Get to know Vitet

Morne du Vitet is the highest point in St. Barth, with an altitude of 938 feet, situated in the southeast of the island. It’s the tallest of the volcanic domes that formed when St. Barth erupted out of the sea, all those many eons ago. The villas in Vitet are perched high in the hills, with a stunning view of the beaches and the waters below. Vitet is a residential neighborhood, so you’ll have to head down the narrow, twisting roads for your beach and restaurant needs. But St. Barth is so small that you can easily drive to St. Jean for dinner or to Lorient to relax on the beach in ten minutes or so.

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Living in St. Barth

St. Barthélemy, or St. Barth, is a small island of volcanic rock, just eight square miles big, in the Caribbean. But this tiny island, with its 14 public beaches, is one of the world’s most luxurious getaways that also manages to feel completely down to earth. An overseas collectivity of France, St. Barth was sparsely populated and rarely visited by outsiders until the 1950s. In the mid-1950s, David Rockefeller, who had spied St. Barth from his sailboat, bought and built his clifftop estate. In 1953, Rémy de Haenen, a Dutch-French adventurer, opened the Eden Rock hotel, and with that, the island was off to the races. In a place where no building is higher than a palm tree and the celebrities blend into the sea, St. Barth has managed to remain unspoiled and genuine. It’s an island where superyachts dock but also where giant turtles swim in secret swimming holes and goats rule the cliffs, all part of the magic of St. Barth.