Accommodations in Aruba

A 17.66% tax/service charge must be added; some hotels also add a US$1.50-5.75 per day energy surcharge.

Glittering luxury hotels jostle for space along Druif Bay, and Eagle and Palm beaches. At the end of the 1990s nearly all the resorts along this hotel strip added rooms or upgraded existing facilities. Decent, cheap accommodation is now very difficult to find. The Aruba Hotel And Tourism Association (AHATA) members offer accommodation at less than US$100 but to get a double room at that price at one of the large hotels you will have to negotiate a package deal in advance. Summer rates are substantially less than high season winter rates (16 Dec-15 Apr).

Oranjestad: Closest to the airport, but only a 10-15 min walk into town, is the LL-AL Caribbean Town Beach Resort, L G Smith Blvd 2, T823380, F832446. Convenient for business travellers, 63 rooms and suites built round a pool, children under 18 sharing free, large rooms, most with kitchenette, oceanside rooms are cheaper than pool side as they overlook the road but a/c reduces traffic noise, Surfside beach club and watersports centre across the road. In Oranjestad on the waterfront is the LL-AL Aruba Marriott Resort, at Seaport Village, L G Smith Blvd 9, T836000, F825317, Deluxe highrise, 300 rooms, Seaport Village shops and Crystal casino on the premises. Also LL-L Aruba Marriott Suites, at Seaport Village, at L G Smith Blvd 82, by Seaport Market place. 250 1-bedroom suites, pools and small beach, no beach at the hotel but guests may use a private island reached by motor launch from the hotel lobby which has watersports and all facilities, even a private honeymooners’ beach, the only drawback being that the island is right at the end of the airport runway. Just outside town to the west in a rather unattractive industrial area immediately after the free zone, is the L-AL Bushiri Beach Resort, L G Smith Blvd 35, T825216, F826789, A 150-room all-inclusive, often booked solid, reserve in advance, price per person, child discounts, indoor and outdoor kids activities, on man-made beach, gym, table tennis, lots of activities, good reputation for food.

Punta Brabo Beach: The low-rise resort hotel development starts on Punta Brabo Beach, Druif Bay, all hotels are on the beach and offer swimming pools, tennis, watersports, shops, restaurants etc: LL Tamarijn Aruba Beach Resort, J E Irausquin Boulevard 41, T824150, F834002, www.tamarijnaruba.com One of the Divi hotels, all-inclusive, rates fluctuate monthly, highest at Christmas, 236 rooms, beachfront, but not much beach, watersports, land sports, resort is next to Alhambra Bazaar and Casino, shares facilities with LL Divi Aruba Beach Resort Mega All-inclusive, next along the beach at J E Irausquin Blvd 45, T823300, F834002, www.diviaruba.com 203 rooms and suites, honeymoon packages, all-inclusive, windsurfing, tennis, pool. Divi Village, at J E Irausquin Blvd 47, T835000, F820501. 132 apartments and free form pool. Next is the L-AL Manchebo Beach Resort, J E Irausquin Blvd 55, Manchebo, T823444, F832446, www.manchebo.com Run by Best Western, 71 rooms with balcony or terrace, dive shop and windsurfing on huge expanse of beach. LL-AL Bucuti Beach Resort, J E Irausquin Blvd 55-B, T831100, F825271, www.bucuti.com Attractive design, pleasant resort, 63 rooms, some with kitchenette, some suites, balconies, sea view, fitness centre, business centre. LL-AL Casa del Mar, J E Irausquin Blvd 51-53, Punta Brabo Beach, T827000, F826557, www.casadelmar-aruba.com 147 luxury 2-bedroom (time- share) apartments on the beach and 1-bedroom suites not on the beach, rather boring architecture, children’s playground, gamesroom, tennis, pool, minimarket, laundromats. LL-AL The Aruba Beach Club, same address, T823000, F834871, mshi...@setarnet.aw shared facilities, 131 rooms with kitchenette, for up to 4 people, family orientated.

Eagle Beach: LL-AL La Cabana, J E Irausquin Blvd 250, T879000, F875474, www.lacabana.com Massive resort, 803 studios and suites, tennis, squash, fitness centre, waterslide, children’s pool and playground, casino and condominiums. LL-AL Amsterdam Manor, J E Irausquin Blvd 252, T871492, F871463, www.amsterdammanor.com Low-rise, pleasant, 72 painted Dutch colonial style studios and apartments with sea view, kitchen, pool, bar and restaurant. LL-AL La Quinta, J E Irausquin Blvd 228, T875010, F876263. Timeshare with rentals, 54 apartments with kitchenette, pools, tennis.

