Maarten cruise ship terminal! Open air upper deck with panoramic 360 degrees view! Air conditioned lower deck with picnic tables! Complementary cold beverages served during the excursion! English speaking St. Maarten sightseeing shore excursion guides! Best Price and Worry Free Back to Ship Guarantee! Maarten is a double nationality island (also called Sint Maarten) that is equally rich in culture
as it is in unique natural Caribbean beauty. Your St. Maarten sightseeing cruise excursion begins when you exit your St. Maarten cruise terminal and greet you bilingual shore excursion guide next to your double decker sightseeing bus. Have a seat on the upper deck for an incredible sightseeing experience or simply stay on the air conditioned lower deck where you can sit around a picnic tables! Departing from the Dutch Capital of Phillipsburg, the open top double decker bus will take you along the countryside passing the border to the French cost. Your English speaking sightseeing cruise excursion guide will narrate along the way and the next stop is world famous Orient Bay, the most popular beach area of the island. You will have 15 to 20 minutes to visit Bikini Beach located right in the center of Orient Bay Beach, a beautiful white sandy Caribbean style beach with turquoise water of the Atlantic Ocean. Its restaurant is well known for their delicious Caribbean dishes and cocktails. Take a walk on the soft sand or enjoy an ice cold drink at the beach! The next stop on this bus sightseeing shore excursion from St. Maarten is the French Capital of Marigot. Enjoy its European atmosphere while listening to interesting facts and histories of the city. Browse its waterside shops, sidewalk cafes, boutiques, souvenir stores and more. The open air street market is the perfect place to merge into local flavors, traditions and culture. The fishermen bring their fresh catch of the morning and the nearby restaurants sell traditional dishes. You can pay with US dollars at most the stands, restaurants, bars, etc. Continue sightseeing along the West Road and through several quaint island towns and fishing villages. During the entire cruise shore excursion, your friendly crew will serve complementary ice cold drinks such as beers, sodas, juices or water! Return to the Dutch side for a stop at World Famous Maho Beach and hopefully catch a plain passing over your head to land at Princess Juliana Airport! A plain spotters delight! Then this open air bus sightseeing shore excursion continues with gorgeous views of the Cole Bay Hill, admire the mega yachts at the Simpson Bay lagoon and even the neighboring island of Anguilla, Saba and St. Eustatius. Back at Phillipsburg city you can decide to return to your cruise ship terminal or continue enjoying the sights of this capital city of St. Maarten. Colorful shops, modern hotels and some renovated older buildings with their distinctive West Indian ornamentation. You can then either take a taxi back to your ship at your own leisure and cost or walk about 10 minutes back to the Captain Hodge Wharf cruise pier.
