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Things to do in Aruba: the full list behind the map

This interactive map of Aruba brings together 145 hand-picked places: 63 attractions, 38 restaurants, 22 cafés and 22 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.

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Walking routes in Aruba

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Dutch Oranjestad on foot

5.5 km · 4 h · all flat and steps from the port · the free streetcar covers the Main Street stretch (no service on Sundays) · 7 stops

  1. Cruise Terminal
  2. Plaza Daniel Leo
  3. Archaeological Museum
  4. Willem III Toren
  5. Wilhelmina Park
  6. Linear Park
  7. Surfside Beach
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Top beaches and the hotel strip

14 km · half a day · Arubus L10 end to end for US$2.60 (day pass US$10) · finish at the lighthouse for sunset · 7 stops

  1. Druif Beach
  2. Eagle Beach
  3. The divi-divi trees
  4. Palm Beach
  5. Hadicurari
  6. Boca Catalina
  7. California Lighthouse
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Rough interior and petroglyphs

28 km · full day · a rental car is required · no shade: leave at 7:30am and carry 2 L of water per person · 7 stops

  1. Hooiberg
  2. Casibari
  3. Ayo and its petroglyphs
  4. Bushiribana ruins
  5. Natural Bridge (collapsed)
  6. Baby Natural Bridge
  7. Aruba Ostrich Farm
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Arikok and the east coast

35 km · full day · conservation pass US$22 per adult, under-17s free · 4x4 required for the Natural Pool · 7 stops

  1. Visitor Center
  2. Cunucu Arikok
  3. Jamanota (188 m above sea level)
  4. Conchi / Natural Pool
  5. Boca Prins
  6. Fontein Cave
  7. Quadirikiri Cave
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San Nicolas, murals and Baby Beach

22 km · full day · Arubus L1/L2/L3 from Oranjestad · Charlie's Bar closes on Sundays: skip Sunday · 7 stops

  1. ArtisA and the murals
  2. Charlie's Bar (1941)
  3. Community Museum
  4. Museum of Industry
  5. Baby Beach
  6. Rodgers Beach
  7. Seroe Colorado natural bridge
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Things to do in Aruba: top attractions

History #1

Fort Zoutman

Fort Zoutman · Oranjestad

Aruba's oldest building (1798), the Dutch fort that watched over the bay.

Tip: You can see the fort from the square for free; the museum inside charges separately (US$5).

🚇 Oranjestraat stop — Arubus · 2-min walk

Featured in: Monumentenfonds Aruba · aruba.com

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Yellow postcard

Willem III Toren

Willem III Toren · Oranjestad

The yellow 1868 tower next to the fort: lighthouse, bell tower and town clock.

Tip: The 5:30pm light hits the yellow head-on. It's the most Dutch photo in the Caribbean.

🚇 Oranjestraat stop — Arubus · 2-min walk

Featured in: Monumentenfonds Aruba

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Separate ticket

Museo Histórico de Aruba

History Museum · Fort Zoutman

Inside the fort: Arawak, colonial and gold-rush Aruba across four rooms.

Tip: US$5 per person and a roof over your head: the perfect plan if an afternoon shower rolls in.

🚇 Oranjestraat stop — Arubus · 2-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com (nov 2026)

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Free and air-conditioned

Museo Arqueológico Nacional

Archaeological Museum · Schelpstraat

The island's Caquetio-Arawak collection in two restored cunucu houses. Free.

Tip: It's free and air-conditioned. Closed Mondays: don't save it for your rest day.

🚇 Plaza di Museo stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

Featured in: NAMA · aruba.com

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Instagram favorite

Plaza Daniel Leo

Plaza Daniel Leo · Oranjestad

The colorful Dutch facades that show up in every photo of Aruba.

Tip: The facades face north: the good light is early morning, before the cruise crowds.

🚇 Renaissance Mall stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com · visitaruba.com

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Expect a photo line

Cartel "I love Aruba"

I love Aruba · Plaza Nicky

The giant letter sign across from the port: the island's must-take photo.

Tip: Before 9am there's no line. When two ships dock, the wait goes past 20 min.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 6-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Green and free

Wilhelmina Park

Wilhelminapark · Oranjestad

Seafront garden with the statue of Queen Wilhelmina and huge cactuses.

Tip: It's the southern tip of Linear Park: you can keep walking the shore all the way to Surfside.

🚇 Oranjestraat stop — Arubus · 6-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com

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The longest promenade

Linear Park

Linear Park · Oranjestad

Coastal bike-and-walk path hugging the sea from the port to the airport.

Tip: One of the longest coastal paths in the Caribbean. Rent a bike: with the trade winds at your back it's pure pleasure.

🚇 Surfside Beach stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

Featured in: Gobierno de Aruba · aruba.com

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Nightlife by the port

Renaissance Marketplace

Renaissance Marketplace · Oranjestad

Courtyard of bars and restaurants on the marina, with live music almost every night.

Tip: This is where the city goes out at night without getting in a car: all of it steps from the cruise pier.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Streetcar starts here

Puerto de cruceros

Cruise Terminal · Oranjestad

The pier that lands a million visitors: the free streetcar starts right at the door.

Tip: The free Oranjestad streetcar leaves from here and does NOT run on Sundays. Roughly 10am-4pm.

🚇 Welcome Plaza stop — Arubus · 3-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com (nov 2026) · Arutram

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For non-swimmers

Atlantis Submarines

Atlantis Submarines · Oranjestad

A real submarine that drops down to the reef and a wreck without getting your hair wet.

Tip: The only way to see the bottom without snorkel or tank. Book online; it sells out in high season.

🚇 Atlantis Submarines stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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US preclearance

Aeropuerto Reina Beatrix (AUA)

Queen Beatrix Airport · Oranjestad

The island's front door: 10 minutes from the center and with US preclearance.

Tip: Flying to the US? You clear immigration HERE: arrive 3 hours early. The taxi downtown is a flat US$26.

🚇 Airport Hangar Terminal stop — Arubus L2 · 6-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com Taxi Guide (may 2026)

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#1 in the Caribbean 2026

Eagle Beach

Eagle Beach · Oranjestad Noord

Blinding white sand and plenty of it: Tripadvisor's #1 beach in the Caribbean for 2026.

Tip: Tripadvisor 2026: #1 in the Caribbean and #4 in the world. The low-rise stretch has almost no shade: bring a tent.

