Your St Barts - guide to Saint Barthelemy

St Barts Island :: Villa Services Anyone whose ever visited St Barts island knows that the food here is incomparable to anything you’ve ever tasted; but for those of you who have yet to visit us, we wanted to give you a little run down of who is available to provide St Barts villa services.  [...]

One of the finest caterering companies on the island, Chez Vous will plan every stage of your event.  Headed up by Chef Emmanuel Maurin, he brings 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry with him.  He is also a certified sommelier.  First coming to St Barth in 1994, he finally made our beautiful island his permanent residence [...]

L’Agence is another villa rental agency that we have here on St Bart’s Island; they, like many others, will meet you at the airport, arrange day trips and activities for you, and point you in the right direction when you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the fabulous goodness that St. Bart’s island will bring, [...]

Wow! Has St Barts Island seen some major celebrity activity lately!!  The Christmas/New Year holiday was especially busy given the fact that  there was a super-exclusive party aboard Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Octopus, a 414 foot private yacht that takes the prize as the 6th largest, private yacht, in the world.  Who was there? How [...]

With the location and weather, it’s not wonder that Victoria’s Secret was back on St Bart’s Island for another photo shoot recently.  This time, they had model Karolina Kurkova in tow.  Leggy and blond, she is a beautiful woman and is perfect for Victoria’s Secret. Karolina started her career and the tender age of 15 [...]

It seems that in the ninth edition of the Transat Ag2r sailing race, Concarneau and Saint Barth will finally sail as one!!  Just two years ago, Gilbert Le Bris, mayor of Concarneau, and Michel Magras, vice-president of the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy, talked about combining their efforts in the race and in turn giving [...]

St Barts Island :: Fisherman Blockade ~ Photo Courtesy of :: CharterWave.com On Monday, December 17th, I got the strangest phone call from a friend – he said that there was a blockade enforced on St Barts Island. What?!?  It appears that local fisherman were more than a little upset over the news of the [...]

Here on St Barts island, we have nex taxes to look forward to in 2008; Happy New Year to us! The island’s territorial council met on November 13th and voted 19-1 in favor of a new financial code, amidst 100 or so people that came to hear the discussion.  So, what happened? Well, new indirect [...]

St Barts Hotels :: Eden Rock When you’re ready to book a room at a St Barts hotel, it can be tempting to check out TripAdvisor and follow other travelers reviews.  I have used it, and often times, it works out really well.  But, I caution you to not follow them too closely because often [...]

Here on St Barts island, we typically don’t need a reason to throw a party.  However, we’ve come up with one, and this time, it’s to celebrate where we’ve been.  In November of 2008, the island will host "Swedish Week" to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the retrocession of St Barth to Sweden; the official [...]