Best Traditional Caribbean Curaçao Willemstad and Aruba Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Curaçao travel | North America destinations Best Traditional Caribbean Curaçao Willemstad and Aruba Heritage Tour Destinations TL;DR Curaçao and Aruba - Dutch Caribbean ABC islands (with Bonaire) - preserve the most colorful Caribbean colonial architecture (Willemstad UNESCO 1997) plus year-round dry sun and diving. Major destinations: Willemstad (UNESCO 1997, the renowned Handelskade pastel waterfront), Punda and Otrobanda historic districts, Aruba's beaches (Eagle Beach, Palm Beach), Bonaire's diving , plus broader ABC-islands cultural-tourism. Plan a 5-7 day Dutch Caribbean trip. This is the Caribbean's most vivid and architecturally distinctive UNESCO town plus dependable trade-wind beaches. Background Curaçao was a Dutch West India Company colony from 1634; Willemstad's Handelskade (waterfront) was painted in pastel colors after Governor Albert Kikkert (1817-19) banned white walls (claiming the glare gave him migraines - likely apoc...