Tell me about St Thomas

[scorpio72]

Are there things to do besides laying on the beach and water sports.

We may be going there the first week in December. I originally wanted a more active vacation (Europe) but due to work/kid scheduling we may be going to St Thomas instead. I'm not complaining :-) but just am curious if there is enough to do for 4-5 days. I can only lay on the beach so much.

I admit I have done absolutely no research so far so I know nothing.

[Deleted]

Take the boat over to St. john

[soozy87]

I agree with mags. Take the ferry to St. John!

[scorpio72]

Would it be better to stay on St John? We were thinking the Ritz on St Thomas (we have a gift certificate for part). Would St. John be better? Looking for a few activities and good food and wine.

[gtkim]

I highly recommend taking a boat out to Jost Van Dyke and also to Virgin Gorda. Fantastic!

[soozy87]

We were on St. John for a week. They have great snorkling, a great rainforest hike guided by the National Park Service, lots of great beaches....etc....everything is very clean and nice. People are friendly. I mean if you have a GC for a hotel on St. Thomas I would use that, but I think it is def. worth a trip over to St. John for a day or two.

[Deleted]

If you have a choice definitely stay on st john

[orangello]

Another one chiming in for St. John. We were there a week and didn't get to half the stuff we wanted to do. It's cleaner, smaller, and less touristy than St. Thomas.