This is one of my favorite destinations. You can just take a water taxi ($15 round trip) and enjoy all the shopping and beach you want. We got a $25 deal of 1 umbrella, 2 chairs, 4 drinks, and a bathroom. Well worth it. Get there early and you can sit on the front row at the beach. ...
We had stayed on the French side of St Martin many times, but hadn't been there in about 20 years. So we rented a car and planned to shop in Marigot and have lunch in Grand Case. The traffic was bad 20 years ago; now it is absolute gridlock. Sadly, Marigot had really deteriorated, and there were few shops left - the whole are has become pretty seedy. St Maarten/St Martin used to be one of our ...
walked thru town...window shopped...and hit the BLUE BITCH BAR for the best tee shirts on the planet..Every time we are in St Martin, we go here and get Tee shirts...the saying on them is GREAT and people always laugh when they read it... ...
We like to walk around Philipsburg and have lunch at the Green House. We've also been to Orient Beach which is beautiful and has an abundance of nice small restaurants on the beach. ...
