreeloader

Constructed in 1767 by order of French King Louis XVI to protect Marigot from pirates of British and Dutch descent, Fort Louis is not much more today than a few crumbling rock walls and some left-over cannons. But it is worth climbing up to see for the sweeping view of Marigot, its harbor, and nearby Anguilla. Although not particularly well marked, it is impossible to miss the fort if you simply look up from the Marigot waterfront.

First stop on Nov 07 cruise empress of the seas

by rw-bigfoot

"St Martin Dutch side cruise port"

This was our 11 day cruise on Royal Caribbean Empress of the Seas in Nov 07 first stop;

The cruise port was well organized. Lots of taxi driver begging for business. We walked to the port entrance and turned left and it was a 10 minute walk to the little shops and the beach we passed a ship yard on our walk and a dive shop also. It's not a place to walk around very easy right out of the port entrance is the main road heavy traffic, there is a bus service here also. That would have been the way we would have traveled around if we had time.

The salt water there was so salty that it was very easy to float in. No snorkeling here water was a little wavey also there is a 3 foot drop off when you get in the ocean here, be careful I fell in the ocean the first time walking down to get in and scratched up my legs from sliding down into.

Lots of little shells to pickup and will keep you busy for hours shell hunting wear some type of swim shoes/booties the ocean bottom was rough with all the little shells.

Had a great time floating :) and picking up lots and lots of the tiny shells. We found the little shops with people trying to sell you something anoying after awhile constant peddliing on the beach and sidewalks, and more than few drunks wobbling around. I don't think it was safe for younger teens by themselves here. We were on the dutch side so there was no nudity on the beach but the french side is another story lots of nudity. We didn't have time to travel the island :( so we just enjoyed our day floating in the beautiful salty water.