St Barth may be small, but it’s got a disproportionately high number of beautiful beaches, from wave-crashing Atlantic strands to classic Caribbean powder-white shores.

But for a exotic, marvelous beach, look no further than Anse de Grand Saline.

It’s named after the salt pond nearby, but this beach is eternally sweet — it’s a wide, broad white-sand beach that’s got a kind of wild, foreign quality to it.

Adding to that quality is the several-minute hike you need to take to get there.

But when you do, you’ll immediately understand. Here’s what it’s like.