🚇 La Quinta - Eagle stop — Arubus L10 · 2-min walk

Featured in: Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2026 (17-feb-2026)

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THE Aruba photo

Los divi-divi de Eagle Beach

Divi Divi Tree · Eagle Beach

The two most photographed crooked trees in the Caribbean, bent by the wind.

Tip: The trade winds always blow from the east, so the divi-divi ALWAYS points southwest. Use it as a compass.

🚇 Amsterdam Manor - Eagle stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com · Meteorological Department of Aruba

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New on the ranking

Palm Beach

Palm Beach · Noord

The high-rise strip of hotels, piers and catamarans. #6 in the Caribbean on Tripadvisor 2026.

Tip: It broke into Tripadvisor's Caribbean top ten in 2026. For a sunset without the crowd, walk 10 min north.

🚇 Holiday Inn - Paseo Herencia stop — Arubus L10 · 9-min walk

Featured in: Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2026

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Sunset catamaran

De Palm Pier

De Palm Pier · Palm Beach

Palm Beach's pier: where the sunset catamarans and the parasailing head out.

Tip: Sunset catamarans leave between 5:00 and 5:30pm depending on the month: confirm the time that same day.

🚇 Riu Palace stop — Arubus L10 · 5-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Calm water

Druif Beach

Druif Beach · Punta Brabo

Quiet, shallow beach between Eagle and Oranjestad, great with kids.

Tip: One of the calmest on the west coast: it shelves gently and there's no current. Ideal with little ones.

🚇 Divi Tamarijn stop — Arubus L10 · 3-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Planes overhead

Surfside Beach

Surfside Beach · Oranjestad

The locals' beach, right up against the airport runway and Linear Park.

Tip: Planes come in incredibly low on landing: this is the free spot for that shot. There's a bar and shade.

🚇 Surfside Beach stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Snorkel from the sand

Arashi Beach

Arashi Beach · Noord

The last beach before the lighthouse: fine sand, palapa umbrellas and snorkeling from shore.

Tip: End of the Arubus L10 line: you can get here by public bus from Oranjestad for US$2.60.

🚇 Arashi Beach stop — Arubus L10A · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com · Arubus

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Top snorkeling

Boca Catalina

Boca Catalina · Malmok

A still-water cove full of colorful fish: the island's easiest snorkeling.

Tip: No facilities, no restrooms: bring water. The cove is sheltered from the swell, ideal for beginners.

🚇 Boca Catalina stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com Top-rated snorkelling beaches

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Water like a pool

Malmok Beach

Malmok Beach · Noord

Rocky shore and turquoise water facing the Antilla wreck. Zero sand, plenty of fish.

Tip: You enter over rock: water shoes are a must. The catamarans to the Antilla wreck leave from here.

🚇 Malmok Beach stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Viral: starfish

Tres Trapi

Tres Trapi · Malmok

"Three steps" in Papiamento: three steps carved into the rock and hundreds of starfish.

Tip: The starfish start at 3-4 m deep. Do NOT lift them out of the water: it kills them. No restrooms, no lifeguard.

🚇 Tres Trapi stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

Featured in: Snorkeling Report · aruba.com

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Windsurf capital

Hadicurari / Fisherman's Huts

Hadicurari · Palm Beach North

Aruba's windsurf and kite spot: colored sails in the air at all hours thanks to the trade winds.

Tip: The trade winds blow hardest between noon and 4pm: that's when the sails fill the bay. Best shot is with a telephoto.

🚇 Hadicurari Beach stop — Arubus L10A · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com

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Historic dive

Pecio del Antilla

SS Antilla · off Malmok

German freighter scuttled by its own crew in 1940: the biggest wreck in the southern Caribbean.

Tip: The Germans sank it in May 1940 so the Dutch couldn't use it. Part of the structure sits near the surface: some sections are snorkelable, others are for divers only.

🚇 by catamaran from the Palm Beach or Malmok pier — Tres Trapi stop (Arubus L10) and board there

Featured in: visitaruba.com · Smithsonian Magazine

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You can climb it

California Lighthouse

California Lighthouse · Hudishibana

The 1916 lighthouse on the northwest point, with 360° views over dunes and sea.

Tip: For a few years now you can climb to the lantern with a paid ticket (around US$8, arubalighthouse.com). Confirm the hours: they change by season.

🚇 Arashi Beach stop — Arubus L10A · 9-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com (ticket US$8) · Aruba Walking Tours

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Strange landscape

Dunas de Sasariwichi

Sasariwichi · Hudishibana

White sand dunes behind the lighthouse: a desert parked next to the Caribbean.

Tip: It's a walk from the lighthouse. At golden hour the white sand turns pink: the best free sunset on the island.

🚇 Arashi Beach stop — Arubus L10A · 21-min walk (or flat-rate taxi)

Featured in: aruba.com

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Free and quiet

Alto Vista Chapel

Alto Vista Chapel · Noord

The yellow 1750 chapel on a bare hilltop: the island's oldest Catholic site.

Tip: The current chapel is from 1952, built on the 1750 site. Free entry; the pilgrimage path with its crosses starts below.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Turibana (Arubus), a 41-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com · visitaruba.com

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Animal rescue

Philip's Animal Garden

Philip's Animal Garden · Alto Vista

A rescued-animal sanctuary: monkeys, tortoises, parrots and a reptile collection.

Tip: Open daily; the cheapest admission of the island's animal circuit. Check the price at the gate: it has changed more than once.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Alvarezstraat (Arubus), a 40-min walk away

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Ticket with a return visit

The Butterfly Farm

The Butterfly Farm · Palm Beach

Enclosed garden with butterflies from all over the world flying around you. The pass is good for two visits.

Tip: Admission includes a free return pass: go early, when the butterflies are just emerging from their cocoons.

🚇 Divi Phoenix - Butterfly Farm stop — Arubus L10 · 2-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Free for birders

Bubali Bird Sanctuary

Bubali Plas · Noord

Wetland with an observation tower: herons, cormorants and 80-plus species, for free.

Tip: It's reclaimed treated water, which is why there are so many birds. Best at sunrise or just before sunset.

🚇 Riu Palace stop — Arubus L10 · 3-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com

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Free tour

Aruba Aloe Factory & Museum

Aruba Aloe · Hato

The factory-museum of the island's flagship brand: aloe grown in Aruba since 1890.

Tip: The guided tour is FREE. Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm and Saturday only 9am-noon. Closed Sunday.

