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Aruba + Bonaire + Curaçao hotels
Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao all have their own personality, and that is defined most easily by the islands' hotels. Aruba, which hitched its star to the mass-tourism market, has the largest room inventory and greatest number of brand-name innkeepers, including Hyatt, Marriott, and Radisson, which all have resorts along Palm Beach on the island's northwest coast, the designated high-rise region. Nearby Eagle Beach holds low-rise boutique hotels like Bucuti. Curaçao counts a few chain hotels in the Willemstad vicinity, but the best properties are locally owned, such as the Avila and the Hotel Kura Hulanda. They cater to the European market and are very good value, often including kitchenettes, a handy feature for tourists staying more than a few days. Development is picking up on the island, including a 350-room Hyatt Regency opening on the southern section of the island as part of the Santa Barbara Plantation, a planned community with vacation rentals, a casino, and a Pete Dye-designed golf course. It will be the first new hotel built on Curaçao since 1992. With a handful of exceptions, Bonaire accommodation targets hard-core divers: casual rooms with Florida-condo decor, kitchens for rustling up carbo-load meals, and balconies for drying gear and wetsuits. Hotels like Captain Don's Habitat line the western, or leeward, coast. A few have small beaches and they all have dive shops.
Not your typical business-trip Marriott. A $50-million face-lift in 2008 kitted out all 411 rooms with new flat-screen TVs, Jackpack technology, and bedding....more
This is the perfect compromise if you want a beach hotel that's also near town. Set on a private beach a mile and a half east of Punda, the family-owned...more
Tucked away in a quiet residential neighborhood, this intimate beachfront property (whose name mixes the owners' first initials with the Dutch word for oasis)...more
If Palm Beach's high-rise, high-energy scene seems overwhelming, this small, low-slung resort on Eagle Beach is a great escape—even though it's just a...more
The hissing of air tanks and a wetsuit-clad clientele make it very apparent that this property is obsessed with all things underwater. Owner Don Stewart sailed...more
Most Bonaire hotels are truly, madly dive-oriented, and this 30-room enclave is no exception. And you don't have to go far for great diving. The wooden-hulled...more
Set within Willemstad's UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kura Hulanda comprises eight blocks of lovingly restored 18th- and 19th-century Dutch homes in the vibrant...more
Though located on bustling Palm Beach, the Hyatt can lay claim to Aruba's most relaxed vibe. It starts with the enormous open-air lobby, where a coffered...more
This getaway property in Westpunt, on the extreme end of Curaçao, is an hour's drive from the commercial bustle of Willemstad and feels even more removed....more
More than any other Palm Beach high-rise, this 354-room hotel has a casual, lived-in quality. Perhaps it's because one of the wings incorporates the area's...more
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