Aruba sightseeing. Travel guide - attractions, sights, nature and touristic places
This wonderful island is a perfect place to enjoy various sports activities, entertainment, sightseeing and walking in beautiful natural reserves. Oranjestad is a cultural and administrative capital of Aruba. This is a cozy and attractive city. The main landmarks of the capital include the Church of Saint Anna that was built in the beginning of the 20th century. Despite its relatively young age, the church has always been in the list of most important sights of Aruba. The church is also famous for its wonderful altar. The skilled wooden piece of art was made by local craftsmen yet in the end of the 19th century. There are also several museums in the city – the Museum of History, the Museum of Archeology, the Museum of geology and Numismatic Museum.
Aruba is a beautiful tropical island, lost in the waters of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of South America. It has long been a favorite vacation …
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Aruba became an island where mixture of various nationalities and religious beliefs took place. Each nation living on the island left its own imprint …
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The first settlements on the island were formed in the 3rd century BC. The main settlers were the Indian tribes of the Arawaks. For hundreds of years, the main means of their subsistence were fishing, hunting and gathering. The first turning points in the history of the island were conquests of the Caribs in the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century, the island saw the colonial times. Its first visitors were the Dutch navigators.
Aruba is an island that has volcanic origin. This tiny piece of land lost in the Caribbean has a length of 32 kilometers and a width of 10 kilometers. …
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Then, Great Britain had captured the entire territory of Aruba for some time but the Netherlands managed to re-establish its rights within a very short time. In the 19th century, the agricultural and industrial sectors of the island started to be actively developed. Later, Aruba became a part of the Antilles and gained complete independence in 1986.
The small island of Aruba, located in the southern part of the Caribbean, is a wonderful country of tender breezes, cool white sands and pink …
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The Island of Aruba will certainly impress gourmets, as here they can taste a lot of rare seafood delicacies. For local residents, lobsters are typical everyday dishes. At restaurants, cooks prepare real culinary masterpieces of them. On the island, there are several historical breweries that were opened when Aruba was under the Netherlands. The famous beer, Balashi, is brewed here.
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