Aruba Harmony Apartments, Oranjestad

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

...Oranjestad and the airport. We stayed at the MVC Eagle Beach Hotel (we booked through expedia with free continental breakfast), and it’s a cozy family hotel with 19 rooms. The Eagle Beach is just right across the street! It’s about GBP40 per room per night, which was reasonable. We really enjoy our stay, the staffs are really friendly and they try to do everything to make our stay enjoyable. 3. Villa usually rents on weekly basis, though longer period of time can be scheduled at a prorated basis from Saturday to Saturday. Monthly rates are also available for long term stays. Room rate is about USD125 to USD165. Some has swimming pool, ocean view, private beach area, complete kitchen, and family room with bar, entertainment patio with BBQ, beachside gazebo for lounging, hammocks and comfy chairs. 4. Apartments usually with double bedrooms... Read review

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Advantages: See and hear Aruba's history
Disadvantages: No disadvantages by visiting a museum

...Where Money meets History Aruba's reknown money collector, Mario Odor (1919-2001), has collected for over 60 years. Today his wife, son, daughters and granddaughter are still managing his legacy at the Numismatic Museum of Aruba. You might be welcomed by his new generations who will gladly guide you through this spectacle of money history. ‘Collection Timeline’: coins circulated in this region in a time when colonists, traders, merchants and even pirates traveled these Caribbean seas. His son and granddaughter, both Numismatists, took his idea to another level and made researches to present Aruba’s timeline through Numismatics. The Aruba Numismatic Museum was established in 1975 and lodges the private collection of Mr. Odor and is the first museum established on Aruba. The museum contains over 45.000 different pieces covering over 400... Read review

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Advantages: nice and cheap
Disadvantages: no internet access in your room

...Last year Aug06, we decided to go to the Caribbean, and we've chosen Aruba! Because its less commerical than any other Carribbean island and Aruba is outside the hurricane belt. The temperture is always around 28degrees with cool breeze all year round. So we were looking at different travel agency's websites to compare prices.The cheapest that we could found was through expedia.co.uk. Its about GBP40 per room per night and also has free continental buffet breakfast (normally its USD5 +15% surcharge). . We got to Aruba by KLM, and we took the taxi to the hotel. It about 15minutes from the airport and cost about USD20. The hotel is about 10 minutes by car to the town Oranjestad. The hotel has 19 rooms divided over 2 floors. Its got 16 double rooms and 3 family rooms, suitable for maximum of 5 people. All the rooms are air... Read review

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