Our Top Ten Reasons For Choosing Aruba

“The beaches curve like an Aruban smile along the western shores, soft and white and fringed with palm trees, sloping gently toward the calm, transparent turquoise of the Caribbean. The waves of the Atlantic crash like incessant thunder against the northern cliffs, carving deep, dark, secret limestone grottoes.

Between the two extremes, in a desert landscape where the cacti grow to the height of a man, great building-sized boulders stand like the legacy of some ancient, angry god.

Winding roads lead to rocky passes and hidden coves, or sometimes to nowhere at all. Green parakeets call to their mates, and troupials flash brilliant orange against the deep blue of the Caribbean sky.

This is not the Caribbean as usual. This is Aruba!”

Aruba attracts one million visitors and cruise passengers per year, most from North America, Holland, and nearby Venezuela, and ranks as one of the Caribbean's most popular, and most re-visited, vacation spots.

Here are ten good reasons why.

The constant sunshine

82 + degrees, all year round. It almost never rains!

The cooling trade winds

Aruba is almost never humid or ‘sticky’. making the evenings more pleasant, and the beaches heaven.

The drinking water.
Unlike other Caribbean islands, you can drink it straight from the tap, because Aruba has one of the largest de-salination plants in the world, and their drinking water is delicious.

The beaches

Pristine, powder white, regularly featured in the World Top Ten. From massive Eagle Beach, through Palm Beach, to the Marriott, they delight sun worshippers. To the south, Baby Beach, enclosed by coral reef, is ideal for snorkelling and safe for children, as it's waist deep for about half a mile. To the far north, the strip between Marriott and Arashi is one of the world’s premier windsurfing destinations

Manchebo Beach

Safety and Stability.
Aruba has an extremely low crime rate. It’s like stepping back in time to a happier, less hostile world. It is also very politically stable - Aruba has been a Dutch colony since 1642, and together with the Antilles, it is legally part of Holland. As such it is a European Union territory, for which the Netherlands are responsible. Royal Dutch Marines are stationed there.

Geographical position
Aruba lies entirely outside the hurricane belt, so your holiday timing is not subject to the vagaries of the weather, as in Mexico, Florida or other Caribbean destinations.

Places to eat

From international award winning haute cuisine to fast food, eating out in Aruba spans the whole range, from fabulous restaurants, to roadside cafes, to Burger King. Aruba's diverse dining scene has given the island the well-deserved reputation of being the culinary mecca of the Caribbean. And for self catering, superb, air conditioned hypermarkets, stock the entire range of local and international goods, easily priced in dollars, and often cheaper than the UK!