Get to know Saline

Saline is named for the salt ponds that lie in the area, which were used for salt harvesting in the early days of St. Barth. By 1972, the island was earning enough from tourism to abandon the salt industry, but the name remains. Saline Beach is one of the longer beaches in St. Barth and it’s ideal for sun worshippers, with nothing but a marvelous stretch of beach to enjoy. Rocky cliffs bookend both tips of the cove, creating intimate coves and nooks to explore. Though full nudity is technically not allowed on St. Barth, the far corners of Saline Beach are the place to go if you want to bare it all. The few nearby restaurants are a hike from the beach, so be sure to bring some water and snacks before heading down to catch some rays.

Nearby Neighborhoods:

Grand Fond

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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.