Willemstad cruises, Curacao

What's great about Willemstad cruises?

This little Dutch island is slowly beginning to creep onto the tourist radar, and for good reason. It offers up an unbeatable mix of footprint-free beaches and pretty colonial towns. The storybook port of Willemstad leads the pack, with its candy-coloured, red-roofed houses that gild the downtown area. It’s such an impressive sight, UNESCO have even granted the town a place on its World Heritage list.

• Take in Willemstad’s best bits on the trolley train tour. You’ll get to see the Pietermaai Cathedral, Queen Wilhelmina Park, and a building known as the wedding cake house due to its quirky design.
• Check out the island’s largest feathered friends at the Ostrich Park. This is one of the largest ostrich farms outside Africa, and you’ll get to feed and touch the birds while you’re here.
• Inject a little adrenalin into your time here by seeing the sights on a guided jet-ski trip.

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Facts about Willemstad

Currency

Netherlands Antilles Guilder

(ANG)

Language

Papiamento, Dutch, English

Time zone

GMT -4

Flight duration

9 hours 50 minutes from Gatwick

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