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Santa Barbara Beach is a private beach on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, located at the southeast of island.. The terrain was the property of a mining company, close by an ancient phosphate mine that can still be found.
The main hotel complex is located on the shores of Piscadera Bay, but the resort stretches along the Caribbean Sea around the southern coast of the island. Recreational facilities include two private beaches (one at the Bay and the other adjacent to the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort), three swimming pools, a dive school, two tennis courts, a miniature golf course, a Health Club, a spa and ...
Curaçao, [a] officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; [10] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), [11] [12] is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of Venezuela.
Plaza Hotel Curaçao is a former hotel in Willemstad, Curaçao.It was constructed in the Waterfort, and opened on 12 October 1957 as Hotel Curaçao Intercontinental.It is the tallest building on the island.
The road signs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Netherlands and six Dutch Caribbean islands), as well as Suriname, [1] are regulated in the Reglement verkeersregels en verkeerstekens 1990, commonly abbreviated as RVV 1990. While most previous signage, from the RVV 1966 (Dutch) remained legal and official, they have been updated / replaced.
Oostpunt (also Land van Maal) [2] is a geozone (region) on the island of Curaçao.It is located on the easternmost point of the island. [2] Since the 1870s, [4] the area has been privately owned by the Maal family, and most of the area is off-limits, [5] with the exception of the villages of Oostpunt, Sint Joris, and Santa Catharina.
Early in its history, Curaçao's economy was centered on salt mining from saline-rich ponds located in the eastern part of the island. Up until that time, dating back to the 16th century, settlers (first Spanish & later Dutch & Sephardic Portuguese Jews) made numerous, failed attempts at creating an agricultural industry.
Curaçao's flora differ from typical tropical island vegetation. Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub is the most notable, with various forms of cacti, thorny shrubs, evergreen, and watapana trees (Libidibia coriaria; called divi-divi on Aruba), which are characteristic of the ABC islands and the national symbol of Aruba.