Orient beach-WTD when we get there?

Hello All - We have never been to Orient beach. I am planning on taking a taxi from the port. Once we get there where would you suggest we go? Is one part better than the other? Are there more than one vendor to rent chairs from? How about bars and restaurants? Any suggestions welcomed.

Thanks,

Kyle

It has been a few years since our last visit, but I will try to help. We took a ship's tour to OB, and to me, it seemed kind of far for a taxi, but that may not be the case.

Our tour included beach chairs as I remember, so I assume that they are available for rental. There are restaurants on the beach. The meal included in our tour was very good if memory serves.

Note that the entire beach (which is long) is topless, and the far end is totally nude. Even though this is well known, that does not keep anyone from the nude section from walking the entire beach. Just a caution in case total nudity is offensive to you. The worse part of this for us was that the total nude people strolling by needed clothes, if you know what I mean.

OB is certainly a great beach and well worth the trip. Try using Google Earth to see the entire beach.

Hello All - We have never been to Orient beach. I am planning on taking a taxi from the port. Once we get there where would you suggest we go? Is one part better than the other? Are there more than one vendor to rent chairs from? How about bars and restaurants? Any suggestions welcomed.

 

Thanks,

Kyle

When are you sailing? I ask because Orient Beach was hit with a hurricane last week and some of the beach bars and chairs were damaged.

Below are some beach bars on Orient *before* the hurricane, many vendors renting beach chairs, just walk up or down the beach and get prices. We'll be there next month and going to Orient as part of our tour. I'll be able to tell you more information upon our return.

http://www.beachbars.co/locale/orient-bay/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1073588-d2008464-Reviews-Orient_Bay_Beach-Orient_Bay_Saint_Martin_St_Maarten_St_Martin.html

Pedro's is a favorite of ours ... also Orange Fever! :D

LuLu

Pedro's is a favorite of ours ... also Orange Fever! :D

LuLu

We like Pedro's and Orange Fever too. Did you see the damage to Pedro's in the thread below, sad? It appears other beach bars were also damaged. Hopefully the people on the island can get their businesses up and running soon.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2114810&page=2

Any updates on swimming at orient breach is water clear safe ?

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Any updates on swimming at orient breach is water clear safe ?

 

 

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They are saying the ban has been lifted for Orient Beach.

http://thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51057:ban-lifted-water-quality-good-for-swimming-on-french-side&catid=1:islands-news&Itemid=54

We like Pedro's and Orange Fever too. Did you see the damage to Pedro's in the thread below, sad? It appears other beach bars were also damaged. Hopefully the people on the island can get their businesses up and running soon.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2114810&page=2

Pedro's is already open, up and running while they continue repairs. Not so sure about Orange Fever.

gary

Thanks for the update, Gary! :)

LuLu

I'm told that Orange Fever (and others) is open for chairs/umbrella rental and bar, not certain about full restaurant at this point.

gary

Pedro's is already open, up and running while they continue repairs. Not so sure about Orange Fever.

 

gary

That's good to hear about Pedro's. We'll be checking out both places next week, thanks for the update.

We've heard that the beach in front of Pedro's is completely gone due to the hurricane. Has anyone been there to confirm this?

That's what we heard too! We were planning on orange fever in jan....they are renting chairs I hear but then I hear there's no beach...

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