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JetBlue Has New Nonstop Flights to St. Maarten, the Dual-Destination Caribbean Island With Food, Fun, and Picture-Perfect Beaches

A beach on the French side.

Sunset cocktails along the boardwalk. An afternoon of shopping in Philipsburg. Dinners in Grand Case that stretch late into the night — St. Maarten is just a fun place to be — and the Caribbean island has a way of making even simple rituals feel like part of its identity. With JetBlue’s new nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, travelers now […]

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Rum Journal: An Old Rhum From Tartane

Above: the Hardy boutique in Tartane (all photos by CJ) THE RHUM of Tartane is not known much beyond Tartane. Nor, for that matter, is Tartane. This little seaside town on the Atlantic coast of Martinique has a tiny collection of waterfront bars and restaurants and a larger share of fishing boats floating just off […]

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A Great Little Ice Cream Shop in Martinique

Above: the shop in Tartane, Martinique (CJ Photo) TARTANE — You can hear the bell. It’s Sunday in Tartane, a beach town on the east coast of Martinique, and there’s a bell ringing all around the main road. It sounds like a bicycle, until you realize it’s coming from something stationary: a tiny ice cream […]