🚇 Walishali stop — Arubus · 13-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com (nov 2026)

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360° view

Hooiberg

Hooiberg · Paradera

The cone-shaped hill 165 m above sea level that you can see from anywhere on the island, with stairs to the top.

Tip: 165 m above sea level and a concrete staircase of more than 550 steps. Climb before 8am: after that the sun is relentless and there's no shade.

🚇 Hooiberg stop — Arubus · 5-min walk

Featured in: OSM ele=165 · aruba.com

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Free and climbable

Casibari Rock Formation

Casibari · Paradera

Diorite boulders stacked by erosion, with steps and tunnels to scramble through.

Tip: Free entry and marked trails. From the top you look straight across at the Hooiberg: the best photo combo in the interior.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Verano (Arubus), a 31-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com

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Real petroglyphs

Ayo Rock Formation

Ayo · Santa Cruz

The other set of giant rocks, with genuine Arawak petroglyphs in the caves at the base.

Tip: The petroglyphs are here, not at Casibari. Look for the red drawings in the rock shelters and don't touch them.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Santa Cruz (Arubus), a 49-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com · NAMA

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Ruins facing the sea

Ruinas de Bushiribana

Bushiribana · Santa Cruz

The 1872 gold smelter on the wild north coast: raw stone against the surf.

Tip: Free and always open. The north coast here is rough: stay out of the water, the undertow is serious.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Orcuyo (Arubus), an 83-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com

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The national beer

Balashi Brewery

Brouwerij Nacional Balashi · Wayaca

The brewery behind Balashi, the national beer, with a tour of the plant.

Tip: Order an ice-cold Balashi at any bar on the island: it's THE local beer and costs half what an import does.

🚇 Rooi Bosal and Kibaima stop — Arubus · 5-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com

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Tour every hour

Aruba Ostrich Farm

Ostrich Farm · Matividiri

Ostrich and emu farm with guided tours every hour and an African restaurant.

Tip: Tours run hourly between 10am and 3pm. Check the price at the gate: the old website is out of date.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Orcuyo (Arubus), a 68-min walk away

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Free, donation-based

Donkey Sanctuary Aruba

Donkey Sanctuary · Bringamosa

Sanctuary for the island's wild donkeys: free entry, run entirely on donations.

Tip: Admission is FREE and it lives on donations. Bring small bills and buy the carrots there, not outside.

🚇 Frenchman's Pass stop — Arubus · 18-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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WARNING: it's gone

Natural Bridge (colapsado)

Natural Bridge (collapsed) · Andicuri

⚠️ The big natural bridge COLLAPSED on 2 Sept 2005. What's left is the rubble.

Tip: It came down on 2 Sept 2005 and plenty of old brochures still sell it. You come to see the remains and the wild coast, not the arch.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Sero Biento (Arubus), a 77-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com · visitaruba.com · Wikipedia

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The one still standing

Baby Natural Bridge

Natural Baby Bridge · Andicuri

The small arch left standing next to the collapsed one: the only natural bridge you can still see here.

Tip: It's 40 paces from the collapsed bridge. This is the one to look for: the big one is gone.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Sero Biento (Arubus), a 78-min walk away

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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US$22 pass

Arikok — Centro de Visitantes

Arikok Visitor Center · San Fuego

The main gate to the national park that covers nearly 18% of Aruba.

Tip: The conservation pass costs US$22 per adult and under-17s get in FREE. San Fuego gate 8am-3:30pm. Buy it at the gate.

🚇 San Fuego bus stop — Arubus · 13-min walk

Featured in: Aruba Conservation Foundation (acf.aw)

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Closes at 3pm

Arikok — Entrada Vader Piet

Vader Piet · Arikok

The park's second gate, the closest one to the caves and to Boca Prins.

Tip: This gate closes at 3pm, half an hour before San Fuego. If the caves are the plan, come in through here early.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Sero Dakweweg - Kust Batterij (Arubus), a 48-min walk away

Featured in: Aruba Conservation Foundation (acf.aw)

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4x4 or on foot only

Conchi / Natural Pool

Conchi · Arikok

The natural pool carved in volcanic rock where the Caribbean breaks: Arikok's big prize.

Tip: You can't get there in a regular car: it takes a 4x4, a guided UTV, a horse or a long hike. Private ATVs and UTVs are banned inside the park.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: San Fuego bus stop (Arubus), a 66-min walk away

Featured in: Aruba Conservation Foundation · aruba.com

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Arawak art

Fontein Cave

Fontein Cave · Arikok

The cave with Aruba's best-preserved Arawak petroglyphs, up on the ceiling.

Tip: The drawings are on the CEILING, not the walls: look up. No flash, no touching.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Rooi Master (Arubus), an 87-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com · NAMA

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Shafts of light

Quadirikiri Cave

Guadirikiri · Arikok

Two chambers with natural skylights that let the sun pour in, plus hundreds of bats.

Tip: The holes in the ceiling throw shafts of light between 11am and 1pm: that's your photo window.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Rooi Master (Arubus), a 75-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com

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Tight passage

Tunnel of Love

Huliba · Arikok

The cave with the heart-shaped mouth: 90 m of narrow tunnel, flashlight in hand.

Tip: You go in with a flashlight and crouching in places. It has been closed for safety at various times: ask at the visitor center before driving all the way out.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: Sero Dakweweg - Kust Batterij (Arubus), a 57-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com

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Dunes and cliffs

Boca Prins

Boca Prins · Arikok

Sandy cove between cliffs with dunes behind: the wild postcard of the east coast.

Tip: You go down a short but steep path. No swimming: the east-coast undertow is treacherous.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: San Fuego bus stop (Arubus), an 87-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com

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Local secret

Dos Playa

Dos Playa · Arikok

Twin white-sand coves where the local surfers go. No facilities at all.

Tip: This is the beach Arubans pick for surfing. Reachable by 4x4 or a 25-min walk from Boca Prins.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: San Fuego bus stop (Arubus), a 67-min walk away

Featured in: aruba.com

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Roof of the island

Sero Jamanota

Jamanota · Arikok

The highest point in Aruba: 188 m above sea level and the whole island from the lookout.

Tip: 188 m above sea level, the roof of Aruba. On a clear day you can see Venezuela's Paraguaná peninsula to the south.

🚇 by rental car or flat-rate taxi — nearest stop: San Fuego bus stop (Arubus), a 35-min walk away

Featured in: OSM ele=188 · Arikok NP

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Ramsar site

Spaans Lagoen

Spaans Lagoen · Pos Chiquito

Aruba's only large mangrove and a Ramsar site: a nursery for fish and birds.

