Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers St. Maarten/St. Mart | Frommer's

Contents:

• GAY ST. MART/ST MAARTEN TRAVEL GUI
• IS ST. MART GAY FRIENDLY? - ST MART / ST MAARTEN FOM
• THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ST. MAARTEN/ST. MART
• GAY OR LBIAN BARS ST. MAARTEN - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• IS ST. MAARTEN GAY IENDLY? - ST MART / ST MAARTEN FOM
• GAY FRIENDLY TOURIST ACTIVI - SAT-MART FOM

GAY ST. MART/ST MAARTEN TRAVEL GUI

Gay St. Gay Scene St. LGBTQ+ travelers will feel wele although there is not a “gay scene” so to speak.

Cupey Beach is known as the gay beach and has ma a big eback sce Hurrine Irma. Gay-Friendly Dg. Gay-Friendly Bars & Nightlife.

IS ST. MART GAY FRIENDLY? - ST MART / ST MAARTEN FOM

The lol bs are very gay-welg and embrace LGBTQ+ patrons. We put together this webse to give you the “sir sop” on gay life on SXM (the airport and the easy name to e on the island on the rt of your journey through this webse), whether you are on the Dutch si or French si.

THE BT CARIBBEAN DTATNS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS

Mart Gay Friendly? To stay gay on the French si, check to three-room Villa Rabow (Pic Paradis;, ; om $80) an exclively gay property, hoed a charmg old stone hoe wh 180-gree views of the Caribbean.

On the Dutch si, Indiana Beach (8 Billy Folly Rd, Simpson Bay; +599-54-42-797), an Indiana Jon-themed seri of outdoor bars overlookg Simpson Bay, plete wh alligator at the entrance, has somethg of a gay followg.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS ST. MAARTEN/ST. MART

Some gay visors also equent piano bars The Sopranos (Maho, +599-522-7088) and The Red Piano (Hollywood Caso, Pelin Rort, Maho, Philipsburg; +599-544-6008;). Sun-worshippers should head at sunset to Cupey, on the Dutch si, lotn of the island's major gay beach. The gay sectn is ually at the foot of a long flight of steps about a five-mute walk om the parkg lot, but shiftg sands mean different posns acrdg to seasons.

GAY OR LBIAN BARS ST. MAARTEN - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM

Naked, toned bodi mark the gay sectn. It’s those latter islands where gay and lbian travelers ually feel more at ease sce lol laws around homosexualy and same-sex marriage match those of their parent untri. That’s not to say that gay and lbian travelers won’t feel safe or wele ls-progrsive statns.

But rather than plan vatns to one of the dozen Caribbean islands where homosexualy is crimalized (surprisg, but te), most travelers simply prefer to vatn where they’ll feel fortable. Here’s a closer look at the most gay-iendly Caribbean statns.

IS ST. MAARTEN GAY IENDLY? - ST MART / ST MAARTEN FOM

The fourth-largt Caribbean island is a gay-iendly U. In the beachont neighborhood of Condado, the Atlantic Beach Hotel and Oasis Lounge are regular gay hotspots, both jt steps away om the low-key gay-beach area. Among s strip of bars is El Pat Lila, a gay-iendly waterg hole that’s pecially happeng on Friday nights.

GAY FRIENDLY TOURIST ACTIVI - SAT-MART FOM

Oranjtad also is home to District 7, an LGBT-centric nightclub, lounge, rtrant, and n (which was once a simpler gay bar lled Jimmy’s Place). But to wele gay and lbian Caribbean visors, this small island go the extra e by beg an active member of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA).

Floris Sue Hotel Spa and Beach Club Curaçao is the go-to gay hotel Willemstad, where adult guts n enjoy luxury, privacy, and views of the island’s famoly-blue waters. Among Curao’s flirtier spots is MooMba Beach Club, perched on the island’s most gay-iendly beach and servg up cktails, live mic, h seafood, and weekend barbequ. Maarten is one Caribbean island that’s doubly gay-iendly.

LGBT travelers n take their pick of gay-centric beach to swim, sunbathe, and snorkel, pecially Happy Bay Beach and the clothg-optnal Orient Bay Beach (both on the French si), and Cupey Beach (Dutch si) where nu sunbathg is mon.