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Summit Resort: Our Favorite Hotel/Timeshare in SXM
Posted June 8, 2009
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We
visit St. Maarten often enough to have selected accommodations which feel a bit
like home -- friendly, comfortable, and convenient. Usually, you'll find us at
Summit Resort, on a hilltop in the Cupecoy area overlooking Simpson Bay Lagoon.
We first went there in 1978 on a charter. It's a great place, totally
rebuilt after 1995 Hurricane Luis. Summit offers both hotel accommodations and
timesharing with all the amenities.
Why
do we like it? Many reasons:
Location: High on a cliff overlooking Simpson Bay Lagoon, a 10-minute walk
or two minute drive from beaches, it's a gorgeous place. (We always recommend
people rent cars to enjoy the island to the max.) It's also near the French
border, so you can drive to Marigot and Grand Case via the lowlands. Marigot is
less than 10 minutes away. Cupecoy and Mullet Bay beaches are a two minute
drive, if that. Baie Longue and Baie Rouge are about 7 or 8 minutes away. Great
restaurants are nearby, too. Two new restaurants and two bars are also on site,
all with amazing cliff-top lagoon views.
Appearance / Maintenance: Maintenance here may be the best in the Caribbean.
Summit is constantly but unobtrusively being maintained and upgraded. Outside,
the buildings are coral and light green, with immaculate grounds. Inside, rooms
are colorful, attractive, and very comfortable. Many have very good
refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves. Many units have breathtaking lagoon
views.
People: They know their stuff and are very helpful and friendly. A number of
staff members have been there since the 1970s, even before we started visiting
SXM in 1978.
Price: Very reasonable!
Summit paid nothing for this page!
Call
their US office for reservations, 1-718-671-1160.
IMPORTANT: Tell them you saw them on Jeff Berger's St. Maarten website, and
you'll get a 25% discount off their regular rates, year-round (subject to
availability). Scroll down for pictures!
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Summit's
Pool is rarely more crowded than this. |
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Rooms
are brightly decorated and extremely comfortable, and the safe is big
enough to accommodate many laptop computers. |
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The view
of Simpson Bay is terrific. |
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Many
rooms include full kitchens. We usually use the refrigerator for the
fantastic local Etna Ice Cream and Heineken. And occasionally for doggie bags from Trattoria Pizza
Pasta. (See our
dining pages.) Yes, there's a stove and a microwave. |
Updated June 8,
2009
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