There are so many great cruise ports around the Caribbean, but few of them have a great beach in close proximity.
While you can explore in Old San Juan, shop in St Kitts, find your duty free desires in St Thomas, there’s no cruise port with a beach quite so close or as beautiful at Great Bay in St Maarten.
This stretch of white sand and turquoise water has it all — a soft surface, easy waves and, if you ever get tired, a host of shopping and restaurants right nearby.
Here’s what it’s like.
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