Decor is simple, with white-tiled floors and rich accents of mahogany and other Brazilian hardwoods. Rattan wickerwork furnishes a tropical touch. Serious cooks will appreciate the kitchens, which come with a full-sized refrigerator, a coffeemaker, a toaster, china and cutlery, pots and pans, plus the requisite housekeeping supplies. LEsplanade presently has no restaurant on the property, but that may change in the future. A steep and winding drive leads up to the resort's handsome reception area.
Chaises line the garden terrace.
Future plans include the addition of a tennis court. A potpourri of colorful Portuguese and French ceramic tiles lines staircases, steps, walls, walkways, and planters, and a mosaic shimmers from the bottom of the main pool. Brazilian artisans were brought in to install the tiles and to create the exquisite, and painstaking, mosaic murals throughout the hotel. A small fortune has obviously been lavished on the landscaping. St. Martin L'Esplanade Caraibe is perhaps the best small hotel on the island, with rooms superior to La Samanna's at half the price.