Budget travel guide to St. Martin/St. Maarten
Source: USA TODAY
There are a jubilee of free (or nearly free) ways to spend days and nights on the island.
At $2.00 per person, sightseeing on a public bus is ideal for those wanting to save a few shekels for dinner or the casino. The buses are really vans that traverse both sides of the island safely and frequently. Cycling is also an inexpensive way to explore; the most picturesque route is a 15-mile trip from Simpson Bay Lagoon, past Mullet Bay Beach to Marigot, where those in good shape can climb to the top of Fort St. Louis.
In Maho Village, Cheri’s Café is an open-air restaurant with an inexpensive menu for lunch and dinner. Six nights a week, local band and crowd-pleaser Sweet Chocolate — the Caribbean version of the Village People — puts on a show. If you stand at the back of the restaurant, you can get groovy without getting a bill.
When the sun sets, “Da Party Bus” gets going with a tour that pours two for the price of one at bars along the way and a “Day in Philipsburg” tour that adds shopping to the mix. Compliments of Da Party Bus, revelers can win a return trip to the island.
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