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St Martin Guide to Attractions, Places to Stay, Restaurants and Resources

St Martin guide to attractions, places to stay, restaurants and local resources - all designed to help you plan and enjoy a better vacation: has info about things to see and do, where to eat and shop and info about hotels, resorts, motels, beaches, boating and golf.

St Martin is the French side of the island and is well known for, what else? The food.

Welcome to St Martin

St Martin is the French side of the island that shares territory with the Dutch St Maarten.

The mash-up of two great cultures served up on one island gives travelers a chance to experience the fine food and shopping that the French are famous for, with the lose and playful nature of the Dutch - more than a dozen casinos are located on the island, all in St Maarten.

Is it really any wonder that the quip "Eat on the French side, play on the Dutch" is about as good advice you can get?

It goes without saying that the French love the beach and the freedom that water, wind and waves affords. Topless bathing is common on all the French beaches, and the most popular beach on the island is Orient Beach on the northeast coast - au natural bathing is allowed at this beach.

Deep sea fishing charters are run out of Philipsburg. 


Updated - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

St Martin

Enjoy the numerous beautiful sandy beaches of St Martin, diving and snorkeling trips to many of the islands coral reefs and deep sea fishing charters.   

Restaurants

La Santal By the Sea
This oceanfront restaurant serves classic French cuisine in a romantic oceanfront setting. Among the best of the best on the island. 40 rue Lady Fish in Marigot. 

Places to Stay

Hotel La Samanna
This small scale resort on the western side of the island on Long Bay features oceanfront accommodations in a variety of formats. Choose between individual cottages or the hotel rooms. Pet friendly with stunning white sands and gorgeous sunsets. Baie Longue.   

Attractions

The Butterfly Farm
One of two butterfly farms in the Caribbean. Walk among hundreds of the world's most exotic butterflies in the screen enclosure. Guided tours offer information of lifecycle and how to attract butterflies at home. Near Quarter D'Orleans. 

Local Resources

St Martin Tourist Office
Route de Sandy Ground, Marigot, St Martin. 


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St Martin Vacation Resources

Caribbean Vacation Websites

St Maarten - on the south side of the island, the Dutch St Maarten is active with more than a dozen hotel casinos.

Anguilla - pick a high point and look north across the channel - there's Anguilla.

Related Vacation Websites

Caribbean Vacations - view popular Caribbean vacation destinations, this Caribbean site has links to the many islands and lands of the Caribbean.