Tip: Explore it by kayak or SUP from Mangel Halto. In the morning the water is a mirror and the wind hasn't picked up yet.

🚇 Balashi stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 10-min walk

Featured in: Aruba Conservation Foundation

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Locals' snorkel spot

Mangel Halto

Mangel Halto · Pos Chiquito

Mangroves, wooden decks and a turquoise channel: the locals' favorite snorkeling.

Tip: Get in by the little ladder on the dock and follow the channel outward. Bring water shoes: the bottom is dead coral.

🚇 Sabana Basora stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 7-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com Top-rated snorkelling beaches

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All-inclusive island

De Palm Island

De Palm Island · Balashi

Private all-inclusive islet with water slides, snorkeling and flamingos, 5 min away by boat.

Tip: It IS inside the map area: the boat leaves from the Balashi pier, not from Palm Beach. A day pass is required.

🚇 De Palm Island Ferry Teminal stop — Arubus · 12-min walk + 5-min boat ride to the island

Featured in: visitaruba.com

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Restricted access

Renaissance Island

Renaissance Island · Oranjestad

The Renaissance's private islet: two beaches, cabanas and THE flamingos of Aruba.

Tip: THE TIP THAT SAVES YOUR TRIP: the island is for Renaissance guests. Non-guests only get in with a day pass, and ONLY if hotel occupancy allows it: some days there is no availability at all. Book before you travel.

🚇 Renaissance boat from the hotel — Renaissance Mall stop (Arubus), 2-min walk to the dock

Featured in: visitaruba.com (oct 2026)

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Adults only

Flamingo Beach

Flamingo Beach · Renaissance Island

The beach where pink flamingos walk right beside you: THE photo of Aruba.

Tip: Flamingo Beach is for ages 18 and over ONLY. With kids you go to Iguana Beach, on the other side of the same islet.

🚇 Renaissance boat from the hotel — Renaissance Mall stop (Arubus), 2-min walk to the dock

Featured in: visitaruba.com (oct 2026)

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The option with kids

Iguana Beach

Iguana Beach · Renaissance Island

The islet's other beach, the family one: iguanas instead of flamingos and a kids' pool.

Tip: This is the half of the islet where under-18s ARE allowed. Same boat, same pass, zero flamingos.

🚇 Renaissance boat from the hotel — Renaissance Mall stop (Arubus), 2-min walk to the dock

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Carnival costumes

Community Museum San Nicolas

Community Museum · San Nicolas

The memory of the refinery town, plus the Carnival Euphoria room and its costumes.

Tip: The Carnival costumes kept here are as close as you'll get to Carnival if you travel in November.

🚇 San Nicolas Bus Station stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com · visitaruba.com

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Inside the tower

Museum of Industry

Museum of Industry · San Nicolas

Inside the old water tower: gold, aloe, phosphate and oil, the four Arubas.

Tip: It's inside the San Nicolas Water Tower and you can climb all the way up. Closed Mondays.

🚇 Van de Veen Zeppenfeldstraat stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 3-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com

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Birthplace of the murals

ArtisA

ArtisA · San Nicolas

The gallery and studio that kicked off the whole San Nicolas mural movement.

Tip: The mural trail starts here: ask for directions inside. The murals cluster along Bernard van de Veen Zeppenfeldstraat and the cross streets.

🚇 Kazernestraat - Bernhardstraat - Police station stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

Featured in: aruba.com · Caribbean Journal (sep 2026)

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The calmest of all

Baby Beach

Baby Beach · Seroe Colorado

Shallow, pool-colored lagoon at the southern tip: a hundred paces out and the water is still waist-high.

Tip: It's an almost closed lagoon: the water barely covers you. But where it opens to the sea the current is strong: don't cross the mouth.

🚇 Baby beach stop — Arubus · 5-min walk

Featured in: visitaruba.com · aruba.com

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Empty neighbor

Rodgers Beach

Rodgers Beach · Seroe Colorado

Baby Beach's quiet sister, with the fishing boats and the refinery in the background.

Tip: It's a 5-min walk from Baby Beach and almost always empty. The beach-meets-refinery contrast is an odd, very Aruban photo.

🚇 Community Church stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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Kite mecca

Boca Grandi

Boca Grandi · San Nicolas

Wind, waves and kitesurfers on the east coast: nothing to swim, everything to watch.

Tip: The trade winds hit with nothing in the way here: it's the island's kitesurf spot. Dangerous current for swimming.

🚇 De Vuyst - Golfweg stop — Arubus · 30-min walk (or flat-rate taxi)

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The one that didn't fall

Puente natural de Seroe Colorado

Seroe Colorado Natural Bridge · San Nicolas

The coral arch at the southern tip, still intact: the natural bridge that survived.

Tip: While the famous one up north collapsed in 2005, this one is still standing. You get there on a dirt road from the lighthouse.

🚇 Tenth Ave. stop — Arubus · 24-min walk (or flat-rate taxi)

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Pure oddity

Model Train Museum

Model Train Museum · Seroe Colorado

A model railway museum in the ghost town of the former oil colony.

Tip: Opening hours are limited and almost nobody finds it. Call ahead: it's inside a house in the old Lago Colony.

🚇 Centro di bario Lago Heights stop — Arubus · 3-min walk

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Where to eat in Aruba: restaurants

Viral, with a line

Zeerover

Zeerover · Savaneta

Catch of the day fried and served in a basket on the fishermen's pier. No menu, no fuss.

Tip: The kitchen runs 11am-9pm and is CLOSED MONDAYS. Cash only. You order by weight at the window and wait for them to shout your number.

🚇 General Major De Bruynewijk stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 7-min walk

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Feet in the water

Flying Fishbone

Flying Fishbone · Savaneta

Tables with your feet in the water in a Savaneta cove. Book weeks ahead.

Tip: The tables out in the water book weeks in advance and are assigned by tide time. Ask for a table "in the water" explicitly.

🚇 Ritz stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 9-min walk

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Signature keshi yena

Papiamento Restaurant

Papiamento · Noord

A 19th-century family mansion with tables around the pool and a serious wine cellar.

Tip: This is the house for keshi yena, the stuffed cheese shell that is THE national dish. Book ahead: dinner only.

