Saba is the top of the stratovolcano Mount Scenery in the Caribbean Sea, just south of St Maarten. With a height of 887 meter the top is the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Cristopher Columbus spotted the island in 1493 but it was 1632 before shipwrecked British sailors set foot ashore here.
In the following centuries the Dutch, Brits, French and even Jamaican Pirates took possession of Saba but since 1816 Saba is firmly in Dutch hands. 
In October 2010 Saba became aspecial municipality within the Netherlands. 

The 2000 citizens are proud of the only paved road on the island, since Dutch engineers said it was impossible to build. But Josephus Hassell rose to the occasion and, with the help of the locals, proved the arrogant engineers wrong. 
It took from 1938 till 1958 to get the 11 km long job done.
Sabans also cherishThe Saba University School of Medicine, established in 1992. 

Saba's airport has a runway of just 400 meters, too short for jet airplanes. With high winds landing can be a challenge.

We visited "The Unspoiled Queen". in December 2007.