Anyone ever visited at St.Maarten??

Trinizoya · Postby **Trinizoya** » August 1st, 2014, 11:44 am

Hi guys, I wanted to take a trip with my mom, sis in law n two nieces who are age 6. Was checking out Krystal tours website and saw they advertising trips to St.Maarten where you will be staying at the Sonesta Maho Beach resort casino n spa.anyone ever been there?please share your experience. Thankssss

zoom rader · Postby **zoom rader** » August 1st, 2014, 12:11 pm

Pics of sis in law will help.

tourniquet · Postby **tourniquet** » August 1st, 2014, 12:11 pm

pretty sure I've seen a thread on this before, do a search you'll get more opinions. Maho is close to the airport, and comfortable enough, but nothing spectacular. The island itself is a nice vice island; strip clubs, nude beaches, casinos, plenty places to get drunk, and duty free shopping.

Daran · Postby **Daran** » August 1st, 2014, 12:17 pm

Nude beaches ftw

javishm · Postby **javishm** » August 1st, 2014, 12:45 pm

zoom rader wrote:Pics of sis in law will help.

Daran wrote:Nude beaches ftw

Trinizoya · Postby **Trinizoya** » August 1st, 2014, 1:00 pm

Thanks guys... Will search for thread

brams112 · Postby **brams112** » August 1st, 2014, 1:02 pm

Remember opie NUDE beaches,so watch where you carrying them eh.

Ronnie203 · Postby **Ronnie203** » August 1st, 2014, 2:00 pm

I was there in Nov.2013
Its mostly beaches....no real waterpark for the kids
IMO its more of an adult vacation spot, with bars and clubs...Packed Nightlife

The island has about 20 nude beach...but the main Nude beach usually PAcked out is Oreint Bay were there is a Nude Resort on the beach. Shopping not that great
I Just got back from Margarita....Water parks, Great Shopping, Nice Mall great for kids

brams112 · Postby **brams112** » August 1st, 2014, 2:06 pm

Ronnie203 wrote:I was there in Nov.2013
Its mostly beaches....no real waterpark for the kids
IMO its more of an adult vacation spot, with bars and clubs...Packed Nightlife

The island has about 20 nude beach...but the main Nude beach usually PAcked out is Oreint Bay were there is a Nude Resort on the beach. Shopping not that great
I Just got back from Margarita....Water parks, Great Shopping, Nice Mall great for kids

What about the unrest over there Ronnie?place still heated?Sambil is still a ghost town?Is the military still present around every two footsteps?

Trinizoya · Postby **Trinizoya** » August 1st, 2014, 3:17 pm

I went Margarita a couple of years ago. That was the first n last for me. The trip was nice stayed at Laguna mar hotel however coming back to tdad was the worst. The military ppl in the airport was randomly pulling ppl aside.... Making them go thru some X-ray machine thingy... Digging up in ppl suitcase ... Walking around watching everyone is some drug mule. They damage ppl suitcases..broke the locks to.This guy who had gone to shop they actually took stuff from him. They kept him in a lil room n kept threatening him. Coming back in the plane he told us. Man I was never so happy to be back in sweet tnt

equipped2ripp · Postby **equipped2ripp** » August 1st, 2014, 3:27 pm

SXM is more for adults, esp the Maho area which is full of restaurants, bars and nightclubs... with kids you're better off going to an all inc in Margarita or Curacao.

Keegz2130 · Postby **Keegz2130** » August 1st, 2014, 6:00 pm

I actually like it there , lots of shopping if your into diamonds and top notch watches . i wont mind goin back . and yeah is more adults playground , bars and nightclub . and has 1 traffic light ! lolz

Ronnie203 · Postby **Ronnie203** » August 2nd, 2014, 2:14 pm

brams112 wrote:
Ronnie203 wrote:I was there in Nov.2013
Its mostly beaches....no real waterpark for the kids
IMO its more of an adult vacation spot, with bars and clubs...Packed Nightlife

The island has about 20 nude beach...but the main Nude beach usually PAcked out is Oreint Bay were there is a Nude Resort on the beach. Shopping not that great
I Just got back from Margarita....Water parks, Great Shopping, Nice Mall great for kids

What about the unrest over there Ronnie?place still heated?Sambil is still a ghost town?Is the military still present around every two footsteps?

The only sign of unrest was me.....with all them sexy latino women.....wow

Went and walk through down town to shop with no problems, I even hired a taxi in the night to go look at the night life....ded but best girls

Ronnie203 · Postby **Ronnie203** » August 2nd, 2014, 2:28 pm

oH....And right now the there are 30 women to 1 man in Vene

HaRdCoRe_YoUtH · Postby **HaRdCoRe_YoUtH** » August 2nd, 2014, 3:07 pm

Trinizoya wrote:Hi guys, I wanted to take a trip with my mom, sis in law n two nieces who are age 6. Was checking out Krystal tours website and saw they advertising trips to St.Maarten where you will be staying at the Sonesta Maho Beach resort casino n spa.anyone ever been there?please share your experience. Thankssss

I've been there multiple time. Its a beautiful place. I also stayed in Sonesta every time i been there. Its right next to the beach where the airport is. Where people go stand for the plane exhaust to blow you away. When stayed it was an all inclusive package and they have some nice restaurants there. Very nice food. The casino is just across the road and is a great place to hang out. Its alot of night life there on the strip as well. There are roof top beach bars and alot of shopping in Down Town where all the cruise ships docks. Alot of watch and jewellery stores.

