We've been to Aruba twice, quite a few years ago. The best is "Bucuti and Tara Resort" on Eagle Beach: we stayed there and really liked it, though the price has gone up lately. CONS: It gets pretty crowded and suburbanized north of there, where all the condos and big hotels are (Palm Beach). We aren't gourmands or foodies but even we thought the food was pretty bland. The Europeans that go to Aruba are nice folks but they aren't very demanding as to food. PROS: Aruba is kind of underrated as to diving; do the big wreck dive off of Palm Beach . And by all means take one of the inland jeep tours through the interior. We found that we liked Curacao better then Aruba, but Aruba is pleasant and the beaches are expansive and nice. Just don't expect too much deep Caribbean MoJo. JMHO.