TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums St. Maarten - St. Martin What’s the deal with hotels “below the hill” in St. Maarten?

PS La Plague is a "family" beach and somewhat quiet. The Sunset Cafe at GCBC is at the left and it's on a peninsular with Grand Case beach on the left but last time we were there we couldn't walk the beach into town due to a gap that had to be waded or swam.

You cannot enter GCBC unless you're a guest so to get onto La Plague you have to park on the street and walk a path on the side of the Club to get in. You could get into the restaurant by this same path entry but the rest of the complex is blocked off to you. And it's VERY quiet there so I think someone gave you wrong info on being a "party place".

Rainbow on the main blvd is a jumping place. So much so that it has been closed down at times due to noise. Blue Martini on the blvd has music and a lively vibe.

When our son went to SXM he liked Maho area for the bars, restaurants, music.