Oranjestad Hotels - Reviews and Rates

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, magnets, etc. that you can get anywhere with just a different location slapped on the front. I'm more into ...

I slept before 10pm l*st night *nd woke up e*rly. By 6*m I m*de bre*kf*st *nd prep*red lunch to t*ke with us. I w*s e*ting bre*kf*st when DH woke up *nd joined me. After bre*kf*st he w*nted to w*lk *long the be*ch. I decided to go swimming so I went with him. There w*s nobody swimming yet but there were * few people strolling. DS joined me follo...

We got a call from Mickey at 6:30 this morning. We needed to get ready and grab breakfast before our 8:15 shore excursion. We got breakfast at Topsiders and tried to find a table but there were none inside. We went out on deck to eat only to discover...rain. Luckily we found a table by the Mickey Pool that was covered. After breakfast, we ran to...

Last stop, Aruba. Aruba is hot. This little island is essentially a desert, cactuses (cacti?) included. Their climate is basically the same 365 days a year, temperature hovering in the high 20s to low 30s, and clear skies. Not the best place to move to if you're working on your meteorology career. We decided to do something different here, inste...