🚇 Caya Nelson Florencio Sprok stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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A 30-year institution

Madame Janette

Madame Janette · Cunucu Abao

The island's signature fine-dining classic: giant portions and European sauces over Caribbean produce.

Tip: It's named after Aruba's hottest local chili pepper. Dinner only, and a reservation is a must in high season.

🚇 Bubali stop — Arubus · 15-min walk

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Chef's table

The Kitchen Table by White

The Kitchen Table by White · Noord

An eight-course tasting menu at one communal table with twelve seats.

Tip: Twelve seats and two seatings a night: it sells out a month out. The menu changes every season.

🚇 Azure stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Colonial house

Wilhelmina Restaurant

Wilhelmina · Oranjestad

Refined Caribbean cooking in a colonial house on Wilhelminastraat, with a patio and garden.

Tip: It's on Wilhelminastraat, Oranjestad's street of restored old houses. Ask for a table in the back garden.

🚇 Columbusstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Gallery and local kitchen

Gasparito Restaurant

Gasparito · Noord

A cunucu house turned restaurant-gallery: Aruban cooking surrounded by local artists' paintings.

Tip: The paintings on the walls are by Aruban artists and they're for sale. Order the goat stoba.

🚇 Keito stop — Arubus · 5-min walk

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Sand and airplanes

Barefoot

Barefoot · Surfside

Tables right on the sand at Surfside, with the planes coming in low overhead.

Tip: Ask for the "barefoot" section, the one with tables on the sand: it's booked separately and it's the one worth having.

🚇 Surfside Beach stop — Arubus · 3-min walk

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Time Out's #1

Pinchos Grill & Bar

Pinchos · Oranjestad

An entire pier turned into a restaurant: grilled skewers out over the water.

Tip: Time Out ranks it first on the island. It's 22 tables on a pier: reserve, or eat at the bar.

🚇 Surfside Beach stop — Arubus · 6-min walk

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1916 mansion

Quinta del Carmen

Quinta del Carmen · Noord

A 1916 mansion with a courtyard of shade trees: Dutch-Caribbean cooking and stroopwafels for dessert.

Tip: The house was the island's first clinic. This is where you eat the real Dutch things: bitterballen and stroopwafel.

🚇 Bubali stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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Signature stoba

Elements

Elements · Eagle Beach

The Bucuti & Tara's restaurant right on Eagle Beach: Aruban stobas in a refined version.

Tip: AFAR recommends it for trying Aruban stobas (stews). It's inside the island's most awarded hotel, but open to the public.

🚇 Costa Linda stop — Arubus L10 · 4-min walk

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House from 1920

The Old Cunucu House

The Old Cunucu House · Noord

A 1920 country house with impossibly thick stone walls: old Aruba, on a plate.

Tip: The thick walls of cunucu houses are the island's original air conditioning. Order the pan bati.

🚇 Keito stop — Arubus · 10-min walk

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Dinner by torchlight

Passions on the Beach

Passions on the Beach · Eagle Beach

White tables and torches on the sand of Eagle Beach, dinner service only.

Tip: Every table faces the sunset: book the first seating, 6pm, and watch the sun drop from your chair.

🚇 Amsterdam Manor - Eagle stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Viral: açaí bowls

Eduardo's Beach Shack

Eduardo's Beach Shack · Palm Beach

The açaí bowl and tropical smoothie shack that blew up on social media.

Tip: Opens early and closes mid-afternoon: it's breakfast and lunch, not dinner. The 9am line is real.

🚇 Holiday Inn - Paseo Herencia stop — Arubus L10 · 3-min walk

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An institution since 1941

Charlie's Bar & Restaurant

Charlie's Bar · San Nicolas

Since 1941, with the ceiling and walls buried under objects left by 80 years of customers.

Tip: Aruba's oldest bar is still open in San Nicolas. Closed Sundays: don't plan your mural day for a Sunday.

🚇 Caya Charlie Brouns Sr. stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 1-min walk

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Two MICHELIN Keys 2026

The Coco Café

Coco Café · Boardwalk, Palm Beach

The restaurant of the only hotel in the Dutch Caribbean with Two MICHELIN Keys.

Tip: The Boardwalk Boutique Hotel holds Two MICHELIN Keys in the 2026 hotel selection, the first and only one in the ABC islands. The cafe is open to the public 8am-10pm, but it's 18+ only.

🚇 Ritz-Carlton Resort stop — Arubus L10A · 3-min walk

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Catch of the day

Taste My Aruba

Taste My Aruba · Oranjestad

Fresh catch of the day and Aruban dishes right downtown, at local prices.

Tip: AFAR picks it for fresh fish downtown. Ask which wahoo came in that day: it's THE fish of Aruba.

🚇 Columbusstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Live music

Cuba's Cookin'

Cuba's Cookin' · Renaissance Marketplace

Ropa vieja, mojitos and live Cuban son in the marina courtyard.

Tip: AFAR sends you here for the ropa vieja. The band starts around 8pm almost every night.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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Pannenkoeken

The Dutch Pancakehouse

The Dutch Pancakehouse · Oranjestad

30 cm pannenkoeken and poffertjes: Dutch breakfast in the tropics.

Tip: One pannenkoek feeds two. Order one sweet and one savory to share, which is what the Dutch do.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 5-min walk

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A local's breakfast

The Pastechi House

Pastechi House · Caya G.F. Betico Croes

Freshly fried pastechi — the Aruban turnover — and a fruit shake, for pocket change.

Tip: AFAR picks it for pastechis and shakes. A real Aruban breakfast: cheese pastechi + papaya shake.

🚇 Caya Betico Cruz stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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The island's bakery

Huchada

Huchada · Santa Cruz

The neighborhood bakery where Arubans buy their bolo, their pan dushi and the snack boxes.

Tip: AFAR flags it for bolos and bread. Go before 9am: the fresh-baked pan dushi sells out.

🚇 Sero Biento stop — Arubus · 11-min walk

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At the foot of the Hooiberg

Bright Bakery

Bright Bakery · Piedra Plat

Village bakery at the foot of the Hooiberg: pastechis, bolo and coffee for two dollars.

Tip: It's the mandatory stop before climbing the Hooiberg. Opens at dawn, exactly when you want to be climbing.

🚇 Hooiberg stop — Arubus · 22-min walk (or flat-rate taxi)

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Wood-fired cooking

Yemanja Woodfired Grill

Yemanja · Oranjestad

Everything cooked over wood in a downtown courtyard: fish, meat and vegetables over live coals.

