Fodor's In Focus Aruba

Get inspired and plan your next trip with Fodor's In Focus ebook travel guide to Aruba (including Palm Beach, Eacle Beach, Manchebo Beach, and Oranjestad).

Intelligent Planning: Discover all of the essential, up-to-date travel insights you expect in a Fodor's guide, including Fodor's Choice dining and lodging, and top experiences attractions.

Easy Navigation for E-Readers: Whether you're reading this ebook from start to finish or jumping from chapter to chapter as you develop your itinerary, Fodor's makes it easy to find the information you need with a single touch. In addition to a traditional main table of contents for the ebook, each chapter opens with its own table of contents, making it easy to browse.

Full-Color Photos and Maps: It's hard not to fall in love with Aruba as you flip through a vivid full-color photo album. Explore the layout of city centers and popular neighborhoods with easy-to-read full-color maps. Plus get an overview of Florida's geography with the convenient atlas at the end of the ebook.

What's Covered? Get to Know Aruba: Aruba's biggest high-rise hotels are located along Palm Beach, which is one of the island's best swimming beaches with calm water. You'll have your choice of big resorts, restaurants, casinos and water sports here, but this is a busy place so don't go here to escape from the crowds.

Aruba's so-called "low-rise" hotel area, Eagle Beach, is lined with smaller boutique resorts, but also, increasingly, timeshare resorts. Still, Eagle Beach is wider than Palm Beach, so it's not as crowded, and it's the island's best big beach.

Just south of Eagle Beach, Manchebo has rougher surf, but it's rarely as crowded and has fewer resorts. The beach here flows directly into Druif Beach, which is dominated by the sprawling Divi resort complex.

Oranjestad, Aruba's capital, is a great place to go for shopping, restaurants, and nightlife or to make arrangements for a tour or other activity. Although there are few hotels here, including the beautiful Aruba, the city has no beachfront.

Note: This ebook edition is adapted from Fodor's In Focus Aruba, 3rd Edition, but differs in some content. Additionally, the ebook edition includes photographs and maps that will appear on black-and-white devices but are optimized for devices that support full-color images.