Walk to the beach in St. Martin?

[jkovick]

I think I read in Passporter that you could walk to the beach from the ship in St. Martin. Anyone done this? How far is it? Thanks!

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

It's a pretty long walk, if they're talking about walking to Great Bay Beach, which would seem to me to be the closest one to the ship. It's about a 10 minute cab ride, so maybe a half-hour walk. Maybe I just remember it being further than it actually is. I do know it's never occurred to me to walk, and I walk everywhere.

They easiest way, in my opinion, is to take the water taxi. It's $5 for the day for unlimited trips. It leaves from the foot of the cruise ship pier and will drop you off right at the beach.

 

[jrabbit]

We've walked it. It seems like it took us about 15-20 minutes to get to down town and the beach there.

 

[Dave_from_Marietta]

Yes, you could walk to Great Bay Beach, but you may find it worth your while to take the water taxi from the dock to downtown. It only costs $5 for unlimited trips back and forth (through 6pm) and there's no charge for kids under a certain age.

I have a marked up aerial photo of the Great Bay Port area which should give you an idea as to distances...

www.dcltribute.com/faq/philipsburg.htm

 

[geffric]

We walked it and had our two kids who were 9 and 7 at the time. No problem, it was a nice walk.