Whatare Your Favorite Eastern Caribbean Excursions

[sunshinesusie]

Please tell me your favorite places to go and things to do in San Juan, St. Marteen & Labadee

[patience32]

san juan and st maartin are very close to the ship no need to book excursions

if you like shopping etc.sanjuan you are docked in the old town very pretty sailing in past government buildings also a fort you can walk to and loads of shops.st maartin best for anything duty free more shops then yourll ever need.and very cheap.if shopping and bars are not your thing you could catch a taxi to the french side about half an hour away.both lovely islands:)

[pix]

We sailed (Adventure of the Sea) 2 weeks ago - 5th Royal Carib cruise. Labadee is a private island which is small enough to tour by foot in about an hour. The ship will set up lunch on the island and has kayak, snorkel and jet ski rental which you can get anytime. They have a new zip line that views over the water that looks cool. This is more of a laid back -"day at the beach" environment. They have a small shopping area that is run by the locals -they are not allowed to approach you except in this area - stay away unless you are looking for local crafts and don't mind being harassed.

 

San Juan - everyone tours old San Juan and the Fort by foot. Better than expected. No pushy locals. The other option is the rain forest but it takes all day since it is about an hour away by car.

 

St Maarten - Everyone goes to Orient Beach (8 mile Cab ride) - above average. We rented a Jeep and toured the entire island. Not nearly as nice as expected. As usual - The pictures show off the resort and beach areas. You can actually swim in the bay near the ship and shopping (2 mile cab ride). The downtown boardwalk area is not too bad.

 

I'm still partial to Bermuda - its the only caribbean island I have been to that looks like the pictures everywhere once you get away from the dock!

 

Whatever you do will be fun - we needed a lot of sunscreen - still peeling.