Tip: The entire menu comes off an open wood-fired grill. Ask for a table in the back courtyard, the one with the trees.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Sunset with tapas

The West Deck

The West Deck · Oranjestad

Caribbean tapas and Balashi beer on a wooden deck over Governor's Beach.

Tip: It's the most central sunset there is: a wooden deck on the sand, a ten-minute walk from the port.

🚇 Kruisweg stop — Arubus · 6-min walk

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Only ten tables

Wacky Wahoo's

Wacky Wahoo's · Palm Beach

Ten tables and a chef who cooks whatever came in off the boats that morning. Reservation essential.

Tip: Ten tables, no terrace and reservations required. The grilled wahoo is the whole reason to come out here.

🚇 Keito stop — Arubus · 6-min walk

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Deck over the sea

Marina Pirata

Marina Pirata · Pos Chiquito

A wooden deck over the water in Pos Chiquito, with fish that come up to the lights.

Tip: At night they switch on lights under the deck and the fish come up: kids will stare for an hour.

🚇 Palm Island Ferry Port stop — Arubus · 8-min walk

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Right on the sand

Big Mama Grill

Big Mama Grill · Baby Beach

The shack on the sand at Baby Beach: burgers, fried fish and very cold beer.

Tip: Besides Rum Reef, it's the only place to eat right on Baby Beach. Keep cash handy.

🚇 Baby beach stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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A pool on the beach

Rum Reef Bar & Grill

Rum Reef · Baby Beach

Bar with a pool and loungers at the tip of Baby Beach, looking across at Venezuela.

Tip: They rent loungers and umbrellas: it's the organized shade of Baby Beach, where there are no trees.

🚇 Baby beach stop — Arubus · 8-min walk

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Dutch lunch

Bistro de Suikertuin

De Suikertuin · Oranjestad

Dutch cafe-bistro in a Wilhelminastraat house with a garden out back.

Tip: This is the place to try bitterballen and Dutch koffie right downtown. Closes early.

🚇 Columbusstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Sunset party

MooMba Beach

MooMba Beach · Palm Beach

Palm Beach's sand bar: hammocks, a sunset DJ and the island's best-selling beer.

Tip: Friday sunset is the busiest on Palm Beach. Get there 40 min early to claim a hammock.

🚇 Salina West - Marriott Surf Club stop — Arubus L10 · 6-min walk

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Music over the water

Bugaloe Beach Bar

Bugaloe · De Palm Pier

Bar out on the Palm Beach pier with live music every night.

Tip: It sits on the pier: at night you can see the fish under the boards. Happy hour as the sun goes down.

🚇 Riu Palace stop — Arubus L10 · 6-min walk

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Right by the pier

Hadicurari Restaurant

Hadicurari · Fisherman's Huts

The fishermen's restaurant next to the Hadicurari pier: fish and a view of the sails.

Tip: You eat watching the Hadicurari windsurfers. The fish comes off the boats right next door.

🚇 Salina West - Marriott Surf Club stop — Arubus L10 · 6-min walk

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Bed-tables

Screaming Eagle

Screaming Eagle · Eagle Beach

French cooking with white bed-tables facing Eagle Beach. An anniversary dinner.

Tip: The white bed-tables are booked separately and go fast. Dinner only, smart-casual dress code.

🚇 La Quinta - Eagle stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Steakhouse since 1977

El Gaucho Argentine Grill

El Gaucho · Oranjestad

Argentine steakhouse in Oranjestad since 1977: bife de chorizo and waiters in vests.

Tip: Nearly 50 years on the same downtown corner. The 16 oz "Gaucho Steak" feeds two.

🚇 Nieuwstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Wahoo ceviche

Lima Bistro

Lima Bistro · Oranjestad

Peruvian ceviches and tiraditos made with Aruban fish, facing the marina.

Tip: Ask for the ceviche made with the local catch of the day, not the imported fish. Few tables: reserve.

🚇 Port of Call stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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Portuguese fusion

Gostoso

Gostoso · Oranjestad

Portuguese-Aruban cooking in a residential neighborhood: salt cod, goat and pan bati.

Tip: It mixes Portugal with Aruba and pulls it off. Order the keshi yena if it's on the day's board.

🚇 Verre Kant Rutena Mall stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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Table on the sand

Pure Beach

Pure Beach · Eagle Beach

Tables on the sand at the Divi Aruba Phoenix with the sea three steps away.

Tip: Open to the public, not just hotel guests. Ask for a front-row table: literally on the sand.

🚇 Divi Phoenix - Butterfly Farm stop — Arubus L10 · 2-min walk

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Tropical smoothies

Mauchi Smoothies

Mauchi · Savaneta

Tropical fruit smoothie stand on the road to Zeerover: mango, papaya, tamarind.

Tip: It's the stop on the way to Zeerover. The tamarind shake is the one the locals order.

🚇 Savaneta Center stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 2-min walk

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Specialty coffee in Aruba

Pastechi + koffie

Riko Pan

Riko Pan · Oranjestad

"Good bread" in Papiamento: the downtown bakery where the Aruban day begins.

Tip: Aruban breakfast is a hot pastechi plus black coffee. Here it costs under three dollars.

🚇 Estacion Emanstraat stop — Arubus L1/L3 · 2-min walk

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Neighborhood classic

Panadería La Moderna

Panaderia Moderna · Oranjestad

A lifelong bakery: bolo di cashupete, pan dushi and empanas straight out of the oven.

Tip: Order pan dushi, the Aruban sweet bread. Sold by the piece and gone by mid-morning.

🚇 Estacion Emanstraat stop — Arubus L1/L3 · 1-min walk

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The real refresqueria

La Fama Refresqueria y Panaderia

La Fama · Caya G.F. Betico Croes

Main Street juice bar: fresh-squeezed juices, pastechi and the morning shake.

Tip: The "refresqueria" is the Aruban institution of juices and shakes. It's on Main Street, steps from the streetcar.

🚇 Verre Kant Rutena Mall stop — Arubus · 2-min walk

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Opens at dawn

Sunrise Bakery

Sunrise Bakery · Eagle Beach

The bakery that opens before anyone else in the Eagle Beach area.

Tip: Opens at dawn: it's the cheap breakfast in the expensive hotel zone of Eagle Beach.

🚇 Bubali stop — Arubus · 7-min walk

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Dutch terrace

Café the Plaza

Café the Plaza · Renaissance Marketplace

Dutch terrace on the harbor: koffie verkeerd, toast and people watching the boats.

