Without question, St Barth is one of the world’s most romantic destinations. Soft white sand beaches. Bright blue water. Shady palm trees. The island’s natural treasures alone make it a perfect escape with a loved one. Add some exotic hotels, and you have a serious romantic getaway. Caribbean Lounge rated St Barth’s most romantic accomodations. What are you waiting for? Go check it out and book a trip for you and your parter today.
Billy Joel is a regular to lovely St Barth. Like many celebrities, Joel has spent many-a-holiday relaxing in the beautiful Caribbean paradise. However, as he tells Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph, sometimes he takes off to St Barth to escape the troubles of home. He shared with them a nice little St Barth anecdote.
“It was on this little island, St Barts, and I was going through a divorce, and sitting in this little bar playing the piano I looked up and there’s Elle Macpherson, Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston. I looked back down at the piano and said, ‘Thank you, thank you so much. I love you, man.’ It’s (the piano) been my best friend.”
Tough crowd, bud. Despite the divorce, looking out at Elle, Christie and Whitney has to have a guy feeling pretty good about his future prospects. The Piano Man actually went on to marry Christie Brinkley (the subject of his hit, Uptown Girl), although they too later divorced. Gotta love St Barth: the home to celebrity romance and impromptu dive bar Billy Joel concerts.
The Eden Rock Hotel’s Villa Nina suite was named to Elite Traveler’s 2008 list of the 101 Top Hotel/Resort Suites in the world. (Check out the full list here). With a price tag of $76,100 for a week, the Villa Nina is one of twenty-nine suites on the list commanding $10,000/night. Expensive? Absolutely. But Villa Nina’s not quite in the same league as the list’s priciest accomodation, the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, which can be yours for a mere $52,000 a night.
The 6,000 square foot, oceanfront Villa Nina features two pools, an art gallery, home theater, personal chef and butler service. You can also use the Villa Nina’s own Mini Cooper to zip around St. Barth. Check out more pics after the jump.
Monaco…Cote D’Azur…Ft. Lauderdale. These three locations are quite possibly the worlds most prominent yachting destinations in the world. This is where the players play and it is never a shock to come to port and see twenty 150 footers nestled neatly together, all of which adorn beautiful womens names or clever hints to which captain of industry is aboard. It seems that St. Barths is picking up some steam in the battle to become the worlds premier yachting destination.
The world class musicians and performers will once again be returning to St. Barths this year along with a handful of new additions. The set lists and schedules are still TBA, however we know the performers are sure to delight. Read more »
We uncovered these revealing photographs of the “mysterious” Rockefeller Estate in Columbier. The property is filled with rumors and “make-it-up” theories about who currently lives there, who has owned the property in the past and the Rockefeller’s stake years ago in the island.
The 20th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards from the Conde Nast Traveler are in! Conde revealed the results and polling data to the public in their November issue of the popular travel magazine. The size of the sampled population was huge this year, in fact the largest ever, at 28,000 readers. Conde Nast threw a gala on Wednesday, October 10th in NYC at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to celebrate and announce the results to insiders and guests.
We recently recieved a PR from Nils and Susanna documenting the grand opening plans for their new boutique style shop in St. Barths. Branded “The Swedish Design Center of St. Barthelemy”, the shop will feature unique design accessories, home furnishings, jewelry and other art inspired items from Sweeden. The Grand Opening is scheduled for the end of November and will be opening in Les Almandiers, St. Jean. Read more »
In the late years, the traditional wedding has dramatically changed. Having ones wedding local has become boring and dull, so to spice things up Brides and Grooms are now flying themselves and guests to exotic locations to undertake the ceremonies of marriage. Rolling hills, breaking waves and tropical foliage are just some of the many attractions that draw those in love to exotic destinations around the world for their very special day. Read more »
Flying to and from St. Barth is quite the adventure. Very small aircraft, a very small runway combined with the unique runway positioning makes for breathtaking take-offs and landings. The runway is positioned in such a way between a hill and the beautiful ocean, no matter which way the landing takes place it will be an experience.
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