Sint Maarten · Dining Experience

Small Group Culinary Culture Exclusive Delight! top seller!

4 Hours Round trip from Pickup service provided in Simpson Bay. Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Taste local dishes and drinks at multiple stops
  • 02 Explore both Dutch St. Maarten and French St. Martin
  • 03 Enjoy beach and harbor views along Philipsburg Boardwalk
  • 04 Visit a wellness stop for freshly prepared coconut
  • 05 Sample island specialties at a local heritage restaurant
  • 06 Finish with gelato or a rum sampler at a local distillery restaurant

Discover the flavors, sights, and cultural contrasts of St. Maarten on this small-group culinary experience. Over four hours, explore both the Dutch and French sides of the island while sampling local dishes, drinks, and sweet treats in a relaxed and scenic setting.

From the Philipsburg Boardwalk and its beachside views to a wellness stop for fresh coconut, this tour blends food, atmosphere, and local character. Continue to a beloved heritage restaurant for island specialties, then finish at a local rum distillery restaurant and gelato parlor with dessert and time to enjoy the lagoon views.

Discover the flavors, sights, and cultural contrasts of St. Maarten on this small-group culinary experience.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Hours
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
City Philipsburg
Languages English, French, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Phillipsburg Boardwalk

Home to the Caribbean’s finest dinning and exquisite restaurants, join us and experience St Maarten’s ethnic sounds, smells and tastes, on a culinary culture delight!

Off to Phillipsburg Boardwalk, offering lovely shops and spectacular beach and harbor views. At a local beach restaurant along the boardwalk, devour your choice of Ribs with Peas & Rice/French Fries and Plantain, or Crab Cakes with Peas & Rice/Fries and Plantain, accompanied with wine, beer or soda pleasing your taste buds. Let the beach views, Island beats, and exotic tastes transport your senses.

Wellness Stop

Thereafter, enjoy the Caribbean European architecture and culture as you venture through to the Dutch St. Maarten’s Capital Philipsburg to visit the wellness store for a local must have, where you can be rejuvenated by natures healing fresh coconut as it is sliced and prepared in front of your eyes. There, you may explore and purchase locally branded wellness products as souvenirs of your trip.

Local Heritage Restaurant

Next, allow an array of authentic flavors and native cuisines awaken your senses, on your next exploration, in the heart of one of French St Martin’s first and local towns, at a world known local favorite restaurant- Yvettes. There, a choice of island delicacies; conche and johnny cake sampler or chicken brochette and johnny cake, awaits you in a quaint and old-style local heritage point!

(On Wednesdays substituted for a Local Dutch side Gem)

Island’s local Rum Distilleries, Restaurant and Gelato Parlor- Desert!

Finally, on to Toppers, the Island’s local Rum Distillery Restaurant & Gelato Parlor, to satisfy your sweet tooth for dessert. Choose a fresh, savory and cooling gelato ice cream or finish your tour with a rum sampler shot made by the distillery. Enjoy 15 minutes of free time within, exploring the arts and admiring the Mega Yacht views of the lagoon.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Pickup service provided in Simpson Bay. 1 city · 4 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

Food Samplers and one drink per location.

Guide, transport, Food Samplers and one drink per location, Coconut

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • INFANTS MUST SIT ON LAPS
  • Kindly meet at the main entrance Port Gates - Next two the Port Sign ' AC Wathey Pier'  or the Hotel & Villa Lobby Entrance. Our Guide will be holding a Sign, at the start time of your tour. Kindly allow a 15 min leeway, should there be extraordinary traffic.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Pickup service provided in Simpson Bay.
Tour start
Pickup service provided in Simpson Bay.
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 4 hours finish where they began, in Pickup service provided in Simpson Bay..

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