From the beginning of April to the end of October, the two catamarans of the Blue Note boat tours in La Flotte head out to sea twice a day. Fresh vanilla-flavoured langoustines, sea bass with roucou Amazonian seed , salmon carpaccio with fresh ginger and soy⦠Philippe Bodart , the owner of La Baleine Bleue , has brought back a host of recipes and spices from his numerous trips to the Caribbean which he proposes to his customers in dishes which conjure up far, distant lands.
Everything is homemade with local produce. And, a little extra something⦠the three terraces north, south and west offer a panoramic view over the Port of Saint-Martin. Inside, photos of the many evening events organized in La Baleine Bleue adorn the walls.
La Baleine Bleue restaurant. Open daily in July-August low season: closed Monday evenings and Tuesdays , from 12pm to 2am. Hot stone or essential oil massage , sea-salt scrub , hammam, sensorial shower, foot-spa⦠The spa of the four-star Hotel Clos Saint-Martin welcomes women, men and teenagers every day, from 10am to 7pm in its m2 space dedicated to Clarins treatments and is open to hotel guests as well as non-residents. Hotel Spa Clos Saint Martin.
By appointment only. Three instructors supervise the jet ski trips which are accessible with or without a boating licence. Then again, why not have a go at tubing. Open daily from 10am to 8pm. Booking required 48 hours beforehand. Here, people come to delight in the homemade dishes prepared with local produce or to sip on a raspberry mojito or one of the 17 champagnes on the list⦠or even a glass of wine from the sixty-odd proposed.
Outside, the panoramic covered terrace can host up to 70 seated and the terrace on the sand around a hundred people. At 6pm, aperitif-time planchas reign supreme. On the menu⦠cold meats, cheese, Cognac caviar and hot-roll tuna maki. From pm every evening during summer and on Fridays and Saturdays the rest of the year, the DJ gets behind his decks to heat up the atmosphere and get the music started. Midday from 12pm to pm; Evenings: first service at pm, second service at pm.
