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Orient Beach


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 80 attractions in St. Maarten/St. Martin
Traveler Description: The island's most popular beach features a clothing-optional area on one end.
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Attraction type: Beach
Activities: Swimming, Sunbathing, Drinking, Parasailing
Address: French side
St. Maarten/St. Martin

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Reviews of Orient Beach

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2 of 5 stars
Washington, DC
Dec 22, 2008
1/3 found this review helpful

We came in on a cruise, so we were already prepared for it to have some dumpy people, but this was the beach everyone recommended (which is why everybody went). It's on the Frech side, so people are naked. Unfortunately the naked people are the ones you don't want to see naked. The beach is very small, so you can't... more

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4 of 5 stars
Montreal
Nov 17, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

My wife and I spent 10 days on Orient beach at the end of October and had a great time. We walked the lenght of the beach almost every morning. Had breakfast at Bay Watch a few times . Cheryl and Andy have the best breakfasts and lunches on the beach. A few other times we had breakfast in Orient... more

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1 of 5 stars
Los Angeles
Nov 12, 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

What a disappointment..Absolute let-down..We were looking forward to a nice beach and swimming experience, and what we found was an extremely windy beach with huge waves; if you want to swim, pick one of the southern beaches, definitely not this one, as we found out that Orient Beach is almost always windy and wavey; and it did not even have... more

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3 of 5 stars
clarksville tennessee
Oct 14, 2008

Don't get me wrong the beach was pretty, but there are prettier beaches elsewhere in the Caribbean than this one. Some areas are definitely nude, others topless, and others ok for all ages. We entered the beach and it was so crowded. We just prefer quieter beaches than this one. more

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4 of 5 stars
saint-maritin
Oct 10, 2008

I was at the Waikiki beach bar on orient beach it was good but expensive and I have to say I was shocked to see they clean their place every day and deposite all the seaweed and some empty bootles on the beach closed to their seats! Is the beach a garbage place? more

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4 of 5 stars
Scandinavia, Europe
Apr 9, 2008

This is a cozy family beach, we only walked a little bit in the sand because that day we had already been to Mullet Bay but it's a nice beach and if we would have had more time I would have certainly had gone for a swim. more

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5 of 5 stars
belle mead nj
Apr 1, 2008

We visitid orient beach during spring break with our two 17 year old son's and our 12 year old son. We all LOVED it. Great water, great bars and restaurants. We went to Kontiki because beach chairs are only $7 each which is cheap for this beach. Good food at the snackbar. Overall the beach has a very European flair.... more

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5 of 5 stars
new york
Mar 7, 2008
3/5 found this review helpful

Orient Beach is definetely the prettiest beach in St Martin. I did learn though why people don't like the French though. On the Dutch side people are definetely 100% friendlier and the food is much cheaper. Orient Beach is beautiful. I just wish the people weren't so rude. more

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2 of 5 stars
woodstock,ontario
Mar 3, 2008
4/4 found this review helpful

Orient beach is OK if your looking to be busy riding seadoos or para sailing but if you like to relax and enjoy the beach this isn't the place. The beach is basically all taken up with louge chairs or huts or water vechicles and unfortuately we saw alot of trash. Their are several other beautiful beaches throughout the island... more

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5 of 5 stars
Toronto, Canada
Feb 15, 2008
2/5 found this review helpful

Perfect desitination (French Side) Orient Beach, sprecifically. Gauranteed temperature, food, beach anf fod. more

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French side, St. Maarten/St. Martin