St. Martin and St. Barts Alive! 2nd Edition (Hunter Travel Guides) PDF
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ST. MARTIN, ST. BARTS & ANGUILLA ! E V I L A 2nd Edition Harriet Greenberg & Douglas Greenberg HUNTER HUNTERPUBLISHING,INC. 130CampusDrive,Edison,NJ08818 732-225-1900;800-255-0343;Fax732-417-1744 [email protected] INCANADA: UlyssesTravelPublications 4176Saint-Denis,Montréal,Québec,CanadaH2W2M5 (cid:1)514-843-9882,ext.2232/fax514-843-9448 INTHEUNITEDKINGDOM: WindsorBooksInternational TheBoundary,WheatleyRoad,Garsington Oxford,OX449EJEngland (cid:1)01865-361122;Fax01865-361133 ISBN1-58843-356-0 ©2003AliveTravelBooks,Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyform, orbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,record- ing, or otherwise, without the written permission of the pub- lisher. Thisguidefocusesonrecreationalactivities.Asallsuchactivi- ties contain elements of risk, the publisher, author, affiliated individualsandcompaniesdisclaimanyresponsibilityforany injury,harm,orillnessthatmayoccurtoanyonethrough,orby use of, the information in this book. Every effort was made to insure the accuracy of information in this book, but the pub- lisher and author do not assume, and hereby disclaim, any liability for any loss or damage caused by errors, omissions, misleadinginformationorpotentialtravelproblemscausedby thisguide,evenifsucherrorsoromissionsaretheresultofneg- ligence,accidentoranyothercause. MapsbyKimAndré,©2003HunterPublishing,Inc. 1 2 3 4 Contents St.Barts 1 GettingThere 3 GettingAround 7 Orientation 10 Towns 12 Gustavia 12 St.Jean 13 Lorient 13 Corossol 13 Colombier 14 Sights 14 LaGrandeSaline 14 Vitet 14 Geography 15 Climate 15 Flora&Fauna 17 ABriefHistory 18 SunupToSundown 22 Gustavia&ShellBeach 23 SaintJean&SaintJeanBeach 28 Lorient(AnsedeLorient) 31 PointeMilou 32 AnseMarigot&GrandCuldeSac 33 AnsePetitCul-De-Sac,AnseToiny 33 GrandeSaline(AnsedeGrandeSaline)34 Lurin&AnseduGouverneur 36 Corossol(AnsedeCorossol) 36 AnsedesCayes&AnsedesFlamands 38 Colombier&ColombierBeach 39 Land-BasedSports 40 Water-BasedSports 43 ShopTillYouDrop 48 p iv Contents StoreHours 49 GustaviaBoutiques 49 St.JeanBoutiques 52 St.BartsArtists 53 BestPlacestoStay 53 ThingstoConsider 55 RateSchedules 55 Off-SeasonTravel 56 AlivePriceScale 56 TheBestHotels 57 SmallHotels&Inns 77 VillaRentals 81 BestPlacestoEat 83 DiningHours 85 DiningSavvy 85 AlivePriceScale 86 ExceptionalDiningSpots 87 Gustavia 93 Lorient 100 GrandCuldeSac 101 GrandeSaline 104 AnseDesCayes 107 LunchattheBeach,St.BartsStyle 107 SaintJeanBeach 108 GrandCulDeSacBeach 109 All-DayRestaurants 109 Gustavia 110 SaintJean 111 RoutedeSaline 112 LocalWateringHoles 113 AfterDark 115 St.BartsAToZ 119 SintMaarten/SaintMartin 125 GettingThere 127 ByAir 127 p Contents v EntryRequirements 128 MoneyMatters 128 GettingAround 129 NavigatingTheIsland 129 Inter-IslandTravel 132 Orientation 134 Towns&Sights 138 PrincessJulianaAirport 138 Philipsburg 138 SimpsonBayLagoon 139 MahoBay 139 MulletBay 139 Marigot 140 GrandCase 140 OrientBay 141 TerresBasses 141 OysterPondBay 141 ABriefHistory 142 SunuptoSundown 145 French-SideBeaches 147 OrientBayBeach 148 BaieLongue,BaieAuxPrunes 149 CulDeSac&Off-ShoreIslands 150 GrandCaseBeach 151 BaieDeL’Embouchure 151 OtherFrench-SideBeaches 152 Dutch-SideBeaches 152 DawnBeach-OysterPond 152 CupecoyBeach 153 Maho&MulletBays 153 SimpsonBay&Lagoon 154 OtherDutch-SideBeaches 154 Sights 155 Philipsburg 155 Marigot 158 GrandCase 161 p vi Contents Colombier&Orleans 162 