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Blue Bay (Dutch: Blauwbaai) is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located close to the fishermen's village of Sint-Michiel to the north-west of Willemstad. The beach is named after a plantation "Blaauw" that was located nearby. There are several restaurants at the beach and golf course.
[citation needed] Curaçao was a Caribbean leader in cruise ship tourism growth, with 610,186 cruise passengers in 2013, a 41.4% increase over the previous year. [90] Hato International Airport received 1,772,501 passengers in 2013 and announced capital investments totaling US$48 million aimed at transforming the airport into a regional hub by ...
Curaçao and Sint Maarten left in 2010, and the remaining islands are now part of the Caribbean Netherlands. [1] Island of Aruba Oranjestad Savaneta. Oranjestad ...
Willemstad (/ ˈ w ɪ l ə m s t ɑː t, ˈ v ɪ l-/ WIL-əm-staht, VIL-, Dutch: [ˈʋɪləmstɑt] ⓘ, Papiamento: [wiləmˈstad]; lit. ' William Town ') is the capital and largest city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Little Curaçao is an island no man can settle, and a pink lighthouse is all that's left. Just to the southeast of the Caribbean island of Curaçao is the small ghostly island of Klein ...
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 ...
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 beach is accessible to the public paying an entrance fee of $15 per car. A landmark on the beach is Tafelberg.
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.