on our own in St. Maartan

[Life is Good Cruising]

Hi can you tell me where you get the bus to Maho beach please , we go in 3 weeks and want to go to the beach:)

 

You can catch the bus to Maho on Back St., see Philipsburg on the second map.

 

http://www.sint-maarten.net/st-maarten-maps/stmaarten_maps.html

[magsfife12]

You can catch the bus to Maho on Back St., see Philipsburg on the second map.

 

http://www.sint-maarten.net/st-maarten-maps/stmaarten_maps.html

 

 

Thank-you very much for info , iv printed the map to take with me xx:)

[chellecruise12]

For me, St Maarten is one of those places I could visit on every cruise. We get off the ship, jump on the water taxi and head to town, one fee lets you ride back and forth all day. You can lie on the beach all day if you like but if you get tired of that, just jump up and the main street is right behind you. Wander around town, hit the Belgian Chocolate Shop, haggle over some cheap booze, if you smoke, buy the cheapest cigs anywhere and enjoy a smoke on your balcony :D, and head back to beach. Lunch time, we jump the water taxi and head back to the ship for a bite. Right afterwards we grab some fresh towels and head back to town on the water taxi. Great way to spend a day. Here's a few shots of our last trip there - all this is within a 5 minute water taxi ride from the ship:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your pictures are beautiful!! We have never taken the water taxi before..Do you remember the cost? Is it easy to locate from the pier? Thanks for any help..We head there March 2015

[sjde]

I thought I remember the ship being docked right IN town-Phillipsburg.

 

Do you take a water taxi to a nearby beach?

[Karysa]

I thought I remember the ship being docked right IN town-Phillipsburg.

 

Do you take a water taxi to a nearby beach?

 

Nope. Pollution issues have kept me out of the town beach for years.

[SeaDiva21]

Absolutely gorgeous pictures--especially the first one for the magnificent cloud formations and the colorful background and sea. Can't wait to get back there again.

Robin

[sjde]

Does the water taxi take you only from the cruise ship terminal to Front St in Phillipsburg or can you go to Great Bay beach?

[chellecruise12]

Does the water taxi take you only from the cruise ship terminal to Front St in Phillipsburg or can you go to Great Bay beach?

 

Great Bay Beach has had problems with pollution for a long time.. Might want to look into it.. :(

[sjde]

Great Bay Beach AND Maho?

[Karysa]

Great Bay Beach AND Maho?

 

No I have never read About or seen pollution issues at Maho.

Edited May 25, 2014 by Karysa