Are you looking for the perfect beachfront hotel in Aruba but have no idea where to start? Then read this article about the best hotels on the beach!
Can you already see the beach from your room for a beach walk at dawn? Only have to cross the road to take a refreshing dip in the sparkling crystal clear waters? Would you enjoy a magical ‘ocean view’ from your balcony? In short, would you like to stay on one of our pearly white beaches but are unsure where to start with your search? Don’t worry; we have listed the best beach hotels in Aruba for real beach lovers.
Eagle Beach, where the world’s most photographed tree stands, is the perfect backdrop for your honeymoon photos. Eaglideal is the ideal backdrop for your honeymoon photos. This is the beach for you for holidaymakers who seek shade on a beach like the one mentioned above.
Druif Beach is of a different order. The dazzling beach with characteristic poles in the water, on which pelicans unmoved seek refuge, exudes serenity and tranquility. The feeling that you have the beach to yourself is not a dream; that is the reality at Druif Beach.
Aruba has a choice of world-class luxury resorts; the good news is that these Aruba hotels are all located on the beach. At the beautiful and bustling Palm Beach, for example. So wherever you stay, the azure/turquoise sea with swaying palm trees will meet you as soon as you open your room door. All hotels described below are located on or near the beach.
Best budget hotels on the beach
Aruba is not only one of the best vacation destinations in the Caribbean, but it also offers many opportunities for the smaller purse. And just because you have to look after the little ones when you’re on vacation doesn’t mean you can’t have a great holiday. All One Happy Island’s beaches are free to access, and all hotels offer plenty of free and affordable perks.
Below are our top 3 budget-friendly hotels:
1. Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort
The Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort, located on Eagle Beach, is considered one of the best boutique hotels on the island. With many offers, it is also easy to pay.
This family hotel has been around since 1989 and knows how to surprise and spoil guests from far and wide with top service, good facilities, and plenty of Aruban hospitality. Guests staying at Amsterdam Manor receive free Wi-Fi can use a low-chlorine pool with a waterfall, rent bicycles, and enjoy a delicious sunset dinner on the beach at Passion’s on the Beach.
The resort features 72 chic studios and suites, all equipped with a modern kitchen with an oven, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, and more. These rooms naturally have excellent luxury beds and plenty of space for the whole family.
Finally, the Amsterdam Manor Beach Resort is incredibly proud to have received a Master Achievement accolade from the EarthCheck Organization. This distinguished token of appreciation shows that the hotel is on the right track regarding sustainability. So are you a conscious traveler who wants to leave a small footprint during the trip? Then you have come to the right place at Amsterdam Manor.
2. MVC Eagle Beach Aruba
Opposite the award-winning Eagle Beach, you will find MVC Eagle Beach, the perfect place to enjoy a beach holiday in a relaxed and peaceful setting. MVC is located on one of the quietest parts of the beach.
The intimate and warm atmosphere has a very soothing effect, and with facilities such as a swimming pool, complimentary beach and pool lounge chairs, and a tennis court, you will not be short of anything at MVC. In addition, the resort has recently been completely renovated and now features an even more beautiful swimming pool, ultra-fast internet, and its own restaurant, Tulip Restaurant. At MVC, you can choose from two rooms: the double room and the quadruple room. Both rooms have a flat-screen TV, air conditioning, and a small desk to work on.
3. Paradise Beach Villas
Do you want to stay close to the beach? As in only 57 steps from the beach? Enter Paradise Beach Villas, also located on Eagle Beach. This resort offers guests an intimate, family-friendly experience with facilities such as a swimming pond, outdoor Jacuzzi, free Wi-Fi, an indoor BBQ, and much more.
Those who want to enjoy delicious food without leaving the resort can indulge at Paradise Beach Villas. The site has several restaurants, such as the Italian Terrazza Italiana, a restaurant with a roof terrace run by Italians. Here you can also sit outside and enjoy the breathtaking view of Eagle Beach.
Rooms range from studios to 3-room penthouse suites, making Paradise Beach Villas suitable for everyone, including families.
The Best All-Inclusive Resorts in Aruba
Once you’ve booked, the holiday anticipation starts immediately with the knowledge that your resort will become your playground, with an arsenal of options and facilities. And the great thing is that you can eat anywhere without having to pay because all-inclusive in Aruba. Would you like to invite a friend staying elsewhere to come and have a drink at your hotel? No problem. That too, is possible.
We have listed our favorite all-inclusive resorts for you:
4. Divi Village All Inclusive
When it comes to a wide variety of dining and entertainment options, Divi Village is by far the best choice. The resort has no fewer than 13 dining options, 11 bars, seven low-chlorine pools, and a variety of non-motorized water sports. Add to that a range of evening entertainment, and you are well entertained throughout the holiday.
