A curved sand beach with nothing built on it, turtles in the shallows, goats on the headland, and, over the hill, the…A curved sand beach with nothing built on it, turtles in the shallows, goats on the headland, and, over the hill, the pelican-and-superyacht spectacle of Gustavia, which this bay is the antidote to. St Barths was Swedish for nearly a century, which is why the capital is called Gustavia and the harbour is a free port. Colombier's beach was Rockefeller's, his house stands above the bay and the path down is still the only land route. Anchorage: The only beach anchorage on St Barths with moorings, and they are free. Reachable only by boat or a half-hour walk, which is exactly why cruisers rate it above anything in Gustavia. Hazards: No anchoring, it is moorings only inside the marine park. Winter ground swell can make the bay untenable. Mehr