Saint Barthélemy

Capital City: Gustavia

People: white, Creole (mulatto), black, Guadeloupe Mestizo (French-East Asia)

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah's Witness

Language: French (primary), English

Currency: Euro Dollar

Electrical Voltage: 220 AC

How to get there: The principal gateway to St. Barths (SBH) is through Juliana Airport in nearby Dutch St.Maarten, where flights arrive daily from both the USA and Europe.
 USAIR, Delta, Continental, American Airlines, and United Airlines have direct flight to St Maarten Juliana (SXM) from the USA.

Air France, Corsair , Alitalia, and KLM have regular flights to St Maarten and Guadeloupe from Europe.
 From St. Maarten, WINAIR, Air Caraïbes, and St-Barth Commuter, make the ten minute shuttle flights to St. Barths(SBH).
 From Guadeloupe, Air Caraïbes offers a few direct flights to St. Barths (45 minutes) and others via St-Martin departing at times meant to accommodate the arrival of the bigger planes from Europe.

Weather: There are two varieties of weather that result from St. Barts' location on the surface of the planet: the usual stuff and hurricanes.

 Most of the year, puffy white clouds parade through a clear blue sky, and warm balmy breezes gently ruffle hair and sway palm fronds. It's a T-shirt, shorts and sandals kind of weather, interrupted now and then by a brief tropical shower.

 From July to November, however, this halcyon state of affairs may be interrupted by a revolving tropical storm, which, in its mature form, is known as a hurricane.
 It's as if all the bad weather we've been spared during the rest of the year has been packed together into one package, to be savored all at once.

Travel Documentation and Custom Duty: Visa is required for some travelers. A return or onward ticket is also required of all visitors. Citizens of Bulgaria, Macao, Brazil & Israel exempted from Visa to enter Metropolitan France, are subjected to VISA to enter St Barths, as well as Guadeloupe.

Getting Around: Car Rental, Taxis

Tourism Website: http://www.st-barths.com/homeeng.html

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