Rivertrash
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Emmanuel at Santa Fe told us last night that there is a very small relatively unknown public beach near Guanahani. He said you can park near Registration at Guanahani and ask the person there for directions to the public access. He said you go down some stairs that are to the left of where yhou would go to the Guanahani beach. Anyone know what he's talking about?
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stbartslover
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This place is not very private since the hotel was built, a small beach, but a "sleeper" for sure. My friend Emmanuel is a great source of these tips.
Don't bother with the desk (hard to park/turn arround)---just leave your car outside on the right where staff parks & walk straight down steps to the beach, excellent snorkeling left toward Marigot Bay.
In my youth I walked those still uneven stone steps my very first SB trip before the hotel was built---they were the plage access for some villas on/near the then compound that existed on the site an old girlfriend invited me to. The land was full of large palm trees right up to the beach...an absolute private paradise.
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MartinS
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I used this same beach as a starting point for snorkeling a few times years ago. There is a nice artificial reef system there also which at the time was home to many lobster. Not that I would touch them, the place being a marine park and all…..
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stbartslover
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Marigot Bay as a marine park is fairly recent.
Not long ago large boats anchored in the there and fishermen as well.
At the old Marigot Bay Club, a sight was the waiter swimming out to the traps to retrive your lobster.
A couple of years ago with friends we observed sea turtles, too.
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JEK
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Anse de Maréchal
A sliver of beach next to Grand cul de Sac. The villa in the picture is the Rothschild estate, or what is left of it.
 
Old money abounds here. Colombier Beach is nicknamed Rockefeller's Beach because David Rockefeller owned the surrounding property. The twin tropical villas shown here were built in 2002 by the Rothschild family.
"Gitana Bay," an estate in the small cove of Marigot Bay, is now on the market for $21.4 million. The seven-and-a-half-acre property begins at the beach and rises up a hillside, giving both villas ocean views. The houses are lush with exotic woods, and some of the floors are made from lava stone. The path to the private beach passes through a coconut grove lined with totem poles. Lest one think this is rustic island living, both villas have deck pools, high-tech air conditioning and Bose surround-sound systems.
Even the bathrooms at Gitana Bay are clad in exotic woods and polished lava stone.
Because of its unique location and acreage, the price puts Gitana Bay at the very top of the St. Barts market, says Christian Wattiau of Sibarth Real Estate, who is handling the listing. If north of $20 million is too rich for most people's blood, for somewhat more moderate, though by no means inexpensive, prices, prospective buyers can still certainly find property on St. Barts.
"Five million will get you a very nice property on this island," Wattiau says.
Baron Benjamin de Rothschild has been running Gitana Bay as a high-end hotel. During the winter holidays, "Reserve Villa," closer to the beach, rents for $50,000 per week. Makes the $21.4 million sales price seem like a steal.
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JimD
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FYI, all beaches are public, even the hotel beach boys try to tell you otherwise.
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JEK
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FYI, all beaches are public, even the hotel beach boys try to tell you otherwise.
True, but there are only certain official public access points. The one on the trail I noted in the image is marked as such.
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WishIWereThere
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I used this same beach as a starting point for snorkeling a few times years ago. There is a nice artificial reef system there also which at the time was home to many lobster. Not that I would touch them, the place being a marine park and all…..
We enjoy snorkeling there. Always see at least one beautiful gliding stingray.
Last trip found many little shells in the surf at waters edge.
Also saw this big guy there.
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cassidain
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FYI, all beaches are public, even the hotel beach boys try to tell you otherwise.
Right, in France (remember la Collectivite is still largely under French domaine) the littoral is always public domaine and private properties stop short of the coast. Now, on a plage with some depth, part of it may indeed be private.
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Voosh
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It's a nice trek. And, we got some good background info here on this thread today.
My 2 cents worth is - this spring most of the east beaches were low down, weedy and populated with stuff that shoulda been served for dinner a few nights earlier. Sounds like it may have improved with the weeks. Maybe these unusually early and heavy storms cleared it up a bit?
Rivertrash - we need an onsite report. Y'know, someone's gotta do it.
Hope you got the binocs. But some pictures, please.
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Rivertrash
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Thanks for the encouragement. Mrs. RT and I are going to go over there this morning to check it out. Now, as to the pics, I'm taking a lot, but have forgotten how to upload (or download -- never know which it is) and post them and I didn't bring the instructions I wrote out a year or two ago from JEK's tutorial. You know, I do this twice a year at best and the memory just . . . . I forgot what I was going to say.
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JEK
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RT,
Your refresher course!
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Voosh
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Sounds like you remembered to bring the camera. Point 1 taken care of. JEK just filled in the blanks on Point number 2. Now it's up to you.
LOL and wishing the best of treks,
Voosh
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Rivertrash
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Yeah, brought a camera, but can I get the pics on here? Let's see. If this works, it will be a picture of Marechal Beach.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2704989474_28e3937c85.jpg
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Rivertrash
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Okay, that didn't work. What did I do wrong, other than having to type in the URL manually. I know there's another way to do that, but what did I leave out to get it to post the picture. Can the rest of you click on the URL and see the picture?
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infi
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I see it
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Rivertrash
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Thanks for the reply. Now I'm going to see if I can get one to actually post. If it works, this will be the "steps" going from the beach up to the Guanahani.
I just edited and added a [/image] after the .jpg! Magic!
How was ER?
Edited by JEK (07/26/08 08:27 PM)
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Rivertrash
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Aww, screw it! I'm going to dinner at Eden Rock.
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tim
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Dick,
You were incredibly close to proper execution with your photo. Click on "Image," copy your URL ending in "jpg," and that should do it. I can't believe you abandoned us for dinner at Eden Rock! Mon ami, where are your priorities? :-)
Edited by tim (07/26/08 07:50 PM)
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Rivertrash
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I'm going to try again. It's a new day.
What I found there is a set of steps in disrepair leading down from Guanahani to the beach that is called Marechal. It's a thin strip of sand that right now has lots of seaweed type material on it. It runs east to where it intersects the much larger beach at Guanahani. The two beaches are separated by a fenced in area with lots of palms and some structures that are inaccessible from Marechal. On the west end of Marechal are the runs of what looks like was once a dock that was accessed above by some more rock and concrete steps. If I can post them, here are four pics that show this.
Looking east from the west end of Marechal:
Steps leading down to an old dock area:
The "steps" coming down from Guanahani:
Looking from the far east end of Marechal where it joins Guanahani's beach:
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tim
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Dick,
Congratulations on conquering the photo technology, and thanks for the report.
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