Country Info
- Oranjestad
- Capital
- Aruban Guilder (AWG)
- Currency
- 70,007
- Population
- AW
- Country Code
Oranjestad Slideshow
Oranjestad
Travel Blogs from Oranjestad, Aruba
A Little Change of Itinerary...i'm in ARUBA. =(
Well guys, I'm finally on Land...i'm in Aruba right now...and to be honest with all of you. i've only been here for 4 days on the Century and I want to go home now....I don't like it here..the other people on the ship are great....ask me about it...and ...
Aruba
Aruba WHAT TO DO Rent a car, it's cheap and quite easy to go around. Go see the Natural bridge, really nice! There is also the California Lighthouse, and just on the corner sand dune where you can drive around. DO NOT go see the natural ...
SKIP IT! Not a great city!
I'm a girl and I love to shop...unfortunately, the shopping in Aruba was poor to say the least. I would have thought Oranjestad would have had great shopping - but it was very lacking. It has tons of touristy stores selling the key chains, ...
Sea Treking
Today was supposed to be a real adventure --- we were going underwater sea trekking in Aruba. This is when you put this sort of diving helmut on they send you down 20 feet to swim with the fish. I was feeling quite nervous about the whole thing as I ...
Describing water to a fish=s air
... 't had sex here yet. fish color change outside of water. that's their home i'm the tourist. we both digest. A length of Aruba distant from Venezuela. healing of my compulsive itch spots via lotion bar with Vitamin E and salt ...
Diving Aruba
... . Unfortunately, by this time it is now dark and so we really didn’t get an opportunity to experience the town of Oranjestad. The good news is that Russ didn’t take me snorkeling, never to be found again, so since we didn’t ...
Aruba -- The Not-So-Happening Place
... and aquamarine; the sky is cerulean, cobalt, and white. Buildings burst with primary colors of the spectrum and beyond. This is Aruba, the Dutch Antilles. Most famous for beaches, bars, boats, and beautiful people, the Aruba we found, on this Sunday ...
Around Aruba
... distance. About 75 square miles total, the island of Aruba is 20 miles at its widest point and 6 miles at its longest. Oranjestad, Aruba’s Dutch capital city, is on the island’s southernmost coast. It is home to all of Aruba’s ...
Back again but only for a short time
There is always a last port of every cruise and on this cruise it was Aurba. Like our last stop, we would spend only a short time docked in port. The stay in port was from 1:00PM until 7:00PM. We have been to Aurba on a previous cruise so the short time ...
Nov 13, 2008
Aruba - One happy day und am Strand vergessen
Herrlicher Sonnenschein, die üblichen karibischen Temperaturen... Wir machen mit einem einheimischen Veranstalter (unser Tourguide heißt Lady) ein kurze Inselrundfahrt. Was will man auf solch kleinen Inseln auch machen. Im Anschluss lassen sich die ...
Sites around Aruba
... by the fact that Aruba is a relatively expensive place to visit, so it tends to attract the reasonably well-off. Oranjestad's waterfront has many vendors/stalls selling souvenirs. Ironically, many of these souvenirs are imported from the United States ...
Day 1 - Aruba
... back to the beach. After a bit we decided to take a walk on the beach to see the other resorts. Toward the end of the day we decided to sit under the "chickee" and wait for our first Aruba sunset. It was amazing but went down fast. I barely got a ...
Aruba
... for six when there's only two of you. The people on either side of us we're not very communicative. Today we went to Aruba. We went to the jewelry stores and Vicki picked out the bracelet and a pendent. We wentacross the street and went upstairs to a ...
Cruising the Caribbean
Another day spent at sea today. I quite enjoy the sea days; time is of no consequence, we can just do what we like, when we like. When we crossed the Pacific on the Volendam in 2009, we had a full nine days at sea between the USA ...
BOOK IT! Get a Jeep and get lost!
The best way to see this island is not by tour group...it is by renting yourself a jeep and just getting lost! The island is so small and easy to navigate that it is impossible to get lost, even if you try. We discovered all sorts of ...
St. Nicholas and the hills of Aruba
After stopping by....to purchase cigars that the owner....hand rolls hiumself, we hopped a taxi to St. ...
Oranjestad, Aruba
... of the Island! Aruba is a small island that is just discovering tourism but is doing it well. It's port is in Oranjestad, the capital city, on the more protected southwestern coast which boasts seven miles of white sand beaches – a mecca for ...
