Local Tourist Office:
Rte de Sandy Ground - Marigot
97150 Saint Martin
Tel:(590) (0) 590 87 57 21
Fax:(590) (0) 59087 56 43
e-mail: i...@st-martin.org
web: www.st-martin.org
Tourist Offices Abroad
USA:
675 Third Avenue,
suite 1807
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 646 227 9440
Fax: 646 227 9448
e-mail: nyof...@st-martin.org
France:
30, rue Saint Marc
75002 Paris...
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The capital of French Saint-Martin, lies between Simpson Bay Lagoon and the Caribbean sea. (‘Marigot’ is a French West Indian word meaning a spot from which rain water does not drain off, and forms marshy pools.)
Shopping is good. Boutiques offer French prêt-à-porter fashions and St-Barts batiks, and gift shops sell liqueurs, perfumes, and cosmetics at...
The French Antilles or French Caribbean Islands form two Départements d’Outremer: one comprises Martinique, and the other Guadeloupe with its offshore group, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, La Désirade, and two more distant islands, Saint-Barthélémy and the French part of Saint-Martin (shared with the Dutch).
Geographically, the main islands form the north...
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