Catalan News: This Caribbean island lets you visit two countries without a passport (where jumbo jets literally skim sunbathers’ heads)
Saint Martin: The Caribbean’s Twin-Personality Paradise Where Planes Scrape the Beach
Where Europe meets the Caribbean on a single island
There’s something magical about stepping across an invisible line and finding yourself in another country without ever showing a passport. On the 37-square-mile tropical island of Saint Martin, you can experience two distinct nations in a single day. The northern French side (Saint-Martin) and southern Dutch side (Sint Maarten) create a cultural fusion unlike anywhere else in the Caribbean.
“Our island is small but contains two worlds,” says Jean-Claude, a local tour guide who has lived on both sides. “You can have a croissant for breakfast in France and rum punch at a Dutch casino by dinner—all without airport security!”
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