A, B, C
Your favorite traveling
tandem is soon off to yet another Sandals vacation, this time to Curaçao. Once
part of the Netherland Antilles, the island nation has been a constituent
country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since the dissolving of the
Antilles in 2010 and relies only on the Dutch for foreign policy and defense.
Curaçao lies less than 50 miles off the northern coast of Venezuela. Together
with Aruba and Bonaire, the three are collectively named the ABC islands.
We’re especially
excited because the scuba diving in the ABC islands is exemplary.
IT’S EASY AS 1, 2, 3
The Sandals Royal Curaçao
is the newest resort in this Caribbean family of resorts, opening in 2022. This
will be our fifth trip to a Sandals, which is an all-inclusive, adult couples
only chain headquartered in Jamaica. We have already been to Antigua, The Royal
Bahamian on Nassau, Jamaica South Coast and Grenada.
A vacation at a Sandals
resort is romantic and opulent and a stay there is indulgent, and one never
hears the word “no” to any request. It is that relaxing ease, that comfortable
catering to whims that has us returning to a Sandals resort. The staff are
helpful, attentive and all the resorts have been beautiful.
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| where in the world? |
There are plenty of
restaurants and swim-up bars and phenomenal activities like PADI-certified
scuba diving, which is a costly endeavor if one wanted to buy individual dives.
As we are both Open Water certified by PADI our only cost would be if we wanted
to rent a wet suit. We don’t own equipment, and the Sandals’ dive crews provide
everything, and their dive masters really ensure our safety.
AS SIMPLE AS DO RE MI
Activities at Sandals include
day and night entertainment, other water sports like kayaking, and snorkeling, golf,
tennis and bicycles to ride around the resort and a well-equipped fitness
center for those hearty and hale and so inclined to pull themselves out of the
swim-up bar.
There are 13 bars scattered around the Curacao resort all stocked with premium liquors.
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| Sandals Curacao food truck |
Here’s
an interesting story about that:
A couple of years ago we were at the Sandals
South Coast in Jamaica, a beautiful resort with two miles of private beach and
an over-the-water bar which was a great place to watch the sunsets. We were
there on the faux holiday Cinco de Mayo, and of course I wanted a tequila. None
of the bars were carrying this Mexican alcohol, but a quick mention of this
oversight to the concierge and the problem was swiftly resolved! By the time we
ventured out for a drink there was tequila everywhere.
A boy could get used to
this.
There are 8 restaurants
in Sandals Royal Curaçao, and what is an interesting twist for snacking, they
have three food trucks on the property. One is for tapas, the other is typical Curaçao
food and the other is Asian fusion. Don’t worry, there’s always a sushi
restaurant somewhere at a Sandals resort.
DUTCH TREAT
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| Willemstad, Curacao |
Visits to a Sandals resort
are booked by the day and not simply by the week and this time we’re going for
8 days, just so we can explore the island. Curaçao is a multi-cultural country
influenced by Spanish and Dutch culture and where both languages and the local language
Papiamentu and English can be heard on the streets of the capital Willemstad.
With her winding streets
and pastel-colored Dutch colonial buildings, there is plenty to explore and
plenty of inviting bars to get an electric blue Curaçao infused drink.
Sandals usually give
their guests complimentary bottles of rum to take home, but we get Blue Curaçao
in Curaçao.
When in Rome… drink a Blue Hawaiian.
Bedankt voor het
lezen!
Love Janet and greg
© 2023 by Gregory Dunaj
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