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Re: St. Martin vs. St. Lucia
[Re: irina]
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07/06/2015 05:14 PM
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Agreed, you don't have to stay at the resort, but St. Lucia also caters a lot to the all inclusive crowd, so obviously many people don't leave the resort a lot if you're doing a/i. Roads are not particularly good and it can take a LONG time to get between two places on the island.
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Re: St. Martin vs. St. Lucia
[Re: dvesc]
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07/06/2015 06:23 PM
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St. LUCIA is beautiful and very mountainous so driving there can definitely be interesting especially at night.People definitely do not have to stay at the resorts, but many choose to at night or take cabs to where they are going.
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Re: St. Martin vs. St. Lucia
[Re: islandgem]
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07/06/2015 08:51 PM
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We've been to both.So far, we prefer St. Lucia because of the beauty . If you stay in Rodney Bay on St. Lucia, you have a multitude of choices for dining and is close to Gros Islet for the Friday night jump up. We rented a car and explored the island during the day which was really great! It is definitely more difficult to get around but it was worth it! To see the topography and the pitons, waterfalls, black sand beaches, etc.
Life's a beach!
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Re: St. Martin vs. St. Lucia
[Re: dvesc]
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07/07/2015 11:31 AM
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dvesc said: Thank you for the responses. We're still in the very early stages of planning the trip, but it sounds like St. Lucia might have some of what we're looking for. The hard part is we know we like St. Martin and St. Barts, so it's tempting to just keep going back. But we don't want to limit our experiences. While St. Lucia has never really been a part of our bucket list - I would suggest you go for it. You may decide it's your personal heaven on earth...., much as we decided SXM filled the bill for us. I absolutely agree with the previous poster with respect to the fact it's always nice to try something new. We're long time SXM (and its environs) visitors and fans, but over the years we've tried almost all of the islands that intrigued us throughout the Caribbean, though we still hope to get to St. Croix one of these days..... If you love SXM, remember it will always be there, and broadening your horizons may be a good thing or - it may just convince you there's no place like St. Maarten/St. Martin, but if you don't give it a try, you'll never know for sure. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: St. Martin vs. St. Lucia
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07/07/2015 12:18 PM
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I agree, it's hard to know that someplace is perfect for you, unless you've tried a lot of other places. Including land vacations and cruise ship vacations, we've visited, among other places, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, The Dominican Republic, Mexico, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, St Thomas, St. Croix, Bahamas, Barbados, ST. Barts, St. Croix, Martinique, Guadelupe, Puerto Rico, and a bunch of other places that I can't come up with right off the top of my head. St. Maarten/St. Martin suits us best. And we have stayed at probably two dozen different places on the island, and for right now, Beachside Villas suits us best. Maybe a person gets lucky and finds the perfect place right off, but you never really know until you've checked around a bit.
Enjoy, whatever you decide to do!
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Re: St. Martin vs. St. Lucia
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/07/2015 01:13 PM
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As previously said the Rodney Bay area has a multitude of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges. the beaches are not as nice in St. Marteen also nudity and topless are prohibited on all beaches as they are all public. Personally I wouldn't go AI on St. Lucia, too many good restaurants to choose from. You'll find that in the bars on the Rodney Bay strip it's about a 50-50 mix of locals and tourists. I wouldn't hesitate to drive back from Pigeon Island or Gros Islet (except for the jump up, cause the drinks and homemade spice rum are very strong) at night, but there is no way I would attempt to drive those mountain roads after dark. A nice hotel, right on the beach, is the Bay Garden Beach Resort; we stay at the Bay Garden Inn which isn't on the beach but you get to use all the facilities at the other resort and they have a free shuttle bus that runs hourly from 7:00 am till 10:00 pm. there is also the Bay Garden Hotel, also not on the beach, but it can be a little noisy at night as it's bigger than the inn and the bar there has things going on at night (karaoke, managers party for both properties and such)
Drink all day at home, your friends worry about you; do it on vacation and they say "what a good time you're having". Save your friends needless worry, travel more!
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