10 Days in St Barts: The Comprehensive Luxury Itinerary
10 Days in St Barts: The Comprehensive Luxury Itinerary
Ten days is the benchmark that regulars consider the minimum for a proper St. Barts trip. Enough time to go slow, cover everything, have two boat days, and still feel like you lived on the island rather than visited it. Here is the complete itinerary.
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Before You Arrive: 10-Day Booking Checklist
- Villa or hotel for 10 nights — ideally with a pool and ocean views
- Flights + inter-island connections (both ways)
- Rental car for full 10 days
- Two day charters — book both before arrival
- Restaurant reservations: at least 3 booked ahead (La Guérite, Bonito, Eden Rock or Le Gaïac)
- Nikki Beach Amazing Sunday (if a Sunday falls in your trip)
Day 1: Arrive, collect car, check in. Afternoon at Flamands Beach — longest, quietest, ideal for recovery from travel. Dinner at Do Brazil.
Day 2: Gouverneur Beach — arrive at 8am for solitude. Lunch at the beach snack bar. Afternoon: drive to Saline and walk the salt pond. Evening: Le Select, dinner at La Guérite (lunch is better — book this as lunch on Day 3 instead if preferred).
Your first day charter. Departs Gustavia 9am. Colombier snorkeling — sea turtles, coral gardens. Second bay for lunch. Coastal return. Sunset views from the water. Evening: quiet dinner or villa cooking.
Morning: La Guérite lunch (book well ahead — this is the island’s most coveted table). Arrive by tender from the Gustavia dock. Afternoon: Hermès, Cartier, Jacques Zolty boutiques. Late afternoon: Shell Beach sunset walk. Evening: Bonito for cocktails and dinner.
Morning at Saint Jean Beach — Eden Rock beach bar, swimming in the protected bay. If Sunday: Nikki Beach Amazing Sunday (reserve weeks ahead). Otherwise: Gyp Sea or Shellona for beach club lunch. Afternoon: explore the Saint Jean commercial strip. Evening: Eden Rock On the Rock restaurant if available.
Day 6: Boulangerie breakfast in Lorient village. Morning at Lorient Beach. Lunch from Jojo Marché — provisions for a villa picnic. Pool afternoon. Evening: try a different restaurant neighbourhood — the restaurants near Grand Cul de Sac or Pointe Milou.
Day 7: Rest day. Beach of your choice. No itinerary. This is the day that feels like the island is yours.
Second charter day — different route this time. Ask your captain to take you to Fourchue island (uninhabited, dramatic snorkeling) or to anchor off Gouverneur from the sea. Swim, snorkel, lunch. Return via the Atlantic coast for a different perspective on the island’s cliffs and hills.
Drive the island’s eastern roads — Vitet, Grand Fond, Toiny. These are the local roads that most visitors never see. Stop at the hilltop viewpoints above Pointe Milou. Morning at Grand Cul de Sac lagoon. Afternoon: walk the Colombier trailhead if you haven’t done the hike. Evening: one final reservation at the island’s best available restaurant.
Slow morning. Terrace coffee. One last swim in the villa pool or a final Gouverneur sunrise. Pack. Return rental car at the airport. Inter-island flight to SXM. Book the return trip before boarding.
The difference between 5 days and 10 days in St. Barts: on 5 days you leave wanting more. On 10 days you leave satisfied — and already planning to return. Two boat days, every major beach, every neighbourhood, and enough slow time to actually relax. Browse 10-night villa availability →
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