The 10 Best Free Things to do in St Martin / St Maarten, St Martin / St Maarten

April 24, 2022 Jasper Kershner

Get the experience of visiting two island colonies in the same 37 square miles. Saint Maarten/Saint Martin's spicy marriage of Caribbean, French and Dutch cultures matches its physical diversity: the island is both urban and untamed, with rain forest-like landscapes, white beaches, and amazing caves and wildlife.
Restaurants in St Martin / St Maarten

1. The Wall of Art

173 Route de la Baie Nettle Hommage Hotel & Residences, Marigot 97150 St Martin / St Maarten +590 590 87-5454 [email protected] http://www.hommagehotel.com
Excellent
96%
Good
4%
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5.0 based on 49 reviews

The Wall of Art

The Wall of Art is an outdoor museum that was created by French Artists after Hurricane Irma to show the resilience of the people of Saint-Martin to rebuild their beautiful island. It is a colorful wall full of love, passion and inspiration of over 15 artists. It is a km long....

Reviewed By Tanyamtlyogi

I’ve been coming to St Martin for years (before and after hurricane Irma) and everything about this island is magic. From the beaches to its people, a more beautiful island can’t be found! The Wall of Art was built partially to show the people’s strength and endurance after the tragedy of Irma but also to give locals and visitors a sense of hope and to feel as though you are truly part of this magical place. The Homage Hotel (formally Mercure) and its staff helped to organize this amazing art installation and it’s such a lovely part of the experience as you travel from one end of the island to the other. It’s an incredible piece of art but more importantly it symbolizes the island mentally of community and support! A must see!!!!

2. Oyster Pond

Oyster Pond St Martin / St Maarten
Excellent
52%
Good
32%
Satisfactory
11%
Poor
3%
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2%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 492 reviews

Oyster Pond

Reviewed By carlIII - Lancaster, United States

Beautiful area and nice marina to rent boats and scenery shows damage from Hurricane still to date. Located Dutch side and viewing the French side as well. Goats and other animals walk the hills and area around

3. Tintamarre Island

St Martin / St Maarten
Excellent
71%
Good
23%
Satisfactory
5%
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0%
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1%
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4.5 based on 326 reviews

Tintamarre Island

Known as the "flat island"

Reviewed By AndrewCI2020 - Toronto, Canada

Super place for day sailing, excellent mooring, absolutely save to stay overnight. highly recommended for day trip.

4. Baie Rouge

St Martin / St Maarten http://www.leisurecarrentalsxm.com
Excellent
56%
Good
30%
Satisfactory
11%
Poor
3%
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4.5 based on 494 reviews

Baie Rouge

Reviewed By lindag755 - North Vancouver, Canada

Beautiful beach - blue water and white sand. What you expect a Caribbean beach to look like! Very little seaweed. As the beach drops off pretty rapidly so you need to be careful about getting in and out of the water and watch the wave sets carefully.

5. Maho Beach

Beacon Hill Road, Maho St Martin / St Maarten
Excellent
57%
Good
30%
Satisfactory
11%
Poor
2%
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4.5 based on 5,440 reviews

Maho Beach

Located at the end of Maho Bay and also very close to the airport where airplanes fly right above the beach.

Reviewed By TitanicItems - Lomita, United States

For those with an adventurous spirit, you have to visit the world famous Malo Beach. I wanted to experience the close landing jets and more importantly the jet blast of takeoffs...a bucket list item! Powerful blasts are few and far between since many were hurt and from what we heard, some killed. We waited several hours and saw many low flying jets. As for take-offs: We knew we were in for a trouble when the pilot waived at us as he readied the jet for take-off. He gave full thrust and we were instantly tossed like rag dolls. Apparently this does not happen often any longer since some died. “Get hammered by a jet engine at the St. Marteen airport blast fence ✔️.” Overjoyed!

6. Mullet Bay

St Martin / St Maarten
Excellent
68%
Good
24%
Satisfactory
6%
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1%
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4.5 based on 1,979 reviews

Mullet Bay

Reviewed By M8180IXheathera - Glenwood, United States

Great service, great beach and the new beach bar with bathrooms and showers is amazing and has very fun and friendly staff.

7. The Yacht Club at Isle de Sol

Airport Road, Simpson Bay, Simpson Bay St Martin / St Maarten 599-544-2408 [email protected] http://www.igy-isledesol.com/
Excellent
60%
Good
28%
Satisfactory
8%
Poor
3%
Terrible
1%
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4.5 based on 120 reviews

The Yacht Club at Isle de Sol

The Yacht Club at Isle de Sol is St. Maarten's newest megayacht club. Isle de Sol is perfectly positioned near the Simpson Bay Bridge and has magnificent, highly secure and private surroundings; not to mention impressive facilities that will delight the most discerning yachters from around the globe.

Reviewed By mgh564 - Minneapolis, United States

We dined here several times for breakfast and the food is good and the location is wonderful, good times watching the big boats coming through the bridge to the lagoon and back out to the sea.

8. Orient Bay Beach

Orient Bay St Martin / St Maarten 75 http://www.cluborient.fr
Excellent
55%
Good
28%
Satisfactory
11%
Poor
3%
Terrible
3%
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4.5 based on 5,039 reviews

Orient Bay Beach

Reviewed By ommegang - Bloomington, United States

We definitely saw some lingering signs of the destruction wrought by Irma, but the rebuilding seems to be in its last stages. This is already a beautiful beach and it will only get better over the next few months and years. Given the number of facilities and their good reputation we expected it to be super-busy but it wasn't. We did visit in the low season, but the beach is very long and very wide, with lots of room to stroll up and down, enjoy the water, the white sand, and the scenery. Great bars and restaurants too! - I saw some reviewers complain about the seaweed and thought it was rather silly because all natural beaches can have some seaweed. However, a record-breaking sargassum seaweed bloom is taking place and it is definitely affecting these beaches.

9. Little Bay Beach

Octavius L. Richardson Road, Philipsburg St Martin / St Maarten
Excellent
63%
Good
29%
Satisfactory
6%
Poor
2%
Terrible
0%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 694 reviews

Little Bay Beach

Reviewed By 301ericw - Knoxville, United States

Great beach with amazing snorkeling. If you’re there on a cruise it’s only $5 per person each way. You can rent two chairs and an umbrella for $15. Snorkeling is best off two the left along the rocks and steep rock wall. Great variety of fish. Beach is fabulous with a sandy bottom in most places. Variety of stuff to rent for fun

10. Great Bay Beach

Philipsburg St Martin / St Maarten
Excellent
53%
Good
34%
Satisfactory
10%
Poor
2%
Terrible
1%
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4.5 based on 1,197 reviews

Great Bay Beach

Reviewed By chiefdcates - Cary, United States

We enjoyed chairs and an umbrella on our day at Great Bay Beach. Kids and parents enjoyed the calm waters, there were many activities you could do. Mom slipped off for a little shopping. Picked up Subway for an affordable lunch. Neat to watch the water taxis, jet skis and cruise ships in the area.

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