Your St Barts - guide to Saint Barthelemy

Ligne St Barth is out to tickle your senses this holiday season with a new candle, "Noël à St. Barth 2007" The new scent for Christmas is warm and spicy with just a hint of clove, nutmet and cinnamon.  Whether you spend your winter with snow on the ground or on the sunny beaches of [...]

On of the smallest in the world, Aéroport de St Jean, the airport of St Barts Island, is extremely busy because it is the only airport to service this 8-acre island.  Recently getting a facelift, the landing strip is only operational during the daylight hours.  Some might wonder why such a popular destination would have such a [...]

Celebrities like St Barts, St Barts like fashion, St Barts has breat beaches …. so it is only natural that quite a few famous ads have been shot in St Barts. Here, you will have a long glimpse of renowned female models such as Gisele Bundchen and Alessandra Ambrosio being photographed in St Barts. The [...]

Le Select is a gem in Gustavia that became famous without intending to do so.  A bar that is loved by both sailors and tourists alike, this is the place that St Barts villa owner Jimmy Buffet sings about in his ever popular song, "Cheeseburger in Paradise."  From the outside, it doesn’t look like it [...]

St Barts Hotel :: Le Toiny ~ Arial View Although the island of St Barts is small, this St Barts hotel seems to have found 38 acres of complete and total seclusion.  The Le Toiny offers 15 villa suites, each with its their own private pool and Plantation style furnishings.  The decor is such that [...]

There’s a new St Barts Villa Rental Agency in town called the ImmoBarth Agency, owned by a personal friend of mine, Benoit Lorioux.  Benoit has worked for 2 years in another St Barts villa rental/real estate agency so he knows what he’s doing.  He’s got a great eye for beautifully designed houses and he’s a [...]

Shell Beach is one St Barts beach that you don’t want to miss.  Touting the recognition as the only beach"in town," it is within walking distance of Gustavia but is very rarely crowded. Originally getting its name from the shells that used to be all over the beach, the changing times have taken their toll on [...]

Bad new for St Barts Island: The local authorities are about to declare a dengue fever alert for both St Barts and St Marteen (St Martin). Tourists should not worry, though: Dengue fever is prevalent in places such as Singapore and Rio and nobody panics! Dengue fever is rare on St Barts, as our small [...]

St Barts hotel news: I have just read a press release from a company called Exclusive Resorts that has selected St Barts hotels Le Sereno and Le Toiny in its Once in a Lifetime list. First, when I finished reading the press release, I must say that I was not sure to understand what Exclusive [...]

St Barts Island is a great destination for skippers from the world over. An article by local resident Ellen Lampert-Gréaux in All At Sea sums up St Barts’ appeal. Ms Lampert-Gréaux knows St Barts very well. As an American who has married a St Barts man whose family descends from the first French inhabitants of [...]