ParadisePeak(PicParadis) 162 ButterflyFarm 163 SintMaartenZoo 163 TheOldHouseMuseum 164 Water-BasedSports 164 Land-BasedSports 170 ShopTillYouDrop 174 ShoppingTips 175 Philipsburg 177 Marigot 180 MahoVillage 183 ArtGalleries 184 BestPlacestoStay 185 VillaRentals 186 AlivePriceScale 188 TheBestHotelsonSaintMartin 189 VillaCommunities 210 TheBestHotelsonSintMaarten 213 TimeshareResorts 219 SmallHotels 222 BestPlacestoEat 225 DiningSavvy 227 AlivePriceScale 228 RestaurantsinorNearMarigot 229 RestaurantsinorNearGrandCase 243 DiningFartherNorth 250 DininginorNearPhilipsburg 254 DininginorNearMaho 259 DininginSimpsonBay 262 AfterDark 265 MahoPlaza 266 Mullet/CupecoyBay 266 Marigot 267 OrientBeach 268 Casinos 269 p Contents vii Calypso/Reggae 269 Jazz&OtherMusic 270 St.MartinAtoZ 272 Anguilla 281 GettingThere 283 GettingAround 284 TheBeaches 284 Watersports 287 OnLand 289 SunuptoSundown 290 Sightseeing 290 TheValley 290 AroundTheIsland 291 Shopping 291 BestPlacestoStay 292 Resorts 292 BestPlacestoEat 295 Nightlife 297 Maps St.Barts 11 Gustavia 25 St.Maarten/St.Martin 135 Philipsburg 156 Marigot 159 Anguilla 280 Preface Saint Martin/Sint Maarten, St. Barts and Anguillaareclusteredatthenortherntipof theLesserAntillesislandchain.SaintMartin/ Sint Maarten, the largest and most populous island,isattheheartofthisexclusivetrio,with tinySt.Bartsonly20milessouthandAnguilla evenclosertothenortheast.Youcanmakeyour base on one of these islands and take leisurely daytripstoitsneighbors. Not simply land blips in a sea of blue, these islands have personalities defined by their former colonial rulers and by the mix of their current inhabitants. St. Barts and a large chunkofSaintMartinareFrench,bothinspirit and ambiance. They offer the Caribbean’s best restaurants, topless beaches and exclusive shops. The smaller but more developed Sint Maarten is Dutch, and most closely resembles St.ThomasintheUSVirginIslands.Ithasthe largestnumberofduty-freeshopsintheCarib- bean, high-rise resort hotels, gambling casinos and a golf course. The beaches of British Anguilla stretch for miles, with ankle-deep white sand and off-shore coral reefs waiting to be explored by novice snorkelers and scuba divers. Throw in sunny skies, cooling trade winds and first-rate air connections and you can see why we feel you should head to the “international” corneroftheCaribbeanonyournextvacation. About the Authors Harriet Greenberg has been an avid world traveler and accomplished travel writer for over 20 years. She is the author of the award- winning Israel On Your Own, as well as other guides in the Alive series. She is currently researching Puerto Rico Alive, to be published nextyear. Douglas Greenberg graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Travel & Tourism. He is a public relations executive in NewYorkwhenheisn’texploringrestaurants andnightlifeonCaribbeanislands. About the Alive Guides Reliable,detailedandpersonallyresearchedby knowledgeable authors, the Alive series was foundedbyHarrietandArnoldGreenberg. This accomplished travel-writing team estab- lishedtherenownedbookstore,TheComplete Traveller, at 199 Madison Avenue in New YorkCity. We Love to Get Mail This book has been carefully researched to bring you current, accurate information. But noplaceisunchanging.Wewelcomeyourcom- ments for future editions. Please write us at: St. Martin & St. Barts Alive, c/o Hunter Pub- lishing,130CampusDrive,Edison,NJ08818, or send an e-mail to comments@ hunterpublishing.com.
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