We downloaded an architectural walking tour of Willemstad, and that took us all day (and 20,000 steps), often outside of usual tourist areas. Very interesting, and we got a good sense of Willemsted's history. ...
Our plan was to go to the Blue Bay Beach Club. However, after being told by the tourist information center that a taxi would cost us $60, we decided to walk around town on our own. The town was colorful and interesting. We took the self guided walking tour which was easy to follow. Since it was Sunday, I had read that many of the attractions would be closed. However, we found out that the Maritime ...
Fort Nassau made this trip for me, curacao's unesco site with the iconic colored buildings were actually quite dissapointing. The economy does not seem to be doing so well down there and there were quite a few empty shops more towars the central rotating market area/ the area where fishermen from venezuela come and sell fish to the locals. some of the old forts were converted into shopping malls, ...
This was by far our favorite port. Curacao is a beautiful island, the historic fort has been converted to house shopping, restaurants and bars, and the waterside cafes offer a great view of the boats coming and going. The pontoon bridge is really unusual and the bridge and waterfront buildings were all lit at night, which was lovely. We even had fireworks! ...
