The Tourist Office of Saint Martin is pleased to offer you a monthly Focus on :
- A culinary speciality
- A plant or an animal
- A personality or an activity
- A place of special interest or a beach
...To show you the specifics of our island and waiting for your next visit to the "Friendly Island" …
The Captain Oliver's Regatta occurs this year on May 19th & 20th.
The site of Oyster Pond is located south of the French Quarter neighborhood, on the east side of the island.
Creole Rock is located within the limits of the Marine Park and is environmentally protected.
The plateau formed by the islands of Saint Martin, Anguilla and Saint Barthélemy is a zone for the reproduction oh humpback whales, which adore the warm waters to seduce their partner and couple.
Codfish fritters are so delicious !
The Mardi Gras is the last day of carnival, people go wild and eat rich food before spending 40 days of abstinence. In that occasion people make delicious Mardis Gras Fritters or beignets made of fried dough with add a lot of sugar. They are so tasty!!!
The exploitation of sea turtles, since of the beginning of colonization, led them to the brink of extinction. 
Mixture of various influences that Saint-Martin has known over the centuries, French cuisine with Caribbean flavors is the specialty of the island.
Over the last decade, the island of Saint-Martin has adopted ecotourism by developing a wide range of alternatives for hiking enthusiasts and nature lovers to discover the secrets and surprises of its fauna and flora.
If it is a well known fact that Santa Claus’ workshop is situated in Lapland, you might not know that he likes relaxing in the Caribbean as well. Thus he abandons the snow, his reindeers and little helpers and heads out to the "Friendly Island", where he is welcomed every year in Monique’s magical house.
The church was built in 1941 on the road to Fort Louis.
The horse arrived in Saint-Martin with the first Spanish settlers.
“Crab & Rice” is a popular dish in the Caribbean.
A visit to the Museum « On the Trails of the Arawaks » will plunge you in the heart of the history of Saint-Martin.
Fort Louis was built in 1789 on a hill overlooking Marigot Bay and the island of Anguilla by the locals in the town, on the orders of Jean Sebastian de Durat, who was governor of St Martin and St Barth, for the king of France at the time.
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Every Tuesday, from January 10th to April 3rd, the old village of fishermen which has become the gastronomic capital of the Caribbean, livens up around the biggest arts and crafts market of St. Martin.
The Butterfly Farm houses in its area of 0,559 sq miles the finest specimens of butterflies around a beautiful tropical garden, a small waterfall and ornamental lakes populated wish Japanese fishes.
A wonderful haven of peace and greenery covering 100 hectares in the middle of the ocean, the island of Tintamarre is located 4km off the northeast coast of Saint Martin.
