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Willemstad area

Sleep in Willemstad for the first two nights, do both shores on foot, and rent a car for the west-end beaches.

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  • Curaçao ↗Curaçao sets its own entry rules as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; check official Curaçao government sources for your passport, including any online immigration card before you fly.
  • Curaçao ↗Buses are infrequent outside Willemstad: rent a car for the beaches and parks.

Willemstad is the capital, the harbour town and the base close to the airport. It works as one or two nights of walking, with beaches reached by car. Keep the town room for the old streets and choose a second base on the west end only if you want beach mornings.

Where to sleep

Willemstadsleep base

Punda and Otrobanda on foot, Pietermaai for dinner.

Westpunt (Banda Abou)overnight

Coves and snorkelling; about 1 h each way by car.

Night sequences

3 nights
Willemstad 3, one beach day by rental car
7 nights
Willemstad 3 + Banda Abou 4
  • Do not plan a Klein Curaçao boat day and a west-end drive on the same day.

Day-trips door to door

ToFromDoor-to-door p50Last returnNote
Westpunt beachesWillemstad60 minunknownRoads are unlit at night: leave the west end before dusk.

Bags between cities

No luggage forwarding culture: keep the big bag at your Willemstad hotel and take a day pack.