daniela
SBH Insider
We are back from St Barths and it was as great as always.
We flew from Germany via Miami to SXM on the 25[SUP]th[/SUP] of December, where we arrived at 11pm, because the flight was delayed due to some security reasons.
We rented a car from Avis at Juliana airport and drove to Orient Bay. We stayed at the L´Hoste Hotel and that was a positive surprise. It is a small 3star hotel at the beach and the room was nice and spacious with a veranda. We had breakfast at the beach and the hotel provided sun beds and the Beach Bar was also nice.
In the afternoon we went to Baie Rough, our favourite beach on St Martin. The next morning we drove to Grand Chase airport and returned the car. The airport is small and friendly and we were happy, that we did not have to go through SXM airport.
Arriving in St Barth was as magic as always. Joe waited at the airport and 20 minutes after we landed, we were on the terrace of our villa. We rented Villa Les Laurieres from the Joe, the owner and the booking and preparings were so easy and friendly.
Usually we like to stay at the beach, but my two favourite villas are not on the rental market anymore and the others were so expensive over NYE, that we had to find an alternative. And we did! The Villa has two separate bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, a living room with kitchen and nice terrace and a small pool.
The house is perfectly and totally screened, so mosquitoes were no issue at all in the house. We all liked the villa and spent a wonderful time.
The villa is in Anse de Cayes. Unfortunately the beach in Anse de Cayes was packed with seaweed all the time and so was the sea itself. But my favourite beaches Gouverneur and Saline were fine.
So every morning, we were up early due to the time difference, we stopped at the bakery in Colombier and drove to one of the two beaches for a breakfast on the beach.
The kids had a lot of fun with their bodyboards and our stand up paddle. (SUP) I gave the SUP to my husband for Christmas and of course he wanted to take it to St Barths. St Jean was the best place for paddeling. The beach in Marigot was extremely small this year and also lots of seaweed. But St Jean was fine and we actually used the SUP a lot. (still not the best plan to travel over seas with it as one can rent them.)
On Sunday we had a perfect brunch at Le Toiny. This time they did the BBQ next to the buffet and also had ribs. The lobster was good and I could actually go there very day.
We had Lunch at Le Tamarin the next day and loved it.
Also at La Plage, Sand Bar and Nikki Beach.
All were equally good and the atmosphere was great. In the evenings we stopped at Le Select or LÉntract or did some BBQ in the villa.
We flew from Germany via Miami to SXM on the 25[SUP]th[/SUP] of December, where we arrived at 11pm, because the flight was delayed due to some security reasons.
We rented a car from Avis at Juliana airport and drove to Orient Bay. We stayed at the L´Hoste Hotel and that was a positive surprise. It is a small 3star hotel at the beach and the room was nice and spacious with a veranda. We had breakfast at the beach and the hotel provided sun beds and the Beach Bar was also nice.
In the afternoon we went to Baie Rough, our favourite beach on St Martin. The next morning we drove to Grand Chase airport and returned the car. The airport is small and friendly and we were happy, that we did not have to go through SXM airport.
Arriving in St Barth was as magic as always. Joe waited at the airport and 20 minutes after we landed, we were on the terrace of our villa. We rented Villa Les Laurieres from the Joe, the owner and the booking and preparings were so easy and friendly.
Usually we like to stay at the beach, but my two favourite villas are not on the rental market anymore and the others were so expensive over NYE, that we had to find an alternative. And we did! The Villa has two separate bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, a living room with kitchen and nice terrace and a small pool.
The house is perfectly and totally screened, so mosquitoes were no issue at all in the house. We all liked the villa and spent a wonderful time.
The villa is in Anse de Cayes. Unfortunately the beach in Anse de Cayes was packed with seaweed all the time and so was the sea itself. But my favourite beaches Gouverneur and Saline were fine.
So every morning, we were up early due to the time difference, we stopped at the bakery in Colombier and drove to one of the two beaches for a breakfast on the beach.
The kids had a lot of fun with their bodyboards and our stand up paddle. (SUP) I gave the SUP to my husband for Christmas and of course he wanted to take it to St Barths. St Jean was the best place for paddeling. The beach in Marigot was extremely small this year and also lots of seaweed. But St Jean was fine and we actually used the SUP a lot. (still not the best plan to travel over seas with it as one can rent them.)
On Sunday we had a perfect brunch at Le Toiny. This time they did the BBQ next to the buffet and also had ribs. The lobster was good and I could actually go there very day.
We had Lunch at Le Tamarin the next day and loved it.
Also at La Plage, Sand Bar and Nikki Beach.
All were equally good and the atmosphere was great. In the evenings we stopped at Le Select or LÉntract or did some BBQ in the villa.
(due to the time difference of 5 hours we were up early)
