Sea View Beach Hotel

St-Martin & Sint Maarten


The 42 spartan rooms above a tacky casino are small and not particularly inviting, but they're good value (for Sint Maarten) given their beachfront location and handy mod-cons, including a small fridge. Wi-fi works only in the lobby.


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Nearby St-Martin & Sint Maarten attractions

1. Yoda Guy Movie Exhibit

0.31 MILES

This 1st-floor museum is the brainchild of makeup artist Nick Maley, whose role in creating Yoda of Star Wars fame garnered him the nickname 'That Yoda…

2. Sint Maarten Museum

0.36 MILES

Arawak pottery shards, plantation-era artifacts, period photos and a few items from HMS Proselyte, the frigate that sank off Fort Amsterdam in 1801, are…

3. Loterie Farm

3.81 MILES

Loterie Farm is the brainchild of former actor Bill 'BJ' Welch who left the Hollywood rat race to turn a former plantation into a private nature reserve…

4. Musée de Saint Martin

3.93 MILES

Clay figurines from 550 BC (the oldest discovered in the Antilles), Arawak-sculpted gemstones and shells and period photography are among the historical…

5. Marigot Market

3.95 MILES

Although there are fewer vendors after Hurricane Irma, this colorful waterfront market is still worth a spin to browse for art, crafts and trinkets, pick…

6. Fort Louis

4.06 MILES

It's a short but steep climb up to what's left of this once mighty fort, completed in 1789 under St-Martin's then-governor Jean Sebastian de Durat to…

7. Friar's Bay Beach

5.12 MILES

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8. Baie Nettlé

5.27 MILES

Sandy Ground is the long, narrow, curving strip of land that connects Marigot with the prestigious gated community of Terres Basses. Sandy Ground's…