Eat - Stay - Explore

Just a normal lunch by the water—and then a plane flies past. ✈️🌴 St. Martin and Sint Maarten offer three distinct places to watch planes up close: Maho Beach, for the dramatic low-altitude arrivals the island is famous for; Simpson Bay Beach, for a quieter mix of aviation and open shoreline; and Grand Case, where smaller aircraft appear over the water with no fanfare at all. Each one feels like a different island. That was my experience in Grand Case, where I was sitting ne