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Re: GC, Philipsburg, Euros and OB
[Re: OllieEh]
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06/03/2018 07:08 PM
06/03/2018 07:08 PM
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I can only help with the parking question. There is a pay lot in the center of town, a couple of blocks behind the old courthouse. There is also free parking a couple of streets further back but it often fills up quickly. There is also a pay lot near Chesterfield's as you are heading towards the cruise ship pier. If you eat at Chesterfield's they were validating your parking for the first 2 hours.
You are correct, there will more places open and probably longer hours on a day a ship or ships are in port.
Have fun!
J.D.
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Re: GC, Philipsburg, Euros and OB
[Re: OllieEh]
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06/03/2018 07:13 PM
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As for Phillipsburg, I would go when there is at least one cruise ship in as there will be more activity and stores will be open. Things to do include shopping, eating, and just hanging out. We like Holland House, and Blue Bitch bar but there are many. Front street has the more upscale stores and many jewelry stores, Back street has more bargain type stores, there is also a market.
Parking should not be hard to find that time of year, we usually find something on back street but there is a pay lot near the center of town and free lots closer to the salt pond which is a few blocks away from front street.
For Perch Lite I would use the butterfly farm road then take first left and left again at the old Club O entrance, Perch Lite will be on your right, hard to miss.
US dollars are still best bet for us, we do however use CC as well, to avoid extra charges we have a US bank account that we transfer money into whenever our dollar spikes a bit using Knightsbridge then use a BMO US MasterCard that gets automatically paid from our us bank account. The BMO card cost $35 per year but fee is waved if more than 1k is spent, this avoids the foreign currency exchange fee. Pineapple Pete used to take CDN cash at 1.2 which was nice and we have done that in the past.
We were there in January for three weeks and enjoyed so much we are also planning to return in July.
Hope this helps, have a great time.
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Re: GC, Philipsburg, Euros and OB
[Re: OllieEh]
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06/03/2018 08:45 PM
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Ollie,
Purely a personal opinion but I wouldn’t miss a quick trip into Pberg. We love to people watch there but I wouldn’t recommend a Day in town when there are lots of ships in port. One or two is stimulating and adds to the vibrancy of the city but more than that, IMHO, adds chaos to the experience.
We generally go into town early and have breakfast along the beach somewhere - Holland House is a good possibility for me since it’s across the street from my favorite SXM jeweler, but we also like to eat at Chesterfields and as already mentioned, they will validate your parking stub. Our other favorite breakfast stops have either gone out of business or were destroyed in Irma. If you plan on parking in the midtown lot you need to get there very early or be very lucky, or at least this is our usual experience though we haven’t been post-Irma sonthings might be a little less crowded now.
Things we enjoy beyond seeing some long-time Island friends include checking out the boats at the marina and viewing the Courthouse and some of the churches on Front Street. I think there’s a museum in town but in all honesty we’ve never been there. And there’s always shopping if all else fails....
If you happen to be in town midday, there are some great restaurants for lunch. We always enjoyed Antoine’s though it changed hands a year or so ago and we haven’t been there for lunch since this happened.😊😊
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: GC, Philipsburg, Euros and OB
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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06/04/2018 05:16 AM
06/04/2018 05:16 AM
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Thanks for the update. Sounds like a mess.
J.D.
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