St. Martin Travel Guide

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Whatever Language You Speak, St. Martin Understands What You're Saying

April 16, 2010 at 2:35 PM | by | Comments (0)

St. Martin has typically been considered the brief stopover island for fabulous jetsetters who then fly onward to St. Barth's. That is until our writer Shira Levine discovered that the bipolar island with a French and Dutch identity crisis is worth lingering on for a few days. Questions or suggestions? Let us know.

Now that we've told you what the difference is between St. Martin and St. Maarten, as well as where to eat, where to day trip and ahem, what to wear, it's time to tell you how to book your trip.

On it's own, St. Martin makes for quite the more affordable, lovely weekend getaway thanks to direct flights to Princess Juliana Airport on several major airlines (Delta, JetBlue, American Airline) and from U.S. cities that include New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Miami, Philadelphia and Dallas. However, we recommend saving the fancypants destination of St. Barth's for a day excursion if you're on more of a budget but still curious how the glitterati vs. the globerati vacation.

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A Day Trip to Pinel Island, Where It's Kosher to Tag Tiger Sharks

Where: Pinel Island, St. Martin
April 15, 2010 at 3:35 PM | by | Comments (0)

St. Martin has typically been considered the brief stopover island for fabulous jetsetters who then fly onward to St. Barth's. That is until our writer Shira Levine discovered that the bipolar island with a French and Dutch identity crisis is worth lingering on for a few days. Questions or suggestions? Let us know.

There are no cars or hotels on Pinel Island, which makes the tiny island just five minutes off the shores of French Cul de Sace and the northern tip of Orient Bay so charming. Pinel is quintessentially the place St. Martininers go to relax. Yes, a Caribbean island for Caribbean islanders to get away from their Caribbean island and relax.

Pinel doesn't try to be fancy and that's why it's been able to retain a popular, universal appeal without feeling over crowded and lame. (The cruise ship set don't make it over here.) There's just an old wooden dock and a shack that rents kayaks. Small, family run ferry boats make the five minute jaunt countless times a day, and charge $7 a person, because well, why not?

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