Divi Village has three rooms: a studio, a single room, and a double room, all equipped with designer furniture, plasma TVs, an in-suite welcome bar, and a private terrace or balcony.
The Divi Village all-inclusive resort is located on a 9-hole golf course, and guests have access to all facilities in and around the resort.
5. Holiday Inn Aruba Beach Resort & Casino
Do you want to walk straight to the beach from your room, and do you prefer to have enough activity around you? Then you are more than at the right place at Holiday Inn.
The resort is located on the beautiful and bustling Palm Beach and is only a few minutes from the famous ‘strip’ with endless bars, restaurants, souvenir shops, cinemas, and more.
This hotel offers guests above-average top facilities, including a 24-hour gym, free Wi-Fi, free bicycles, an in-house kids’ club, beachfront restaurants, and an extensive range of entertainment.
Holiday Inn features 590 rooms and suites, all modernly decorated and equipped with plush linens, contemporary furnishings, beautiful mood lighting, and more.
6. Tamarin Aruba
Are you sporty and prefer to spend your holiday actively? Then, Tamarijn Aruba is the hotel for you. Tamarijn offers many water sports activities such as windsurfing, sailing, and snorkeling.
With fewer than ten restaurants, 7 bars, and top-notch entertainment every night, the resort alone will not tire you out.
Do you have any energy left? Then you will find the Alhambra casino and the adjacent Divi Aruba All-Inclusive resort just a few steps from the hotel, where you can gamble and play a round of golf on the 9-hole golf course at the resort.
The Tamarijn resort has 236 rooms, ranging from spectacular rooms with sea views to intimate private studios with private terraces.
The best luxury hotels on the beach
Nothing exudes luxury more than a 5-star, world-class resort with all the trimmings and a fantastic stretch of beach on your doorstep. Aruba is undoubtedly not shy about this and offers both large-scale and small-scale accommodation that meets this requirement.
From almost palatial resorts where you want nothing to intimate boutique accommodations, all with a pearly white beach on the doorstep and for every type of holidaymaker.
Below are our recommendations for the best luxury places to stay in Aruba:
7. Ritz Carlton Aruba
If you want to be completely pampered and feel that you lack nothing, then the Ritz Carlton Aruba is a real winner.
Right next to the magical Caribbean Sea, the hotel offers a 5-star experience that is hard to match.
The Ritz hotel has 320 luxury rooms, suites, and various restaurants, including the now acclaimed BLT Steak restaurant, a luxury spa with no fewer than 13 treatment rooms, a 24-hour casino with live entertainment, beach bars, and tailor-made catering.
Those who stay at the Ritz Carlton Aruba will receive a room with a 46-inch flat-screen television, spacious bathrooms with deep baths and separate showers, internet connection in your room, light luxury bathrobes, and high-quality bedding, and the famous Ritz Carlton featherbeds.
8. Barcelo Aruba
And if you have become hungry after a day at the beach, you don’t have to leave the resort. The restaurants at Barceló are genuinely formidable. The hotel has six restaurants and 3 bars to choose from. The hotel also has its own clothing store, the Royal Level Barceló Aruba boutique, with all kinds of luxury items.
At the foot of Palm Beach, you will find the five-star Barceló Aruba all-inclusive resort with arguably the best leisure activities of all hotels. Barceló features spectacular swimming pools, beautiful, lush gardens, and various water sports activities (supervised) such as snorkeling, diving, beach volleyball, and much more. The hotel offers something for everyone.
And if that weren’t enough, Barceló is directly opposite the Paseo Herencia entertainment area and Palm Beach Plaza, where you can shop to your heart’s content and find various restaurants and bars.
9. RIU Palace Aruba
If you want to have as many luxurious facilities as possible within reach, choose RIU Palace Aruba. This mega-resort is also located on Palm Beach and is adults-only, with more than 400 fully equipped rooms such as free Wi-Fi, satellite TV, and fully stocked minibars. In addition, the resort has two outdoor pools and a children’s pool, and when you walk onto the beach, you can get lounge beds and umbrellas to relax under the Aruban sun.
In addition, RIU Palace Aruba is a true 24-hour resort with both dining and entertainment options available 24 hours a day.
If you want to keep fit during your holiday, you can visit the hotel’s fitness center, but you can also try a game of beach volleyball, paddleboarding, or kayaking.
