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Easily fly into St. Maarten / St. Martin, where you can board your yacht. Everyone loves to cruise to St. Barth’s, an island famous for it’s Ooh-la-la Joie de Vivre. Fine French dining, celebrity sightings, and clothing optional beaches add to the excitement. More delights wait on the lush sugar island of St Kitts. The stunning approach to this verdant green isle is crowned by historic Fort Brimstone. Classic plantation tours, a new casino, and quiet anchorages are nice options. A visit to sister isle Nevis can provide golf, horseback riding, splendid beaches and water fun. Antigua is an ultimate destination with a great historical yacht harbor. The Dutch territorial isles of St. Eustatius (Statia) and Saba provide fabulous dive sites, Eco tours and hikes, and historical visits. On to Anguilla, with white sand beaches and reefs, fish and bird rookeries, and a new golf course and marina under development. It is properly British, or casually fun, a most delightful mix. Upon your return to St. Martin, don’t forget to enjoy the famous nightlife, shopping, and multitudes of beaches! Contact us to arrange your Saint Martin.
Sint Maarten/Saint Martin, is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (186 miles) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km2 island is divided roughly in half between France (53 km2)and the Netherlands Antilles (34 km2); it is the smallest inhabited sea island divided between two nations, a division dating to 1648. The southern Dutch half comprises the Eilandgebied Sint Maarten (Island area of St. Martin) and is part of the Netherlands Antilles. The northern French half comprises the Collectivite de Saint-Martin (Collectivity of St. Martin) and is an overseas collectivity of France.
Collectively, the two territories are known as “St-Martin/St Maarten”. Sometimes SXM, the IATA identifier for Princess Juliana International Airport (the island’s main airport), is used to refer to the island. The main towns are Philipsburg (Dutch side) and Marigot (French side).
The highest hilltop is the Pic Paradis (424 m) on center of a hill chain (French side). There is no river on the island, but many dry guts. Hiking trails give access to the dry forest covering tops and slopes.
The average yearly air temperature is 27 °C (min 17 °C, max 35 °C) and sea surface temperature 26.4 °C. The total average yearly rainfall is 995 mm, with 99 days of thunder.
Demographics
On January 1, 2006 the population of the entire island of Saint Martin was 72,892 inhabitants, 37,629 of whom lived on the Dutch side of the island and 35,263 on the French side of the island. In addition there is an average of 1,000,000 tourist visitors per year.
Culture and tourism
Sint Maarten, is known for its festive nightlife, beaches, jewelry, exotic drinks made with native rum-based guavaberry liquors, and plentiful casinos, while Saint-Martin, the French side, is known more for its nude beaches, clothes, shopping (including outdoor markets), and rich French and Indian Caribbean cuisine.
The island is home to accommodations including hotels, villas, and timeshares, many of which are privately available for rent or sale.
Rental cars are the primary mode of transportation for visitors staying on island. If any driving is expected off the major roads (such as to some of the more secluded beaches), a 4-wheel drive is recommended. Traffic on the island, however, has become a major problem; long traffic jams between Marigot, Philipsburg and the airport are common.
Because the island is located along the inter-tropical convergence zone, it is occasionally menaced by tropical storm activity in the late summer and early fall.
The island is widely known for its hundreds of gourmet (and more moderately priced) restaurants on both sides of the island.
