Esmeralda Resort

Seafront resort on famed Orient Bay

General Information

Amenity highlights: Often called the St. Tropez of the Caribbean, Orient Beach lies at the end of a 109-m (100-yd) path leading from the resort to the beach's north end. The beach features open-air restaurants, a nude-sunbathing section on the south end, and vendors offering water sports. Resort guests are provided complimentary cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas by an independently operated restaurant/bar. The resort supplies complimentary snorkeling gear.

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Property Amenities

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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.

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Rooms

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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 Amenities

Dining

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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. Coco Beach - Relaxed beachside restaurant that serves Creole and European specialties amid a Caribbean atmosphere. Five other restaurants, each with their own theme and menu, are available for beachside dining.

Recreation

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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.

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