Tip: Order a "koffie verkeerd" (the Dutch latte) and sit outside: it's the best free table in the harbor.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 5-min walk

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Specialty downtown

The Coffee Break

Coffee Break · Zandstraat

Downtown specialty coffee shop: properly pulled espresso and locally roasted beans.

Tip: On an island where nearly everything is hotel coffee, this place pulls a real espresso. Decent wifi.

🚇 Plaza Nicky stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Time Out top 10

Craft Coffee & Bar

Craft · Palm Beach

Coffee shop by day, DJ bar by night: Palm Beach's double life in a single room.

Tip: Time Out puts it in the island's top 10. Breakfast at 8, DJ at 10pm: same room, two worlds.

🚇 Hilton stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Roasted in Aruba

Tradewinds Coffee Spot

Tradewinds · Ponton

Neighborhood roastery and coffee shop with beans roasted on the island.

Tip: It's named after the trade winds that never stop. Ask about the local roast: Aruba has microroasters now.

🚇 Sur stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Single-origin pour-over

Santos Coffee (Oranjestad)

Santos · Oranjestad

Specialty coffee downtown, with pour-overs and single-origin beans.

Tip: One of the few downtown with a pour-over method. If you're into V60, this is where to ask.

🚇 Oranjestraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Cold brew by the beach

Santos Coffee (Eagle Beach)

Santos · Eagle Beach

The Eagle Beach branch: cold brew and flat whites steps from the sand.

Tip: It's the specialty coffee closest to Eagle Beach. Order the cold brew: at 31 °C that's the right call.

🚇 Punta Brabo - Alhambra Casino stop — Arubus L10 · 4-min walk

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Air-conditioned refuge

The Coffee House

The Coffee House · Oranjestad

Coffee shop with armchairs and homemade cakes in a house in central Oranjestad.

Tip: Strong air conditioning and power outlets: it's the midday refuge when the sun becomes unbearable.

🚇 Verre Kant Rutena Mall stop — Arubus · 9-min walk

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New in Noord

The Bean Corner Café

The Bean Corner · Rooi Santo

A new coffee shop in Noord, off the hotel circuit: coffee, bowls and wifi.

Tip: It opened recently and tourists haven't found it yet. On a small island, openings either last or they don't: check that it's still open.

🚇 Rooi Santo stop — Arubus · 2-min walk

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Sourdough

T2 Sourdough Boutique

T2 Sourdough · Eagle Beach

Sourdough and craft pastry in Eagle Beach: real bread in the Caribbean.

Tip: They make sourdough in a 31 °C climate, which is no small feat. Open only a few hours: go in the morning.

🚇 SVB stop — Arubus · 8-min walk

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Light lunch

Les Cappuchinas Cafe & Eaterie

Les Cappuchinas · Oranjestad

Coffee and a light lunch in a neighborhood house on the east side of Oranjestad.

Tip: Far from the port and with no cruise crowds: this is where people who work in Oranjestad have lunch.

🚇 Fultonstraat Oost stop — Arubus · 3-min walk

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Healthy and local

KIIND Wellness Cafe

KIIND · Tanki Flip

Bowls, green juices and specialty coffee in an inland neighborhood.

Tip: It's the healthy cafe Arubans go to, not the hotels. Local aloe juice on the menu.

🚇 Hato stop — Arubus 7/7A/7B · 1-min walk

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Next to the square

Aruba Experience Cafe

Aruba Experience · Oranjestad

Coffee right in the historic center, steps from Plaza Daniel Leo and the streetcar.

Tip: It's thirty paces from the colored facades: the pause between one photo and the next.

🚇 Estacion Emanstraat stop — Arubus L1/L3 · 1-min walk

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Last coffee before the park

Coffeehouse Arikok

Coffeehouse Arikok · San Fuego

The only coffee before you enter Arikok: the last civilized espresso before the desert.

Tip: It is THE LAST thing there is before the park's San Fuego gate. Load up on water here; nothing is sold inside.

🚇 San Fuego bus stop — Arubus · 12-min walk

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Tamarind gelato

Gelatissimo

Gelatissimo · Oranjestad

Artisan gelato downtown with local flavors: tamarind, coconut and mango.

Tip: Order tamarind or coconut: the local flavors are the ones worth having. Open late on cruise-ship days.

🚇 Renaissance Mall stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Gelato on the strip

Coco Dushi Gelato

Cocodushi · Palm Beach

Gelato and souvenirs at the far north end of Palm Beach, right on your way.

Tip: "Dushi" means sweet or lovely in Papiamento and you'll hear it all day long. Here it applies to the ice cream.

🚇 Salina Cerca stop — Arubus · 3-min walk

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Among the murals

Gallo Rojo

Gallo Rojo · San Nicolas

Cafe-gallery in the heart of the San Nicolas murals: art, coffee and vinyl.

Tip: It's the coffee stop on the mural trail. Ask inside which murals are new from September's Art Fair.

🚇 Kazernestraat - Bernhardstraat - Police station stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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San Nicolas culture

Kulture Café

Kulture Café · San Nicolas

Coffee and a local-culture shop in San Nicolas, right beside the murals.

Tip: They sell local crafts as well as coffee. It's one of the few places open on weekdays in San Nicolas.

🚇 Van de Veen Zeppenfeldstraat stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 1-min walk

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Neighborhood, no tourists

Zona Simple Cafe

Zona Simple · Tanki Leendert

Neighborhood cafe in Tanki Leendert, with a creole breakfast and fresh-squeezed juice.

Tip: You're in a neighborhood no tour ever enters. A full breakfast for what a hotel coffee costs.

🚇 Walishali stop — Arubus · 22-min walk (or flat-rate taxi)

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Shopping in Aruba: where to shop

With the official mark

Cosecha

Cosecha · Zoutmanstraat

The Aruban artisan's shop-workshop: everything sold here carries the SEYO mark.

Tip: HEADS UP: Cosecha is a SHOP, not the mark. The national Aruban craft mark is called SEYO (Seyo Nacional pa Artesania). If a piece has no SEYO or "Made in Aruba" label, it almost certainly came from abroad.

🚇 Schoolstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Luxury, low tax

Renaissance Mall

Renaissance Mall · Oranjestad

The luxury mall at the port: Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada and watch boutiques, without the heavy taxes.

Tip: Aruba has no European-style VAT and luxury prices run lower than in the US. You can pay in dollars with no trouble.

