Hotel Manapany St Barts

St Barthelemy, usually written St Barts, is a French overseas collectivity in the Caribbean with about 10,700 residents, and Hotel Manapany is one of the island's named hotels, sitting at Anse des Cayes on the northern shore. The property operates within the same seasonal rhythm as the rest of St Barts accommodation: a high season from roughly December to April, a quieter summer, and an autumn window in which many hotels and restaurants close and reopen between mid-October and early November. This guide sets out what is established about the property and its setting, what the surrounding area offers, and how a stay there fits with the island's transport realities. No rate, star rating or amenity claim appears here; the property's own booking channels show live availability.

Where Is Hotel Manapany In St Barts?

Hotel Manapany stands at Anse des Cayes, a public beach and small residential area on the north shore of St Barts, west of Grand Cul-de-Sac and northeast of Gustavia, the island's harbour capital. Anse des Cayes is one of the island's named public beaches, listed by the tourism committee among beaches such as Flamands, Lorient and Corossol. The island itself is about 21 square kilometres, so nowhere on it is far from anywhere else.

The north shore position matters for planning. Anse des Cayes faces the open Atlantic rather than the sheltered water inside the reef of Grand Cul-de-Sac or the harbour of Gustavia, and the island's marine reserve rules, set by the environment agency, apply to its waters as they do around the whole coastline: a 5-knot speed limit in reserve zones, no jet skis, and no touching of protected species such as sea turtles. All beaches on St Barts are public, and dogs are banned from all of them, on leash or not, under a municipal order the environment agency repeats on its beach page.

Gustavia, the capital, holds the ferry terminal, the main shopping streets and the harbour where cruise passengers tender ashore. Saint-Jean, with the airport and its famous approach over the road, sits between Gustavia and Anse des Cayes on the island's northern arc. A visitor staying at Manapany is therefore based in a quiet residential stretch within easy reach of both town and airport.

The table below places Anse des Cayes among the island's named public beaches by coastal position. Positions are map positions only; nothing else is claimed about any beach.

What Kind Of Hotel Is Hotel Manapany St Barts?

Hotel Manapany is a beachfront hotel on the list of named St Barts properties, reported as a barefoot-luxury style property that follows standard seasonal patterns. No rate, star count, room count or amenity claim was made. The property's own site and booking channels are the place to see live rooms, prices and dates.

That may read as thin. It is deliberate. St Barts accommodation coverage is full of invented detail, and the honest version is this: the hotel exists, it sits at Anse des Cayes, it operates as part of the island's hotel economy, and its commercial details live on its own pages. What a guide can add is context, and Anse des Cayes gives plenty.

The island's hotel stock divides broadly into a set of named luxury and boutique properties, a large villa rental market handled by managers such as WIMCO, Sibarth and St Barth Properties, and a handful of smaller guesthouse-style options. Named hotels include Eden Rock, Cheval Blanc, Le Toiny, Le Sereno, the Christopher, Le Barthelemy, Le Village Saint-Barth, Isle de France, Taiwana and Tropical St Barts, alongside Manapany. Each sits in its own corner of the island, and the choice between them is mostly a choice of shoreline.

For a reader comparing properties, the neighboring guides on this site cover the main alternatives in the same authorless format: Hotel Le Toiny on the east coast, the Christopher at Pointe Milou, Le Barthelemy at Grand Cul-de-Sac, Isle de France at Flamands, Taiwana on Flamands and Le Village at Saint-Jean. The wider comparison between a hotel stay and a villa rental is covered in the St Barts hotel versus villa guide.

One thing that genuinely distinguishes St Barts hotels as a category is how few of them there are on a small island, and how strongly the whole sector breathes with the season. That seasonal rhythm is the next question.

When Does Hotel Manapany St Barts Open And Close?

Hotel Manapany follows the standard St Barts seasonal pattern: many hotels and restaurants close each autumn, typically from mid-to-late August, and reopen in waves between mid-October and early November for the December-to-April high season. Per-hotel reopening dates shift each year and pass quickly. Villas on the island generally remain available year-round.

The pattern is the fact worth planning around, not any single date. A traveller booked for late September anywhere on St Barts should expect a quiet island: hotels shut for maintenance and staff holidays, many hotel restaurants and beach clubs closed with them, and a short list of year-round local spots carrying the dining scene. By the second half of October the reopening wave begins, and by November the island is largely back in operation, with the St Barth Gourmet Festival running 9 to 15 November 2026 adding a burst of activity to the calendar.

The season also overlaps with Atlantic hurricane season, which runs 1 June to 30 November with its peak from mid-August to mid-October and a climatological peak near 10 September. No prediction of a storm is possible or made here; the plain statement is that the quietest hotel months and the statistical peak of the season coincide, which is precisely why the closure pattern exists.

The climate context comes from the Meteo-France normals, 1991-2020, for the St Barthelemy station, and it shows why the high season falls where it does: warm, slightly drier winter months against wetter late-summer ones.

Annual rainfall is 891.3 mm, with October the wettest month at 135.6 mm and February the least rainy at 38.4 mm. Sea temperature runs about 26 C in winter to about 29 C from August to October, warm enough for swimming all year.

How Do You Get To Hotel Manapany St Barts?

Almost every visitor reaches St Barts through St Martin: flights land at Princess Juliana airport on Sint Maarten, then a small STOL turboprop or one of two scheduled ferries completes the trip to Gustavia. St Barth Commuter flies from St Martin airports and Guadeloupe, Tradewind flies from San Juan and Antigua, and Winair serves the island from SXM. No jet lands on St Barts, because the runway at Gustaf III airport is 646 m long.

The airport constraint shapes everything. Gustaf III airport, also called Remy de Haenen and coded SBH, accepts only small turboprops such as the Twin Otter and Cessna Grand Caravan, in daylight and visual conditions only. There is no long-haul service and no jet operation; a traveller from North America or Europe flies into a gateway first. The main gateways are St Martin, San Juan, Guadeloupe and Antigua, and the full route guide covers each one, with the airport guide and the landing experience describing the famous approach over the Col de la Tourgente hill and the road at Saint-Jean.

By sea, two operators run scheduled ferries to Gustavia: Great Bay Express from Bobby's Marina in Philipsburg on the Dutch side, a crossing of about 45 minutes, and Voyager from the Marigot terminal on the French side, about 50 to 60 minutes. Those durations come from the operators and are sea-condition dependent; the crossing can be rough, and sailings are cancelled in bad weather. The ferry operators and schedule guide covers the practical detail. Cruise ships tender to Gustavia; there is no cruise pier.

On the island itself, driving is on the right, on narrow, winding and steep roads with a 50 km/h island-wide limit and 30 km/h in Gustavia and Saint-Jean. Rental counters at the airport include Avis, Budget and Hertz, alongside local agencies and the open-air Mini Moke. Many hotels arrange transfers for arriving guests; Manapany's own booking channels confirm what it offers for arrivals. The full index of guides sits on St Barthelemy Travel.

What Surrounds Hotel Manapany At Anse Des Cayes St Barts?

Anse des Cayes is a small, quiet residential area on the north shore, built around its public beach, with no cruise tender point, no ferry terminal and no airport inside it. The beach is public and free to access, like every beach on St Barts, and the marine reserve rules of the environment agency apply on its water. Beyond the bay, the island's main sights sit a short drive away along the northern arc.

The immediate setting is residential: villas and small properties on the hillside, the beach below, and the Atlantic open to the north. For sightseeing, Gustavia's harbour, shops and Swedish-era stone buildings lie to the west, Saint-Jean's beach and airport strip to the west as well, and Grand Cul-de-Sac's sheltered lagoon to the east. The general rundown of the island's options is in the things to do in St Barts overview, and the Gustavia shopping guide covers the town's boutiques.

One point worth making, because competing guides blur it: no on-island activity, no walking tour, no guided excursion and no jet ski rental is bookable through this site. Everything listed here departs from St Martin or Sint Maarten and visits St Barts by sea. The beaches and open public places of the island are free, and that is the whole of the free offering, described without hours or difficulty ratings.

A boat day is the one structured way to reach Colombier, the north-west tip beach with no road access, and Ile Fourchue, the small island in the marine reserve. The group sail that anchors this page's related coverage, See the operator's live listing, runs from St Martin and ties those two stops together, and its per-person format runs only from 12 May to 31 August 2027 on its listing. The environment agency's rules govern the whole trip: 5 knots in the reserve zones, no touching of turtles, and no dogs on the beaches.

To reach Colombier and Ile Fourchue by sea, book a sail and snorkel tour.

How Does Hotel Manapany Compare With Other St Barts Hotels?

Hotel Manapany is one of roughly a dozen named hotels on St Barts, distinguished from its neighbours mainly by its Anse des Cayes address on the north shore. Every property on the list operates in the same season and the same euro currency, and none can be recommended over another with a price, rating or amenity claim. The comparison that matters is shoreline and setting.

The spread of named properties around the island is easiest to see as a map exercise. Eden Rock and Le Village sit at Saint-Jean. Isle de France and Taiwana sit at Flamands. The Christopher is at Pointe Milou on the north-east. Le Barthelemy and Le Sereno sit at Grand Cul-de-Sac on the sheltered east. Le Toiny faces the Atlantic at Toiny on the south-east. Cheval Blanc is at Flamands. Manapany holds the Anse des Cayes corner. Each guide on this site covers one property without rates, so the comparison stays honest.

Two rebrand reports circulate in the 2026 press and are worth flagging as reports only: Rosewood Le Guanahani becomes Airelles Le Guanahani on 1 November 2026, and the Carl Gustaf is reported as becoming Fouquet's Saint-Barth. Neither is confirmed by a primary page carried here, and no dates or ownership detail are printed. A third option, the villa market, is covered in the hotel versus villa comparison: a large villa market exists, managed by firms including WIMCO, Sibarth and St Barth Properties, and villas generally stay available through the autumn hotel closures.

No hotel in the table carries a rate, a rating or a room count, and none should: those figures move with season and demand, and each property's own booking page is where they live.

Is A Stay At Anse Des Cayes Right For A First St Barts Trip?

Anse des Cayes suits a traveller who wants a quiet residential base within reach of both Gustavia and Saint-Jean, and it asks for a rental car or taxi discipline in return, because the island's steep roads and narrow lanes make walking between areas unrealistic. First-time visitors should weigh it against Saint-Jean or Gustavia bases for convenience, and against Grand Cul-de-Sac for sheltered swimming water.

The practical case for the north shore is position. The airport, the ferry terminal, the main town and the east-end lagoon all sit on the island's northern and eastern arc, and Anse des Cayes sits inside that arc. The case against is exposure: the bay faces open water, and the sheltered swimming of Grand Cul-de-Sac is on the other side of the headland. Neither point is a comfort claim about conditions on a given day; it is map geography.

For a longer first visit, the site's flight options from the US and the Winair guide cover the gateway mechanics, and special-occasion travellers may find the St Barts weddings guide and the New Year's Eve guide relevant, since the fireworks over Gustavia harbour each 31 December are a fixture of the island's calendar even though 2027 specifics are unconfirmed.

Common Questions About Hotel Manapany St Barts

A stay at Hotel Manapany is, in the end, a choice of the Anse des Cayes corner: a quiet residential bay on the north shore, a public beach below the property, and the whole small island within the arc of a single steep road. Live dates and rates are on the property's own channels, and pair the stay with a boat day from St Martin if Colombier and Ile Fourchue are on the list.