I heartily recommend NOT travelling in Martinique. We rented a car there
in 2001 when we cruised on NCL and traffic was terrible, it was very
stressful (and I live near Washington DC, so I know traffic!).
Julie
ritaomc wrote:
> My husband and I are booked on a cruise NCL Sky - Southern Carib-
> first week of January. We are familiar with St.Thomas, Antigua,
> Tortola, ...
> BUT need direction on the best beaches to simply relax and unwind in
> two ports 1.) Fort de France- Martinique and 2.) St Martin, Guadelope.
> We really enjoy a decent place to eat, (doesn't have to be 5 stars)
> quaint is good, maybe chairs, restroom, NO screaming kids, or 300
> million other cruisers.
> Beauty is important and some commercialism is expected, but we
> REAAALLLLYYY need to relax, (41 and 51 yr old business owners) read
> and enjoy the sorroundings. NCL ship arrives at 8:00 am every port
> and leaves at 6:00 so we can travel but would rather not rent a car
> and jsut want to keep it simple, no organized ship tours etc. I could
> live without a million vendors, but always enjoy beach shopping, just
> not every five minutes.
> thnx rita
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Julie
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