Esmeralda Resort
Information & Amenities
Hotel Information: Styled like a small Caribbean village, the resort offers spacious, tropical-garden grounds, and attracts couples and families seeking relaxing, tranquil holidays with ready access to Orient Beach.
Insider tip: Although an outside massage therapist comes to the resort for in-room massages, guests can also enjoy open-air massage in a cabana fronting Waikiki Beach Bar & Restaurant just north of the Orient Beach's mid-point.
Property Amenities
Guests at Esmeralda Resort may charge meals to their rooms at the five casual, open-air restaurant/bars lining Orient Beach. A lobby computer provides high-speed Internet access (surcharge), and wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in the reception building. Guests are offered a discount at a fitness center across the street. Orient Bay Village 1 km (0.5 mi) away includes a shopping center and grocery store. The resort's staff speaks English, and U.S. currency is accepted.
Self parking:
Complimentary
Subject to change without prior notification.
Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Concierge desk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Parking (free)
- Self parking
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Business services
- Internet access - wireless
- Number of rooms: 65
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Security guard
- Number of floors: 1
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tour assistance
- Currency exchange
- Medical assistance available
- Dry cleaning service
- Grocery
- Wedding services
Room Descriptions
This St Maarten resort offers 65 guestrooms in 18 one-story, pastel-colored villas with light-green, corrugated-steel roofs arrayed on a low, gentle slope. Each villa at Esmeralda Resort contains three to five rooms and has its own swimming pool measuring approximately 10.75 by 4.5 meters (35 by 15 ft) with jetted section. The pools are surrounded by garden-shielded sundecks furnished with lounge chairs and umbrellas. Guests walk from their rooms' furnished patios to the pools.
Rooms include kitchenettes with two-burner rangetops, compact refrigerators, and toaster ovens. Ceiling fans under peaked wood ceilings supplement air conditioning. White walls and ceilings, terra-cotta-tile floors, and bright fabrics create a tropically informal ambience. Televisions offer U.S./international cable channels. VCRs can be rented. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
Room Features
- Internet access - wireless
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Ceiling fan
- Climate control
- Internet access - surcharge
- Kitchenette
- Coffee/tea maker
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Window opens
- In-room safe
- Television
- Smoking rooms
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
Area Attractions
Orient Beach (Baie Orientale) (water sports, dining, nude sunbathing) - 100m (109 yds)
Orient Bay Village (shopping center) - 1 km (0.5 mi)
Butterfly Farm - 2.25 km (1.5 mi)
Grand Case village (dining center) - 5 km (3 mi)
Quartier d'Orléans (oldest settlement) - 5 km (3 mi)
St. Maarten Park (zoo, botanical gardens) - 8 km (5 mi)
Loterie Farm (nature preserve, hiking, "fly-zone" through treetops) - 10.5 km (6.5 mi)
Paradise Peak (Pic Paradis) - 11 km (7 mi)
Marigot (French capital) - 11 km (7 mi)
Le Fort Louis (historical site) - 11 km (7 mi)
Philipsburg (Dutch capital) - 12 km (7.5 mi)
Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM): Approximate driving time to Esmeralda Resort is 30 minutes and distance is 18.5 km (11.5 mi).
Driving directions from Queen Juliana International Airport: Depart airport and turn right. First follow signs toward Marigot. Then follow signs toward Orient Beach (Baie Orientale). Resort is on the left at the north end of Orient Beach.
Getting there: Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
Getting around: The hotel staff summons taxis on request. Motor scooters and bicycles can be rented nearby.
Activities
A 109-m (100-yd) paving-stone path leads from the resort past a mound of boulders to the north end of breezy 2-km (1.25-mi) Orient Beach on the Atlantic Ocean. A popular beach—often called the St. Tropez of the Caribbean—features open-air restaurants, a nude-sunbathing section on the south end, and vendors offering water sports such as windsurfing, personal watercraft, and parasailing.
Resort guests are provided complimentary cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas by an independently operated restaurant/bar. The resort supplies complimentary snorkeling gear.
Each of the resort's 3– to 5–room villas has its own swimming pool measuring approximately 10.75m by 4.5m (35 by 15 ft). Pools contain jetted sections and are surrounded by garden-shielded sundecks furnished with lounge chairs and umbrellas.
Use of two lighted tennis courts is complimentary. The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Swimming on site
- Personal watercraft nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Tennis on site
- Volleyball nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/Moped Rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
- Bird watching nearby
- Fishing nearby
Restaurants & Bars
L'Astrolabe - Fine-dining restaurant/bar with its own swimming pool (largely used by children while parents breakfast). Open-air dining room and covered wood deck. Bar open early morning to late night. À la carte service. American breakfasts. French/Creole dinner choices. Closed Wednesdays. |
Location
5141 Main Street Baie Orientale
Orient Bay, St. Martin 91150
St. Martin
Nearest major airport:
Philipsburg, St. Maarten (SXM-Princess Juliana)
Important Information
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets accepted
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
