St Croix is very different from St Martin in that there's not as much shopping, hotels etc. In short, it is not as commercialized. St Croix is very nice. Beautiful topography. One end has majestic mountains and cliffs and looks like the north shore of Maui and the east end has rolling hills and pastures and looks like Ireland. THere is a great wall for scuba diving on the north shore. The restaurants are great. There are many and we never had a bad meal. A full service casino is at the Divi. It is different than St Martin, but special and I think you will like it.