SXM Beer, Rum & Airplanes

OVERVIEW

Savor samples of locally produced beer and rhum on the way to Maho Beach, the ultimate spot to watch incoming jets land directly over your head. While browsing SXM Beer with a cold beer in hand, you will learn how this largest brewery in St. Maarten produces its crisp, easy-drinking lagers. Topper’s Rhum is another local favorite, but the product line is much more diverse as you will discover while touring the distillery. You will be offered a sample of its signature rhum cake as well as a rhum that may be flavored with mango, elderflower or cotton candy. Free time follows on Maho Beach, a thin stretch of sand at the very end of the runway for Princess Juliana International Airport, whose code is SXM, the inspirational for brewery’s name. No other place in the world offers such a close-up view of planes landing. Depending on where you stand, you can feel the blasts from the jet engines.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Tour St. Maarten’s largest brewery with one of its award-winning lagers in hand.
• Enjoy a sampling of rhum cake and an exotically flavored rhum at a local distillery.
• Watch planes land shockingly close overhead at Maho Beach at the end of the runway.
• Opt to spend free time shopping near Maho Beach, if you prefer.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.