Culinary connoisseurs can indulge in 5 unique restaurants, including extensive breakfast buffets, delicious fusion dishes, Italian food, Japanese food, and steakhouses, the latter being located by the pool.
The Best Romantic Resorts on the Beach
You will not find a better destination for a romantic holiday. Aruba has everything for the perfect romantic trip for two, the honeymoon, or maybe a beach wedding.
With ubiquitous sun, salty sea breezes, and pristine beaches, Aruba is the paradise you’ve always dreamed of.
Romantic resorts should, of course, not be missed, and Aruba now has various places to stay that are only accessible for couples and adults and also have private beaches, private pools, and spa options.
If you are also a couple looking for adventure, several all-inclusive resorts offer a range of dining options and entertainment.
Below are our favorite places to stay for the ultimate romantic holiday on the One happy island:
10. Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa
Manchebo is in a truly fantastic location, the very tip of Eagle Beach, better known as Manchebo Beach, which means that you have the wide sandy beach almost to yourself.
Manchebo has been a favorite among couples looking for a romantic getaway for over 50 years. And now that the resort’s refurbishment is complete, new generations are coming to vacation at the one and only spa and wellness resort.
Couples staying at Manchebo can indulge in a couples massage in the romantic Balinese spa pavilions on the beach, dine by candlelight on the beach with their feet in the sand and unconcernedly enjoy the tranquility of both the hotel and the beach. With only 72 rooms, it’s not that difficult either.
Do you want to propose to your loved one, tie the knot or celebrate a wedding anniversary? Do you want to celebrate love together? Then the Manchebo Beach Resort and Spa is the perfect place to spend your vacation.
Each room is modernly decorated and features furnished terraces and balconies, spa-like marble and cherry wood-finished bathrooms, mini-fridges, microwaves, and more.
11. Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino
We recommend the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino for couples who like to be in the middle of the (party) noise and are looking for a trendy stay.
Here you can eat the most delicious steaks at the famous Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, enjoy bliss in the Balinese-looking spa, work out in the extensive fitness center, relax in the sauna, and try your luck at the Stellaris Casino, where you can go 24 hours a day. This is the largest casino on the island and, therefore, an actual entertainment palace. This Vegas-Esque casino has 26 game tables, including a Let it Ride Poker table, a Three Card Poker table, a Caribbean Stud Poker table, and the famous Blackjack table.
Prefer to sit behind a slot machine to try your luck? This is possible at more than 500 slot machines, including the exclusive Wheel of Fortune slot machine.
Other facilities at this top resort include an ‘adults-only’ H2Oasis swimming pool, where you can sip delicious cocktails in your private cabana, renovated rooms with fully equipped kitchens, flat-screen televisions, and free internet, jacuzzis, and free coffee.
Aruba for the whole family
Aruba is not only the perfect holiday destination for couples; you can also recharge and entertain as a family on the One happy island. You will find many (water) sports activities, entertainment, children’s clubs, and much more at the beach. You are guaranteed to keep the kids entertained for hours. When you choose Aruba, you select the best family holiday destination in the Caribbean, not least because it is one of the safest islands in the region.
Below are our recommendations for a family vacation in Aruba:
12. Marriott’s Aruba Ocean Club
Traveling with children and yet enjoying a fully catered, luxurious holiday? This is possible at Marriot’s Aruba Ocean Club, where families with children of all ages enjoy excellent facilities such as ample space on the beach, top restaurants, good shops, a 24-hour casino, a children’s club, and an extensive fitness room.
The resort has single and double apartments with a lot of space, where you can sometimes accommodate up to 8 people. These eight villas feature separate living and dining areas, fully equipped kitchens, furnished balconies, and free Wi-Fi. In the resort itself, you will find a swimming pool with its own ‘pool bar,’ a café open 24 hours a day, the luxurious Mandara spa, a sports bar, and a grill restaurant with a view of the breathtaking Palm Beach.
13. Divi Dutch Village Resort
The Divi Dutch Village Resort is a relaxed all-suite Caribbean resort in a lush garden with low-chlorine pools. The hotel is within walking distance of the paradisiacal and quiet Druif Beach, where you can enjoy swimming but also practice water sports.
The location of this hotel is ideal, close to Oranjestad, where you can shop at various luxury clothing stores, boutiques, and jewelry shops.
The Divi Dutch Village Resort was completely renovated in 2017, and all all-suite accommodations are equipped with fully equipped kitchens, air conditioning, televisions, and an elegant Caribbean interior.
With no fewer than three low-chlorine pools, one of which has its own pool bar, poolside lunch and snacks, a full-service spa, tennis courts, and a climbing wall, you’ll never have to leave the resort, so to speak.