🚇 Renaissance Mall stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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The pink building

Royal Plaza Mall

Royal Plaza · L.G. Smith Boulevard

The pink building with little turrets facing the port: shops, souvenirs and a view of the cruise ships.

Tip: The pink turreted building is one of the most photographed at the port. The upstairs terrace is a free lookout.

🚇 Royal Plaza stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Cool-air refuge

Palm Beach Plaza Mall

Palm Beach Plaza · Palm Beach

Air-conditioned mall with a cinema and bowling right in the middle of the hotel strip.

Tip: It has a cinema and bowling: it's the emergency plan if an afternoon shower hits Palm Beach.

🚇 Palm Beach Plaza Mall stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Free light show

Paseo Herencia

Paseo Herencia · Palm Beach

Open-air shopping center with fountains, dance shows and a light show.

Tip: It has dance shows and a free light show at night: entertainment with no ticket.

🚇 Holiday Inn - Paseo Herencia stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Open at night

Alhambra Shopping Bazaar

Alhambra · Punta Brabo

Moorish-style bazaar and casino between Eagle Beach and Oranjestad, open late.

Tip: It's one of the few things open at night outside Palm Beach. The bazaar is cheaper than the port malls.

🚇 Punta Brabo - Alhambra Casino stop — Arubus L10 · 4-min walk

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The island's own brand

Aruba Aloe (Main Street)

Aruba Aloe · Caya G.F. Betico Croes

The island's flagship brand since 1890: aloe grown, processed and bottled in Aruba.

Tip: It's THE Aruban brand. Buy at the Hato factory or here, not at the hotels: same product, different price.

🚇 Bon Bini Plaza stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Haggling allowed

Bon Bini Bazaar

Bon Bini Bazaar · Caya G.F. Betico Croes

Souvenir bazaar right on Main Street: magnets, hammocks and T-shirts by the armful.

Tip: Here you CAN haggle, unlike at the port malls. "Bon bini" means welcome in Papiamento.

🚇 Bon Bini Plaza stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Books in Papiamento

De Witt Book Store & Gift Shop

De Witt · Caya G.F. Betico Croes

Main Street's lifelong bookshop: books in Papiamento, maps and gifts.

Tip: This is where to find a Papiamento dictionary or a genuine Aruban cookbook.

🚇 Bon Bini Plaza stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Price without heavy tax

Zara

Zara · Kazernestraat

The fast-fashion store Arubans and Venezuelans cross the island to visit.

Tip: Prices run lower than in South America because of the island's tax regime: that's why there's a line on Saturdays.

🚇 Plaza Chipi Chipi stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Luxury facing the port

Gucci

Gucci · Havenstraat

The port's Gucci boutique, inside the luxury arcade facing the cruise ships.

Tip: The luxury boutiques open with the cruise ships: with no ship in, many close earlier.

🚇 Renaissance Mall stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Trending brand

Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton · L.G. Smith Boulevard

The French house inside the Renaissance, with prices lower than in the US.

Tip: Only ask for "tax free" if it actually applies: in Aruba the price already comes without the tax you'd pay in other countries.

🚇 Atlantis Submarines stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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High horology

Gandelman Jewelers

Gandelman · L.G. Smith Boulevard

The reference watch boutique of the Dutch Caribbean: Rolex, Cartier and high horology.

Tip: It's the reference jeweler of the ABC islands. If you buy big, keep the invoice: customs will ask for it.

🚇 Atlantis Submarines stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Port classic

Little Europe

Little Europe · L.G. Smith Boulevard

European porcelain, crystal and watches at the port, going back decades.

Tip: One of the oldest shops at the port. Authentic Dutch Delft blue, not the souvenir kind.

🚇 Stacion principal di Oranjestad stop — Arubus L1 · 1-min walk

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The strip's courtyard

Arawak Gardens

Arawak Gardens · Palm Beach

Courtyard of shops, bars and gelato spots right in the middle of the Palm Beach strip.

Tip: This is where the strip's stroopwafel stand and Dutch pancakes are. Open at night.

🚇 Arawak Gardens stop — Arubus L10 · 1-min walk

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Souvenirs by the kilo

Super Food Plaza

Super Food Plaza · Sasakiweg

The island's big supermarket: aloe, local rum, Balashi and stroopwafels by the kilo.

Tip: Edible souvenirs (rum, Balashi, stroopwafel, Madame Janette sauce) cost half what they do at the port.

🚇 Bubali stop — Arubus · 6-min walk

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The weekly shop

Kong Hing Supercenter

Kong Hing · L.G. Smith Boulevard

The other big supermarket, on the way to Eagle Beach: the one for people renting apartments.

Tip: If you rented an apartment, this is where you do the week's shopping at Aruban prices.

🚇 Certified - Frankrijkstraat stop — Arubus · 4-min walk

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Local design

Yiu di Tera

Yiu di Tera · San Nicolas

"Child of the land": Aruban design and craft shop in San Nicolas.

Tip: "Yiu di tera" means child of the land: it's what Arubans call themselves. Look for the SEYO mark on the pieces.

🚇 Van de Veen Zeppenfeldstraat stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 1-min walk

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On the art street

Sun Kulture Boutique

Sun Kulture · San Nicolas

Clothing and art boutique on the mural street of San Nicolas.

Tip: It's on Bernard van de Veen Zeppenfeldstraat, the mural street. Pair it with the cafe next door.

🚇 Govert Flinckstraat stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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A stop in Savaneta

The Island Shop

The Island Shop · Savaneta

Gift and craft shop in Savaneta, on the route to Zeerover.

Tip: A must-stop if you're heading to Zeerover: it's on the same road and it has the restroom the pier doesn't.

🚇 Savaneta Town Hall stop — Arubus L1/L2/L3 · 2-min walk

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Collector's tee

Harley-Davidson Aruba

Harley-Davidson · Werfstraat

The port's Harley store: the T-shirts with the island's name are collector's items.

Tip: Harley's "Aruba" tees are the kind people collect city by city. It's steps from the pier.

🚇 Port of Call stop — Arubus · 1-min walk

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Dutch bookshop

Van Dorp Book & Office

Van Dorp · Avenida Milio Croes

Dutch bookshop with books in Dutch, Papiamento and English, plus island maps.

Tip: It's the island's Dutch bookshop. The best paper map of Aruba comes from here.

🚇 Stadion Prospero Trinidad stop — Arubus · 3-min walk

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