Things to do in  Oranjestad

With its palm-fringed boulevards, candy-colored buildings, and shopping malls that look more like fairy tale castles than fashion emporiums, Oranjestad offers a charming introduction to Aruba. As the island's capital and main cruise port, Oranjestad is the entry point to Aruba for most visitors, and it makes a lively base from which to explore. Discover traces of Dutch colonialism as you ride a traditional trolley bus around the town, watch the sunset over the marina from one of the waterfront seafood restaurants, then hit the beach to live out your Caribbean fantasies, sipping rum punch as you lounge on the white sands or diving in to snorkel among schools of exotic fish.