Nassau, Bahamas; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Philipsburg, St. Maarten;

[gramgill]

we are visiting Nassau, Bahamas; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; while on the Mariner this is our first time on any of these ports and keen to stroll around so can we walk to the main shopping areas or do we require a taxi. or are we missing something that we should do (we are not beach lovers) any help appreciated thank you

[crisp1]

Depending on where your ship docks in Charlotte Amalie you can shop right off the ship, or take a cab into town for more shopping. You can also walk across the street and take the tram to the point. It's a beautiful port.This should help:)

 

http://www.usvi.net/usvi/stt.html

[gramgill]

Thank you that sight is helpfull. has anybody else got info on the others

[fkalish]

In St. Maarten, the ship docks away from the town. You can buy a water taxi pass for $5 that takes you back and forth to downtown Phillipsburg (about 1 mile) There are also lots of taxis available as well.

 

In St. Thomas, RCI usually docks at Havensight, there is shopping right at the pier and the sky lift is across the street (great view from the top) There are lots of cabs at the pier too which will take you anywhere on the Island.

 

In Nassau, the dock is walking distance to all the shopping/strawmarket. Cabs again are available for tours and to Paradise Island.

 

Hope this helps

[bamntem]

I am very athletic. So can I walk from the cruise docks to Charlotte Amalie? Or will it take too long? Are there sidewalks? Also, how much are the public bus or taxi to Charlotte Amalie in case walking is too long?

 

 

Thanks for your help.

[CaribbeanBound]

We hit up all of those destinations on our last cruise.

 

Here is a very detailed report on what we did at all of these locations:

http://www.lavasurfer.com/info/easterncaribbean.html