Magen’s Bay is probably St. Thomas’ most famous beach, and many consider it among most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean. Its long stretch of fine white sand is in a sheltered bay, so the waters are almost always calm. Surrounded by hills, and with a few boats floating offshore, it’s very picturesque.
From the Charlotte Amalie (where the cruise ships dock), it’s a short cab ride over a steep ridge, where you can get a great view of the harbor.
Hold on tight on the way down, though!
There is an admission fee to get into the park (I think it was $4 for adults), and you’ll need cash if you want to rent lounge chairs, too. The gift shop, bar, and restaurant all take credit cards, except during the occasional power failure. You can snorkel from the beach, and you can also rent kayaks or sailboats. Basically, this beach has everything.
The only problem with Magen’s Bay is that when the cruise ships are in port it gets very, very crowded. We soon discovered that St Thomas has much better beaches to offer. More on that later…
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Beautiful. The girls get prettier everyday. Tried to download audio/video/photo media file but nothing happened.
absolutely beautiful!! I wanna go.
It’ll be 24 tonight out here in Gilmer. Wish I could be there sipping a spiced rum punch.
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