subject: Arriving At St Martin Island Runway Just Over Maho Beach! [print this page] St Martin Island or St Maarten Island is the only island in the world where you will find 37 square miles divided between two nations. The island offers a unique blend of French, and Dutch one of the most successful islands in the world. With its tropical weather, there is no bad time to visit St Martin Island or St Maarten Island. The temperatures are around 80 degrees Fahrenheit throughout most of the year with a cool breeze. St. Martin Island or St Maarten is one of the best getaways in the Caribbean, with beautiful beaches and perfect blue skies 99% of the year. This wonderful holiday destination adds to the Caribbean also comes with a European flair. The island is recognized for its 37 stunning beautiful sandy beaches with smooth and crystal clear water, comparable to the colorful beaches of the South Pacific. You will find a beach that caters to your preferences on the island, as each of them has its own attraction. Beaches of all kind, one can be quiet, crowded, sequestered, or have waves for the surfer. Maho beach and Orient beach are the two most well known beaches of the island. Maho beach is just short of the runway to the largest airport of the island, the Princess Juliana International where aircraft as large as the Boeing 747 to fly over the beach at an incredibly low level. Every day of the week, travelers can travel to St Martin Island or St Maarten Island from major cities anywhere in the world. With the second busiest airport in the Caribbean thousands of passengers come to the island every year. Plane spotters often at Maho beach take picture and videos of aircrafts landing and taking off. Be sure to pay a visit to Maho Bay for a real beach experience. So, bring out your camera to capture the remarkable moments! You will not get this close, to a landing heavy jet nowhere else in the world like in St Martin. From whatever place on the entire island, a view of the sunset is breathtaking, and even more when you're on one of the beaches, such as Maho Beach. Here you can see the different colors that come from the blue sky as the sun touches the face of the waters around the island. The French side of the island located to the north is in general more quaint and quiet. The Dutch side is active, the city Philipsburg has earned a distinction as the shopping capital of the Eastern Caribbean. Many travelers want to return to the island, from time to time because of the natural attraction of the island. Most persons really like the fact that there are a large number of people of different ethnic groups living together on St Martin Island or St Maarten Island.
