Forever Young Apartments — Your Own Doorstep in Concordia
A quiet two-bedroom hideaway a short stroll from Fort Oranje and Statia's best plate of dinner.
Why Go
On an island where the hotel scene is measured in a handful of guesthouses, Forever Young Apartments feels less like a booking and more like being handed the keys to a neighbor's place — a self-contained flat on Pommeserrat Road in the Concordia section of Oranjestad, close enough to the historic Upper Town to walk in, far enough to actually hear the tree frogs at night.
The Experience
You arrive to a compact but genuinely lived-in apartment: two bedrooms, a full kitchen with microwave and coffee machine, flat-screen TV, private bathroom with shower, free WiFi and off-street parking. It sleeps four comfortably in about 465 square feet, which on Statia is a luxury — most visitors are used to squeezing into a single guest room. The pace is unmistakably island: mornings smell of frangipani, afternoons of salt off the Caribbean side, and the loudest thing you'll hear is a rooster or a diver's pickup rumbling past on the way down to Lower Town. Because it's a self-catering unit, you set the rhythm — cook a leisurely breakfast, come back midday for a nap between dives, or ignore the kitchen entirely and lean on the restaurant next door that regulars insist is the best table on the island.
What to Try
Use the kitchen as a base camp rather than a destination — stop at the little supermarkets in Upper Town on the way in for eggs, local bread, fresh fish and a couple of Amstel Brights, then treat the apartment as your dive-and-hike changing room. It's a 20-minute walk (or a two-minute drive) down to Fort Oranje and the cannons overlooking the roadstead, and an easy staging point for early-morning trailheads up The Quill. Ask the host about laundry and the quirks of the water heater on arrival — small details that make a multi-day stay feel effortless.
Insider Tip
Rent a small car before you touch down — Statia has no ride-hail, taxis are limited, and Pommeserrat Road sits on the awkward middle ground between town and the airport where walking works in daylight but gets very dark, very fast after sunset. Also: book Apartment A specifically if you want the reviewed unit with the 9.0 guest rating, and confirm the exact bedding configuration with the owner before you arrive with a group of four.
The Practical Stuff
Address: 11 Pommeserrat Road, Concordia, Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands). Roughly 1.3 km from the town center and a short drive from F.D. Roosevelt Airport (EUX). Two bedrooms, one bath, sleeps four, ~465 sq ft. Free WiFi, free private parking, fully equipped kitchen, private bathroom with shower, flat-screen TV. Self-catering — no on-site restaurant or front desk, so coordinate arrival time with the host. Payment in US dollars (the official currency of Statia). Voltage is a mix of 110V/220V outlets typical of the island — bring an adapter if you're coming from Europe.
Pair It With
- Aquarium Dive Site — One of Statia's signature shore-accessible reefs — the apartment's kitchen and parking make it easy to rinse gear, dry suits on the rail, and turn around for a second dive the same day.
- Alvin V. Courtar Park — A short drive away for an easy evening walk or a place to let kids burn off energy after a day of driving the island's single loop road.
- Antillean Horde Car Rental Guide — Practically essential — pair the apartment with a rental car so you can reach The Quill trailhead, Lower Town dive shops, and Zeelandia Bay without relying on scarce taxis.
- Ariel's Art Guide — Pick up a locally made souvenir or painting to bring home; it's the kind of small, personal shop that matches the guesthouse-style feel of staying at Forever Young.