Over all a great place

Trinizoya · Postby **Trinizoya** » August 2nd, 2014, 5:17 pm

HaRdCoRe_YoUtH wrote:
Trinizoya wrote:Hi guys, I wanted to take a trip with my mom, sis in law n two nieces who are age 6. Was checking out Krystal tours website and saw they advertising trips to St.Maarten where you will be staying at the Sonesta Maho Beach resort casino n spa.anyone ever been there?please share your experience. Thankssss

I've been there multiple time. Its a beautiful place. I also stayed in Sonesta every time i been there. Its right next to the beach where the airport is. Where people go stand for the plane exhaust to blow you away. When stayed it was an all inclusive package and they have some nice restaurants there. Very nice food. The casino is just across the road and is a great place to hang out. Its alot of night life there on the strip as well. There are roof top beach bars and alot of shopping in Down Town where all the cruise ships docks. Alot of watch and jewellery stores.

Over all a great place[/

Is the down town shopping area close to the hotel? Is any shopping area close to sonesta hotel?

HaRdCoRe_YoUtH · Postby **HaRdCoRe_YoUtH** » August 3rd, 2014, 6:58 pm

Trinizoya wrote:
HaRdCoRe_YoUtH wrote:
Trinizoya wrote:Hi guys, I wanted to take a trip with my mom, sis in law n two nieces who are age 6. Was checking out Krystal tours website and saw they advertising trips to St.Maarten where you will be staying at the Sonesta Maho Beach resort casino n spa.anyone ever been there?please share your experience. Thankssss

I've been there multiple time. Its a beautiful place. I also stayed in Sonesta every time i been there. Its right next to the beach where the airport is. Where people go stand for the plane exhaust to blow you away. When stayed it was an all inclusive package and they have some nice restaurants there. Very nice food. The casino is just across the road and is a great place to hang out. Its alot of night life there on the strip as well. There are roof top beach bars and alot of shopping in Down Town where all the cruise ships docks. Alot of watch and jewellery stores.

Over all a great place

Is the down town shopping area close to the hotel? Is any shopping area close to sonesta hotel?[/quote]

There isnt much shopping in Maho or around sonesta. You will have to take a taxi to downtown which is about half hr drive then take a taxi back to maho.

Hyperion · Postby **Hyperion** » August 3rd, 2014, 10:18 pm

S Maarten is beautiful, visited a few years ago, rented a car and drove the entire island in a couple of hours. half the island is french and half is dutch.There are casinos at all of the hotels and everywhere in between. The beaches are fantastic but I can't recall seeing any lifeguards. As the others indicated, the island caters more to adults but you can still have wholesome family fun.

Postby **Monk BANzai** » August 3rd, 2014, 10:28 pm

lovely place...I have a Timeshare at Divi Little Resort (closer to town).... its a shoppers paradise for duty free stuff...cant beat their Liquor prices anywhere.

Thais me dey at Divi Little:

Advice...get a rental and go on the french side to eat (if you into french food)...i think apart from eating in Paris... i havent had good french food like on the French side of SXM. Yeah there's some French Beaches but bleh....over-rated. The beach strip by the golf course is nice.... a bit misleading with the coral beach the shore, but once you go more out, the sand is le soft. I stay at Divi Little, so theres a water sport place there that you can rent a jet-ski for about $30US for the hour and you can go towards the Phillipsberg bay area.

If is family stuff.... take a Ferry and go to Anguilla for the day. think it was like $15US return trip. good beaches over there as well.

Check out The restaurant deck near Blue Mall (Maho side, close to Mullet Bay..but after the golf course). Its set against a jetty (like Crews Inn) with a variety of palettes (including LE AWSOME Arabian place that makes some devine wraps.....i talking eat paper ting).

Oh. If you in town, check out the food place called Bare Foot. Awesome local cuisine. Run by a Trini (Johnny Soong's Cousin. Gordon Yee is his name)... real nice spot...and its on the boardwalk, so from there you can shop.

Overall if you going... forget to compare "dollar for dollar" Its an expensive place. But good food. ...ahh..theres french restaurant on the dutch side that makes mean weight gaining pizza.... with goat cheese and nuts and whatnot.

Downtown theres a guy called Anand that makes HUGE roti....

he has two women that want to marry trini's ...so be careful...lol

(all pics are from my 2013 stay...)