Aruba
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An island of enchanting contrasts, Aruba is blessed with tuquoise seas, radiant beaches, and pleasant tread winds which ensure a near perfect climate all year long.

Where you least expect it, an old Dutch windmill sprouts on the horizon along with cactus-clad hillsides, twisted divi divi trees and palm-dotted resorts. And though Aruba is the samllest of the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), pleasures for your every whim are close at hand; hidden beaches, gabled houses, challenging golf courses, dazzling casinos and natural treasures to name a few.

Dive, explore, shop and sunbathe in Aruba, you can't help but leave your cares behind!

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Aruba

Aruba is located deep in the Caribbean, just about 15 miles north of Venezuela. It is only 20 miles long and 6 miles wide, making it the smallest of the Dutch Caribbean, or "ABC" Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao). Aruba became a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986, yet the island retains much of its early Dutch character. Despite its diminutive size, Aruba offers every Caribbean delight imaginable from water sports, to casinos, colonial heritage, forts, serene white-sand beaches, and so on. Blessed with pleasant trade winds and a nearly rain-free climate, Aruba is an island of enchanting contrasts. On the western shore, soft powder beaches fringed with palm trees slope gently to the warm, turquoise sea. Meanwhile, the island's interior is a desert-like landscape punctuated by divi-divi trees and the occasional pastel-colored cottage.

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