Aruba Grand Beach Resort, Oranjestad

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 you are looking for a cheap place to stay you can stay at some affordable places like, "Talk of the town beach resort", "casa del mar beach resort", or "Amsterdam manor beach resort". These palces are very nice and are great prices.... Read review

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

..., back to the airport for our 9.5 hour flight to Aruba. By the time we arrived at our hotel we had been on the go for 26 hours! The hotel - absolutely fantastic! The rooms are literally on the beach. Amazing to wake up, step out of your door and be on golden sand with palm trees all around and pelicans diving in the sea in front of you! Absolute paradise. There are some rooms that are on a more rocky part of the beach but its only a stones through from the sandy parts so even that isnt much of a hardship. The hotel is all inclusive with fantastic buffets for breakfast, lunch and evening meal. There are also two additional restaurants - Italian and more traditional dishes that are also part of the all inclusive deal. Entertainment was put on every night but it was only a short taxi ride to the capital of Oranjestad where... Read review

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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 and 9hrs from Amsterdam to Aruba. First of all, 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... Read review

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