Hotel Information: This timeshare St. Maarten resort also offers guestrooms and suites for hotel guests. Families and couples come to Oyster Bay Beach Resort for the seclusion, the beach, and the sweeping ocean views.

Insider tip: An independent massage therapist comes to the resort for in-room massages. Orient Beach (Baie Orientale), a 2.5-km (1.5-mi) crescent that is 7.25 km (4.5 mi) north of the resort on the island's French side, features water sports, dining, and a nude-sunbathing section, and guests can enjoy open-air massage in a cabana fronting Waikiki Beach Bar & Restaurant just north of the beach's mid-point.

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Rooms

The St. Maarten resort offers 171 guestrooms and suites in 34 three-story buildings (no elevators) with Moorish styling and pastel-green exteriors. Furnished balconies offer views of the Oyster Pond marina on one side of the peninsula occupied by the resort, the Atlantic Ocean on the peninsula's opposite side, or gardens within the resort complex.

One- and two-bedroom suites include fully equipped kitchens. All rooms and suites at Oyster Bay Beach Resort include a tropical decor of rattan furniture, pale-yellow walls, and fabrics in various shades of blue. Ceiling fans complement air conditioning. Televisions offering U.S./International cable channels, CD players, DVD players, and VCRs (rental videos available) provide entertainment. Dial-up Internet access is available for a surcharge.

Room Amenities

• Cable/satellite TV
• VCR
• DVD player
• CD player
• Balcony
• Ceiling fan
• Complimentary newspaper
• Air conditioning
• Climate control
• Blackout drapes/curtains
• Internet access - surcharge
• Voice mail
• Internet access - dial-up
• Refrigerator
• Coffee/tea maker

• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping (daily)
• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Bidet
• Child care (in room, surcharge)
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Iron/ironing board
• In-room safe
• Television
• Window opens
• Clock radio
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available
• Smoking rooms

Renovation Notice

The hotel is undergoing renovations and new building construction that will last until April 2009. The hotel assures that it will make every effort to minimize construction noise and related disturbance.

This renovation information supersedes all other information in this hotel’s description that relates to these hotel amenities.

Recreation

A narrow freeform 45.75-m (150-ft) pool with a shallow children's end features an infinity edge overlooking the Atlantic Ocean between two gentle coralstone waterfalls. Adjacent to the pool is an eight-person spa tub. A sundeck at one end of the pool is furnished with cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas.

Most of the resort's ocean front consists of coral ledges, but the resort's south end abuts the north end of 800-m (875-yd) Dawn Beach. The resort provides cushioned lounge chairs and umbrellas on a 40-m (44-yd) section of the beach.

The resort offer complimentary snorkeling gear and books scuba-diving and snorkeling excursions, including half-day snorkeling trips to three little islands nearby. Independent operators on Dawn Beach rent out kayaks and boogie boards as well as offer other water sports like wakeboarding. More water sports are available along Orient Beach (Baie Orientale) 6.5 km (4 mi) north on the island's French side.

Fishing charters are available at the Oyster Pond marina on the opposite side of the resort's peninsula from the ocean.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the resort; fees may apply.

• Swimming on site
• Snorkeling on site
• Surfing/boogie boarding on site
• Windsurfing nearby
• Boat launch nearby
• Personal watercraft nearby
• Scuba diving on site

• Aerobics on site
• Yoga classes/instruction on site
• Scooter/Moped Rentals on site
• Bicycle rentals on site
• Horse riding/rental nearby
• Parasailing nearby
• Fishing nearby

Property Amenities

Complimentary family activities include bingo and salsa dancing. Supervised children's activities (surcharges) are offered depending on demand. Two lobby kiosks provide high-speed Internet access (surcharges), and complimentary wireless access is available in Jade restaurant and its courtyard.

A complimentary air-conditioned fitness center contains cardio machines, weight machines, and free weights. A game room contains a pool table and coin-operated video games. Coin-operated machines are available in a laundry. Use of four barbecue grills is complimentary, but guests must supply charcoal.

Self parking:
Complimentary
Subject to change without prior notification.

Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.

• Swimming pool - outdoor
• Spa tub
• Concierge desk
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby
• Fitness equipment
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Bar/lounge
• Parking (free)
• Self parking
• Internet access in public areas - high speed
• Business services
• Internet access - wireless
• Number of rooms: 171
• Multilingual staff
• 24-hour front desk

• Porter/bellhop
• Security guard
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Number of floors: 3
• Gift shops or newsstand
• Shopping on site
• Tour assistance
• Medical assistance available
• Dry cleaning service
• Laundry facilities
• Arcade/game room
• Video library
• Pool table on site
• Barbecue grill(s)
• Supervised child care/activities
• Wedding services

Policies

Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pets not allowed
• Check-in time is 3 PM
• Check-out time is Noon

Dining

A complimentary cocktail party is provided on Monday evenings and a complimentary wine-and-cheese party is provided on Friday evenings.

Jade - Informal fine-dining restaurant/bar with open-air dining room, courtyard umbrella tables, and ocean-view terrace. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch. Dinner choices such as lobster bisque, mussels in butter sauce, seafood, steaks, pasta. Complimentary folkloric show and string band on Sunday nights.

Beau Beau's - Casual restaurant/bar adjacent to beach. Open-air dining room and wood deck above ocean. Lunch and dinner. Dinner choices such as barbecued pork ribs, chicken, steak, shrimp, lobster, fish, pasta. Beach buffet on Wednesday nights.

Address

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Emerald Merit Road 10

Oyster Pond, St. Maarten

Netherlands Antilles

Nearest major airport:

Philipsburg, St. Maarten (SXM-Princess Juliana)

Area:

Oyster Pond, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles