If you love shopping all day with no worries St. Barthelemy is the finest choice. St. Barthelemy is a luxury destination frequented by wealthy and sometimes famous travelers. This the place for stuffs that are of the highest quality and price.This is definitely not the place for bargain hunters.St Barthelemy is a duty free port, and shoppers will be overjoyed with the range and number of shops: from a shaded table by the side of the road, to the elegant displays and marble floors reminiscent of Rue du Faubourg St.Honoré in Paris. 

 The highest concentration of shops is in Gustavia the capital of St. Barthelemy, is an appealing blend of red-roofed villas and heavy-set gray-stone buildings that plays second fiddle to its deep U-shaped harbour, where yacht-watching over a bottle of wine at a waterfront café ranks as the unofficial town sport. A close runner-up for that title is shopping, as dozens of duty-free boutiques line the main drag, Rue de la République. St-Jean follows it, with its several shopping centers. It is wise to allocated more than a single afternoon to see what is it that you really want and where do you really want to go.

  The people of St Barthelemy have been too busy surviving droughts, hurricanes, and severe isolation to develop a very elaborate artistic tradition.

  There are, of course, the handicrafts: the sweet doll-like cottages, the colorful fishing skiffs, the woven straw, and a traditional local music that can provide a lively atmosphere at local events.  
If a retrospective exhibition of works of art made in St Barthelemy, 1659 to the present, were organized tomorrow, most of the offerings would date from the last twenty years. Few would be the work of those born here, though the recent burst of prosperity has prompted a number of local folk to pursue an artistic career, with sometimes surprising results.   

 One of the best things about St. Barthelemy is the quality and variety of the food, and the various services related to dining. This is true not only in numerous local restaurants, but in many local homes and rental villas as well, due to the unusually wide range of food and drink available at local grocery stores and wine shops. 

  And, shopping for food and drink inSt. Barthelemy can be a delightful pastime, bringing the visitor in contact with the local inhabitants
 A few years ago, you did not have many choices for furnishing and decorating your house inSt. Barthelemy. Filling a container from Europe or America to decorate their local home was a must.  
Today, we have much more choice. You can find a variety of shops presenting objects and furniture for very different styles of home interior, though the Caribbean style is the most widely represented.

  If you have a home in St. Barthelemy, you might like to see the selection made by the local merchants. From European, South American, to Indonesian furniture and object of decoration, French linen and fabrics, etc... 

 If you happen to be in St. Barthelemy and don't have a ton of money to spend, window-shopping can still be a lot of fun!