Did You Know?
St. Maarten/St. Martin is chock-full of interesting and fun facts.
St. Maarten is famous for making guavaberry rum, the national spirit, from the fruit of trees that grow on the island. You can even order a Guavaberry mojito at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan.
Established in 1904, Pasanggrahan Boutique Hotel enjoys a colorful history. It has been a rooster farm, a governor’s residence and a residence for the Dutch royal family.
The Flying Dutchman zip line at Rockland Estate is the steepest in the world, dropping 1,050 feet across 2,800 feet of cable. Riders zip down over greenery at 56 miles per hour.
AMA Jewellers boasts an authentic Amsterdam streetcar on its premises. Browse among quality gems, sip Heineken beer and enjoy a sweet Dutch treat, a freshly baked stroopwafel.
Domino’s Pizza at Princess Juliana International Airport claims the world record for delivering fresh pies to the most countries — St. Maarten, St. Martin, Saba, Statia, St. Barths and St. Kitts and Nevis — in under 45 minutes.
Caribbean Brewing Company is the first beer bottle recycler in St. Martin, with drop-offs in Point Blanche and at Meadowlands.
Aqua Mania Adventures started out as a water-skiing and parasailing outfit with a few Jet Skis in 1987. The founders, US national skiing champions, ran a slalom course in Mullet Bay Pond and staged a water-skiing show. Today the company introduces tourists to all sorts of adventures.
The first guests of L’Espérance Hotel, a couple from Europe, felt so much at home in paradise that they spent their days in the nude. Everyone had an unforgettable time.
Fort Amsterdam, the first fort built by Dutch settlers in the Caribbean, shares the same peninsula as Divi Little Bay Beach Resort.
Tri-Sport SXM reopened two days after Hurricane Irma struck in 2017. But first it had to clean up the mess left at the shop by the monster storm. How to do so without clean water? The store accessed a Simpson Bay well donated years ago by the Rockefellers.
Topper’s Rhum Distillery is the best in the Caribbean, according to the 2019 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice awards.
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