St Barths and St Martin
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Two caribbean islands with a European personality. Islands where the streets are lined with fashionable boutiques and bustling cafes, the beach bars serve designer drinks and the conversation is made on beautiful terraces.
St Barths - the chicest spot in the West Indies, its the island of choice for the international jet set who come for fine dining, the hidden bays and the white sand beaches like Anse des Flamands and Anse du Gouverneur. St Barths is just over eight square miles so is easily explored, walk the pretty streets of Corossol, a fishing village where residents speak and old Norman dialect, or spend some time shopping in the stylish capital Gustavia. St Barths is oozing with style!
St Martin - part Dutch and part French St Martin offers excellent night life, duty-free shopping, exciting casinos and visiting cruise ships make this an upbeat and cosmopolitan island. Marigot has a French feel and offers elegant boutiques and bistro's, whilst the Dutch side Philipsburg bustles with lively shopping streets, cafes and casinos.
Hotel St Barth Isle de France - situated on one of St Barth's finest beaches Baie des Flamands, the Isle de France offers its guests fine French cuisine, discreet personal attention to detail and most importantly it knows how to pamper you! The light and airy rooms, suites and bungalows are all individually styled with romantic furnishings all with modern facilites such as satellite TV, CD and DVD, airconditioning, tea/coffee-makers and minifridges are also included. The rooms and junior suites of the central estate house overlook the sea, whilst a further collection of cottage-style rooms including a Hillside Suite with private plunge pool are nestled amidst tropical gardens.
Twenty four hour room service is available if you do not wish to eat in one of the traditional French cuisine resturants. An open-air spa offers relaxing massages, which may also be enjoyed in the chic and stylish surroundings of the Molton Brown Spa.
Eden Rock Hotel, St Barths - privately owned, this ultra-chic hotel has a real contempary feel. Thirteen new beachfront accommodations strung out along the fantastic beach of St Jean Bay now perfectly complement the original rooms and suites on the Eden Rock. Some of the new rooms have private pools, some are duplex and all are decorated in the Eden Rock style - chic, crisp, clean and contempary with vivid bursts of colour from artworks and fabrics. The orginal rock rooms also offer exceptional living.
Relais & Chateaux excellence is evident in the two restaurants - barefoot lunches are enjoyed at the Sand Bar and evening meals at the panoramic On The Rocks Restaurant and Tapas Bar. Activities are focused around the beach with watersports and none motorised sports.
Hotel Guanahani & Spa, St Barths - a member of the Leading Small Hotels of the World, the Hotel Guanahani & Spa is positioned on its own sixteen acre peninsula. The air-conditioned rooms are furnished with rare woods and fresh cotton fabrics, each with DVD and CD Players, flat screen TV, ceiling fan and minibar, fourteen suites have their own private pools, gardens and large terrace. Evenings are spent in the stylish surroundings of the Bar To lounge bar and culminate in a fine dining experience at Bartolomeo restaurant.
Relaxtion centres around the superb Clarins Spa, two swimming pools and two sandy beaches, one of which provides a full service on the reef-protected bay.
Le Sereno Hotel, St Barths - this relative newcomer to fashionable St Barths has created quite a stir among local cognoscenti. The Le Sereno was designed with the help of Paris designer Christian Liaigre and landscape architect Fernando Tabora. Together they have created an intimate, chic, blissful beachfront retreat.
The stylish accommodation feature furnishings by Liaigre and twenty-first century amenities including plasma TV's, DVD's, and iPods. The Suites Terrasse lead out into a private landscaped garden, whilst the Grand Suites Plage afford panoramic ocean views. The restaurant is accomplained by a swish Martini Bar & Lounge and all guest staying in an indulgent hotel need an in-room spa treatment.
La Samanna Hotel, St Martin - this well known resort is located on the French side of St Martin and is owned and run by the Orient-Express Hotels. The hotel is designed in a whitewashed Mediterranean style lying on the magnificent beach of Baie Longue beach.
Rooms, suites and villas come with satellite TVs, VCRs, and minibars as standard features, whilst the newest suites have private plunge pools and outdoor showers on their rooftop terraces. Gourmet French cuisine is served in the elegant restaurant and casual al fresco lunches are offered at the Poolside Grill or the Beach Bar. For special occasions the Wine Cellar offers the ultimate private dining experience.
Complimentary snorkelling, windsurfing, tennis, yoga and a fitness centre are all on site with beauty treatments available at the Elysees Spa. The services of a personal shopper are available as is a boat available for private charter to nearby islands.
Fact File
Flying time: 9 hours to Antigua, with a 35 minute onward flight
Time difference: 4 hours behind GMT
Currency: Euro
Recommended for:
- Chic sophistication
- Gourmet experiences
- An ideal twin-centre with Antigua/Anguilla
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