Aruba > Aruba Experience

Advantages: Many beaches and places to go
Disadvantages: You will not want to leave

Aruba is incredible. If you go to Aruba you will have to go for a swim at the beautiful beaches.If you like the beach you can go to "Palm Beach", "Druif Beach", "Eagle Beach". Or you can just stop for a swim at any beach that you past by. Some places that you can go to hang out or have a couple of drinks are, "Cuba's Cookin', "black hog saloon", Garufa cigar and cocktail lounge". In Aruba you can go for a ride on "Banana bus" or "Kukoo Kunuku". If ... Read review

Advantages: great food, friendly people, wonderful crystal clear water!
Disadvantages: no direct flight

I'm working for an airline and I've won a pair of tickets (had to pay for the taxes though) over x’mas prize draw the year before last. And we didn’t know where we should go. But I’ve always fancied going to the Caribbean. Then my Manager recommended Aruba to us. So I started planning and doing all the research last year May06 for the trip! And we decided to go for about 1 week during end of August. Flight time is about 1.20hrs from London to Amsterdam ...
...I searched through Google to look for the official tourism website for Aruba which is www.aruba.com. The site is really great it tells you all the things that you can do while you are there and also tells you where you can stay depending on you budget. The categories are for the hotels are: 1. High Rise Hotel is like luxury resorts, beach clubs with excellent service and numerous comforts about GBP160 per room per night, some all inclusive hotels ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly people, great food, fantastic beaches!
Disadvantages: Long flight time

I had fancied going to Aruba since hearing about it on an episode of Friends (sad, I know, but there you go!) My husband and I finally decided to go in July 2003 for fortnight. We booked to stay at the Tamarijn Divi resort, all inclusive. So lets start from the beginning ......... We booked through Kuoni who could not have been more helpful if they had tried. Their online booking facility is fantastic and telephone staff always strive to do their ...
...the flights that we had went from Manchester via Amsterdam and then onto Aruba. We had 5 hours to kill in Amsterdam so went from Schiphol (I think that's how its spelt!) Airport into Amsterdam itself and had a wander round. Transport from the airport was via train which was punctual, clean and cheap (British Rail take note!). After our wander, back to the airport for our 9.5 hour flight to Aruba. By the time we arrived at our hotel we had been on ... Read review

Advantages: Lots to see and do, very hot hot hot!
Disadvantages: None i can think of

Spent a wonderful, fun filled day in Aruba! Took a two hour tour round the island which i strongly recommend to get the best out of the place. First visited the rock formations which enabled us a mountain top view of the island. Then on to Natural bridge which is 25 feet above the sea and very picturesque! Pretty unspoiled beach right below it too. Around 5 great beaches, we visited Palm beach where there are lots of watersports on offer. You are ...
...and showers to clean yourself up after you have been on the beach. The sun is shining constantly and the becahes are very clean. The atmosphere is friendly ranging from mainly families and friends. Well worth a visit. You can even hire a car or a 4 wheel drive to take yourself around the island. However the tour guide we had was very informative and showed us around a lot of the main sites. ... Read review

Advantages: Hot Hot Hot white beach, palm trees, crystal clear water.
Disadvantages: Americans every where, little culture V. Expensive

I have just returned from a long weekend in Aruba (decadent I know but I work in the travel industry). Just twenty miles off the coast of South America and far from the Hurricane Belt this island is hot (28c) all year round. Known as the Dutch Antilles locals speak Dutch, Spanish and American. Currency is Arubian Florins but every one used US dollars. After a 9 hour flight we arrived on the Friday evening to a welcoming smile from the ground staff ...
...taxi to our Hotel 'The Windmill Resort' Palm Beach (all taxis are a fixed cost of $20 US). Our taxi driver took us through the capital 'Oranjestad' and pointed out some popular bars and a few basic things about the island. Most importantly every where accepts US Dollars most of the Casinos are open until 5am and there are 2 resort areas - Low rise (smaller beach front hotels) and High Rise (huge beach front Hotels). We checked in smoothly and in ... Read review