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Happy Valentine’s Day In Aruba

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Valentine’s Day is celebrated throughout large parts of the world and Aruba is no exception. What can you do on Valentine’s Day in Aruba? Below I’m suggesting some nice restaurants, beaches and activities where you can enjoy each other’s company in a private, perhaps romantic manner. These tips are also useful for honeymooners or any [...]

I receive many quick questions regarding Aruba-vacations here at arubabeaches.net through requests. The questions don’t necessarily fit into a separate category, not even in ‘off-topic’. For this reason I’m posting a Q&A session to answer several questions.

When is hurricane season in Aruba? The Atlantic hurricane season starts in June and finishes in November. Despite lack [...]

Daniel’s Steak & Chop/Gianni’s

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Earlier in the evening, as a celebration to my birthday, I went dining with the family at Daniel’s Steak & Chop/Gianni’s. Why is there a slash between the two restaurants, you ask? The two restaurants are located at the same building, which is across Radisson Hotel at Palm Beach. In fact, both restaurants share one [...]

Aruba Resorts Comparison

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On a daily basis arubabeaches.net receives many hits with several search requests from search engines. The gathered information is priceless, obviously. It tells me what people want to know. When somebody reaches this site, and leaves within the next 5 seconds, it means they didn’t find the information they were interested in. I will try [...]

Arikok National Park

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The topic of this site is pretty obvious; however, I don’t want you to miss out on other nicer sites in Aruba. The other day I drove down to Aruba’s National Park.
When people hear “national park” automatically they assume that it refers to some kind of forest. However, if you are familiar with Aruba [...]

Recap 2007, Preview 2008

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The year 2007 was an interesting inaugural year for arubabeaches.net. There were several posts that caught the attention, especially those regarding the weather, more specifically about the unusual threat of hurricanes Felix and Dean.
Content that caught the attention as well, where about condos. This relatively new form of tourism-real estate is up and coming and [...]