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Honeymoon special
Newly married couples reserving a room via this Web site receive one bottle of champagne and an upgrade to the next available room category.
When booking, guests must enter "Honeymooners" in the Special Requests box. When indicating "Traveler and room preferences" during booking, click on the link that says: "I have a special request". A marriage certificate must be presented at check-in.
Upgrades are subject to availability.
All-Inclusive Plan Details
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino's All-Inclusive plan includes meals, drinks, taxes, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does NOT include meals, drinks, and gratuities, and the island tour and use of snorkeling gear. Click each link below for more details.
The following amenities are included in the All-Inclusive plan: (They also are available to guests booking the Room-Only (No Meals) plan, but for surcharges.)
Children's activities available Arts and crafts Games/contests Big-screen TV movies Beach activities
Available for a surcharge: Tours of Butterfly Farm and St. Maarten Zoo.
All-Inclusive food and beverages Meals at all resort restaurants Unlimited domestic- and international-brand drinks by the glass at all restaurants and bars Taxes and gratuities for plan inclusions
Not included: Wine and liquor by the bottle; gift-shop snack foods and beverages.
Scroll down to the Dining section for restaurant/menu details.
All-Inclusive activities and equipment
Not included: Use of snorkel gear, rental kayaks, windsurfers, and sailboats; motorized water sports; scuba-diving instruction/certification; scuba-diving and snorkeling excursions; other tours and excursions.
Not included
Airport taxes may or may not be included.
The following amenities are available to all guests of the hotel:
Activities and equipment available
Water sports
Available for a surcharge: Kayaks, windsurfers, and sailboats; motorized water sports; scuba-diving and snorkeling excursions.
Land sports
Classes/instruction available
Available for a surcharge: Scuba-diving instruction/certification.
Entertainment/nightlife available Weekly manager's cocktail party with live music Live music 3–4 nights weekly in the Living Room bar/lounge
Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
Property Amenities
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. All-Inclusive plans include meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities. Room-Only (No Meals) plans do not include meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
Open from evening to early morning, the resort's Golden Casino offers 84 slot machines, four blackjack tables, a roulette table and two poker tables. An air-conditioned activities center contains a pool table, a foosball table, board games, books, and a big-screen television. For guests with young children, the Kids Club offers a variety of activities. The hotel also offers retail shops, including a jewelry store, and a tour desk.
Self parking:
Complimentary.
Subject to change without prior notification.
Rooms
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. The All-Inclusive plan includes meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does not include meals, drinks, gratuities, and certain resort-offered amenities (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
Sonesta Great Bay offers 237 air-conditioned guestrooms in a seven-story hotel wing and a four-story vacation rental wing, both with white exteriors and blue trim. Decor and furnishings feature white walls and ceilings, pale-tile floors, turquoise-and-orange fabrics, and caramel-colored furniture, including dresser/desks and armchairs with yellow cushions by a cocktail table.
Rooms at this St. Maarten hotel include furnished balconies or terraces and contemporary bathrooms with granite vanities, shower/tub combinations, or glassed-in stall showers without tubs. Guestrooms also provide bathrobes, MP3 docking stations, and minibars. Wireless Internet access is available. In-room safes are also available (surcharge). Beds have pillowtop mattresses and down comforters.
Room Amenities
Dining
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. The All-Inclusive plan includes meals and beverages plus gratuities, at the following restaurants, snack spots, and bars. The Room-Only (No Meals) plan does not include meals, drinks, and gratuities, etc. (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
The Bay View - Open-air buffet restaurant/bar serving breakfast, lunch, themed-night dinners.
The Molasses - Informal, air-conditioned fine-dining restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Great Bay. Reservation required. Dress code: long pants, no beach sandals for men.
Sample menu for the Molasses
(Note: the following menu is for illustrative purposes only. Specific items listed may or may not be available.)
Appetizers:
Soups:
Salads:
Main courses:
Desserts:
The Living Room - Air-conditioned bar/lounge with view of Great Bay. Serpentine communal table and high tables with stools. Patterned carpet. Live music three-four nights weekly. Open early evening to late night.
La Cucina - Air-conditioned fine-dining restaurant serving Italian cuisine. Dinner only. Reservation required. Dress code: long pants, no beach sandals for men.
Anchor Bar - Pool bar with swim-up side. Open late morning to early evening.
Lobby Bar - Open early evening to late night.
Recreation
Guests may book either an All-Inclusive plan or a Room-Only (No Meals) plan. Please note the following recreational amenities may not apply to all guests (scroll up to the All-Inclusive Plan Details section for more information).
Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino lies on Great Bay and its 1.5-km (1-mi) crescent beach, which opens to the south into the Caribbean Sea. Lounge chairs and umbrellas are supplied along the resort's beachfront.
Two pools are terraced above the beach. The lower pool overlooks the bay and measures 19.75m by 6m (65 ft by 20 ft); it has an infinity edge and a swim-up bar. The irregularly shaped upper pool is 18.25 m (60 ft) long. A 20-person spa tub also overlooks the bay.
A water-sports/dive center rents snorkeling gear (complimentary for All-Inclusive plan guests), kayaks, windsurfers, and sailboats. The center also arranges personal watercraft, parasailing, water skiing, wake boarding, banana boating, scuba-diving instruction/certification, and scuba-diving and snorkeling excursions (surcharges for all).
Tennis on the resort's lighted court, tennis racquets and balls, bocce, shuffleboard, beach volleyball, Ping-Pong, pool, beach croquet, and beach/pool lounge chair/towels are complimentary for both All-Inclusive plan and Room-Only (No Meals) plan guests.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort, in the Philipsburg area of St. Maarten; fees may apply.
The closest major airports to Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino are:
Philipsburg (SXM-Princess Juliana Intl.) - 6.2 km / 3.9 mi
Grand Case (SFG-L'Esperance) - 8.7 km / 5.4 mi
The preferred airport for Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino is Philipsburg (SXM-Princess Juliana Intl.).
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
