Curaçao destinations
Nine areas, one compact island: pick your base and plan your days out.
Willemstad
Curaçao's colourful capital: two historic quarters, a floating bridge and the island's best food scene, all walkable.
Pietermaai and Scharloo
Willemstad's restored merchant districts: grand mansions, boutique stays and the liveliest evenings on the island.
Mambo Beach and Seaquarium
Curaçao's busiest beach strip: beach clubs, a shopping boulevard and the Sea Aquarium, just 15 minutes from town.
Jan Thiel and Spanish Water
The southeast's resort hub: Jan Thiel's beach clubs, the calm Spanish Water lagoon and the departure point for Klein Curaçao.
Blue Bay and Sint Michiel
A quieter base just west of Willemstad: a long beach with a reef wall, a golf course and an old fishing village.
Sint Willibrordus (Williwood)
A tiny village with a big church, flamingos on the salt pans and three of the island's favourite beaches close by.
Lagun and Banda Abou
Curaçao's rural west: cliff-framed coves, turtles in clear water and the island's most important freedom story.
Westpunt
The island's wild northwest tip: cliff jumps, turtles by the fishing pier, the highest peak and pounding north-coast waves.
Klein Curaçao
A flat, uninhabited island off the southeast tip: white sand, turtles, an old lighthouse and a rusting shipwreck.