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#179179 12/30/2018 10:58 AM
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My wife an I are thinking about staying at Esmeralda. Has anybody stayed there after the hurricane. Are there any beach bars open an is the beach clean. Can you enjoy your private pool au natural.

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debjoe #179189 12/30/2018 01:06 PM
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I stayed at Esmeralda all of November. Loved it. L'Astrolabe was open. To summarize overall, while Coco's is completely gone, Esmeralda Resort itself is just like before Irma.

Regarding construction, there were three villas still having some roof work done, but it wasn't disruptive in the least and is likely done by now. Overall, Esmeralda and La PLantation across the street were by far the furthest along with recovery results. Construction was far more of an issue at other places closer to the village and up on the hill where damages were FAR worse. Lots of places within Orient haven't yet even started rebuilding.

Pools at Esmeralda are the same as always, which is to say that they're not clothing optional, but most visitors know that it's acceptable if done discretely. The generalization is that if it's ok with your villa mates, then it's not a problem. Privacy of the pool is also a factor.

A ton has been written here and on the Facebook SXM groups about the current status of the beach and beach bars that you can research.


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DandM29212 #179197 12/30/2018 03:05 PM
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Thank you very much for your reply

debjoe #179316 01/01/2019 10:08 AM
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Dave, Glad to hear Esmeralda is back up to snuff! They really had allot of repairs to do last year at this time. Hope you guys are doing well!

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Great news - we are booked for March!

dannan #179355 01/01/2019 04:21 PM
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Dan! Heya! Yeah, your place, Joie de Vie, looked great in November while I was there!! I assume you guys will be booked pretty full in 2019!



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DandM29212 #179479 01/03/2019 11:52 AM
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You note that Coco's is not there. Are the lounge chairs available? Food, etc.


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