Palm Beach: After the sewage treatment plant and Pos Chiquito the road curves round Palm Beach where all the high rise luxury hotels are. All have at least 1 smart restaurant and another informal bar/restaurant, some have about 5, all have shops, swimming pools, watersports, tennis and other sports facilities on the premises and can arrange anything else. Hotels with 300 rooms have casinos. The first one is LL-AL Aruba Phoenix Beach Resort, J E Irausquin Blvd 75, T861170, F861165, www.diviphoenix.com The name reflects the fact that this hotel was once the Aruba Royal, abandoned but resurrected by Divi, 101 a/c studios and apartments, fitness centre, 2 pools, jacuzzi, watersports. LL-L Wyndham Aruba Beach Resort and Casino, J E Irausquin Blvd 77, T864466, F863403. 444 rooms, behind it is the restaurant De Olde Molen, an imported windmill around which LL-A The Mill Condominium Resort has been built, J E Irausquin Blvd 330, T867700, F867271. 200 rooms and suites with kitchens, sauna, excercise room, tennis, 2 pools, beach club membership across the road. LL-L Aruba Grand Beach Resort & Casino, T863900, F861941. 200 rooms and suites, Olympic size swimming pool. The oldest hotel along here is the renewed and extended LL-L Radisson Aruba , J E Irausquin Blvd 81, T866555, F863260, arub...@radisson.com Covers 14 acres, 372 rooms and suites, not all with sea view, new pool area with 2 freeform pools, tennis, fitness centre, games room, watersports, conference centre, resort spa, golf putting, usual luxury facilities. LL-L Allegro Resort Aruba, J E Irausquin Blvd 83, T864500, F863191. 421 rooms and suites with sea view and balcony, full service, deluxe, Red Sail diving and watersports on site. The next hotel along is the LL Hyatt Regency Aruba Beach Resort & Casino, J E Irausquin Blvd 85, T861234, F865478. 360 rooms and suites, designed for a luxury holiday or for business meetings and incentive trips, built around a huge 3-level pool complex with waterfalls, slides and salt water lagoon, in beautiful gardens, health and fitness centre, Red Sail diving and watersports, very popular, great for children or business travellers, always full. LL Playa Linda Beach Resort, J E Irausquin Blvd 87, T861000, F863479, www.playalinda.com A timeshare resort of suites and efficiencies, health club, games room. LL-AL Holiday Inn Aruba Beach Resort & Casino, J E Irausquin Blvd 230, T863600, F865165, www.holidayinn-aruba.com 600 rooms with balcony, dated concrete block style, pools, tennis, diving, casino, lots of other facilities. LL Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino, L G Smith Blvd 101, T869000, F860649. 413-room hotel next to the Holiday Inn, lots of facilities and luxuries, Vela Windsurf Centre, Red Sail Watersports.

Apartments & Guest Houses: The Aruba Tourism Authority publishes a list of apartments and guest houses. Weekly or monthly rates are more advantageous. If you arrive at a weekend the tourist office in town will be shut and you cannot get any help except at the airport. In the district of Noord, C Cactus Apartments, Matadera 5, Noord, T822903, F820433. C Coconut Inn, Noord 31, T866288, F865433. 40 a/c studios and 1-bedroom apartments, TV, balcony, kitchenette, pool, near beach. B-C Turibana Plaza Apartments, Noord 124, T867292, F862658, turi...@setarnet.aw Roger’s Apartments, windsurfing packages only, L G Smith Blvd 472, PO Box 461, Malmok, T861918, F869045. LL-A Boardwalk Vacation Retreat, Bakval 20, Noord, T866654, F861836, www.theboardwalk-aruba.com Right by the Marriott, 150 m to the beach, 1 or 2-bedroom casitas with living room and kitchen, hammocks, fans, a/c, well-equipped, nice furnishings, mini market, pool with jacuzzi, gardens with flowering plants, palm trees and hummingbirds. Windsurf Village, L G Smith Blvd 462, The Boulevards, L G Smith 486, and The Edges Guesthouse, L G Smith Blvd 458, all run by Sailboard Vacations Windsurf Villages, windsurfing packages only, T862527, F861870. A-C Vistalmar, Bucutiweg 28, T828579 daytime, T847737 evenings, F822200. One-bedroom apartments with car run by Alby and Katy Yarzagaray, friendly, wooden jetty for swimming and sunbathing, near airport, laundry facilities. Also Mr and Mrs Kemp, C A1 Apartments, Pagaaistraat 5, T828963, F834447, a1a...@visitaruba.com Fully-furnished a/c rooms with kitchenette, 10-15 mins walk from main shopping centre and public beach at Bushiri Beach Hotel.

Camping: Permit needed from police station, on Arnold Schuttrstraat, Oranjestad, who will advise on locations. It can take 10 days to get a permit and you must have a local address (ie hotel room). The permit costs one AfI4 stamp and it appears you can camp anywhere.

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