Amenity highlights: For relaxation, the hotel has a swimming pool, a spa tub, and a children's pool. Stairways lead down to the Caribbean Sea. The beach fronting the resort is shallow and, depending on seasonal sand shifts, usually not suitable for sunbathing. But it’s fine for swimming and snorkeling. Larger beaches lie to both sides of the resort below limestone cliffs.

Insider tip: Known as "the gastronomic capital of the Caribbean," Grand Case village on the island's French side is 16 km (10 mi) away . But one of the island's most celebrated French-Caribbean restaurants, Citrus, is tucked away just 150m (164 yds) east of the resort.

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Rooms

Wyndham Sapphire offers 180 guest suites in a nine-story white building. Balconies and ground-floor terraces with dining sets provide views of Sint Maarten's Simpson Bay Lagoon on the street side, or of the sea. Sliding doors separate living/dining areas from sleeping areas. Fully equipped kitchens include ice-maker refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, and cook-tops with grills.

Decor and furnishings include white walls and ceilings, white-tile floors, bleached rattan furniture, and bathrooms with shower/tub combinations lined in white Italian marble. Ceiling fans supplement air conditioning. Televisions at this St. Maarten resort have VCRs (rental tapes available), and offer U.S./international cable channels.

Room Amenities

• Premium TV channel(s)
• Cable/satellite TV
• VCR
• Ceiling fan
• Air conditioning
• Climate control
• Blackout drapes/curtains
• Voice mail
• Coffee/tea maker
• Kitchen
• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping (daily)

• Complimentary toiletries
• Hair dryer
• Shower/tub combination
• Child care (in room, surcharge)
• Electronic/magnetic keys
• Iron/ironing board
• In-room safe
• Television
• Window opens
• Sofa bed
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available
• Smoking rooms

Recreation

Surrounded by a sundeck furnished with lounge chairs and umbrellas, a 27.5-by-11.25-m (90-by-37-ft) pool containing a rock-garden island and a shallow children's section provides freshwater swimming. Nearby are a four-person spa tub and a 9.25-m (30-ft), pear-shaped children's pool.

A series of stairways leads down the hill on which the resort is situated to the Caribbean Sea. The sea washes a shallow 30-m (98-ft) stretch of sand and limestone outcroppings in front of the resort that's usually not suitable for sunbathing, but is fine for swimming and snorkeling.

Depending on weather and season, sand fronting the 1.5-km (1-mi) section of limestone-cliff seafront called Cupecoy Beach, on which the resort lies, comes and goes. Guests can climb over limestone outcroppings east and west of the resort to find deeper sections of sand or walk to the road leading to those sections, which range from 100m (109 yds) to 400m (437 yds) away. The most expansive section, at the western end of Cupecoy Beach, is popular with nude sunbathers.

The resort rents snorkeling gear, beach chairs, umbrellas, and coolers. Independent operators on Simpson Bay Beach adjacent to the airport (3.25 km/2 mi) southeast of the resort) offer a variety of water sports, including personal watercraft, kayaking, motor boating, sailing, scuba diving, fishing, and cruising.

The island's only golf course, Mullet Bay, is 1 km (0.75 mi) southeast of the resort.

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

• Swimming on site
• Water skiing nearby
• Sailing nearby
• Personal watercraft nearby
• Horse riding/rental nearby
• Golfing nearby
• Aerobics on site

• Fishing nearby
• Snorkeling on site
• Scuba diving nearby
• Windsurfing nearby
• Motor boating nearby
• Scooter/Moped Rentals nearby
• Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby

Property Amenities

A grocery and liquor store rents videotapes for use in suites' VCRs, and has an Internet room containing computers and laptop stations with high-speed Internet access (surcharges).

A beauty salon on site at Wyndham Sapphire Beach Club & Resort offers massages and facials. A laundry room contains coin-operated machines. A small, air-conditioned fitness center contains cardio machines and a Universal gym.

Complimentary activities include bingo, morning walks, pool aerobics, and a scuba-diving demonstration in the pool. Theme evenings at the restaurant include lobster night and barbecue night.

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
• Private beach
• Poolside bar
• Swimming pool - children's
• Spa tub
• Massage - treatment room(s)
• Concierge desk
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby
• Fitness equipment
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Bar/lounge
• Parking (free)
• Self parking
• Parking garage
• Internet access in public areas - high speed
• Internet access in public areas - surcharge
• Business services
• Number of rooms: 180

• 24-hour front desk
• Porter/bellhop
• Security guard
• Multilingual staff
• Number of floors: 9
• Hair salon
• Gift shops or newsstand
• Tour assistance
• Medical assistance available
• Beauty services
• Dry cleaning service
• Laundry facilities
• Video library
• Grocery
• Air-conditioned public areas
• Elevator/lift
• Wedding services
• Shopping on site
• Spa services on site

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 accepted
• Check-in time is 4 PM
• Check-out time is Noon

Dining

Sapphire Café - Casual, open-air restaurant/bar bordering pool, with seating in wood-ceiling pavilion and at umbrella tables. Teak furniture. American/French cuisine. À la carte breakfast, lunch, dinner. Lunch/dinner menu offering salads, sandwiches, burgers, pizza, grilled meats, seafood. Tropical drinks featuring island's signature guavaberry liqueur. Theme evenings include lobster night and barbecue night.

Address

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147 Lowlands

Cupecoy Beach, St. Maarten

Netherlands Antilles

Nearest major airport:

Philipsburg, St. Maarten (SXM-Princess Juliana)

Area:

Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, Netherlands Antilles