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Hello there
I have never visited the island of Aruba......have always travelled to Sint Maartens instead.
The draw to sxm is food, and live entertainment, as well as beautiful beaches.
If I would like to travel to Aruba, what area do you experienced with Aruba, feel would be a similar fit?
Love beaches, love nightlife, and certainly, never do an All inclusive as I do not like them

Any tips, suggestions, etc would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

I have to say that it has been a LONG time since we've stayed there, but we spent our honeymoon on Eagle Beach, at Manchebo Beach Resort. We returned a few times after our honeymoon, as they gave us a card for one free night during the same dates. Used it several times, but not recently. Unfortunately it is now a really high class resort apparently, so would be pretty expensive. It's on Eagle Beach, which is a HUGE wide beach.

Link to Manchebo

Hello Carol,,,thanks for response
Are you familiar with Palm Beach in Aruba at all?
Am presently checking that out....just in the "starting to plan" phase....it will take a lot to keep from SXM,,,but always open to options. lol

Never stayed on Palm Beach and been a while since we've been to Aruba. Offhand, I think I would compare it to Simpson Bay beach, pretty busy.

Sounds good, thanks again.
Have a great weekend.