AdventureFaktory Travel Magazine

Willemstad doesn’t need much dressing up. Its candy-colored waterfront and UNESCO-listed old town do most of the work. Moreover, Renaissance Curaçao adds to it rather than competing with it. Built in and around the historic Rif Fort, this resort puts the city on the doorstep. It does so with enough polish and history to justify a stay that never has to leave the pr...

Renaissance Aruba isn’t trying to be the flashiest resort on the island, and it doesn’t need to be: it does the basics well and then hands you the one experience nothing else on Aruba can match. Set right in Oranjestad, it’s a solid, well-run base with plenty to keep a family busy, but the real story here is a short boat ride away. We enjoyed a hosted stay here, and it was on...