The Caribbean Island of Aruba with its capital Oranjestad belongs with Bonaire and Curaçao to the so-called A-B-C Islands off the coast of Venezuela, and each has a unique flair.

Aruba is the smallest, but most touristically developed island of the Netherlands Antilles. The sun island lives on contrasts. The capital is very touristy and almost American. With hotels, casinos, restaurants and shopping malls, where you can get everything and above all, DUTY FREE !!! At the west side of the island with sandy beach and the sea the the anticipated Caribbean feeling turns to reality.

Bonaire is a dreamy, unspoilt island, which is the least developed for tourism. In the Terramar museum the visitor learns about the indigenous people, who in 1499, when the Spanish first arrived, still lived as in the stone age. But it became even worse when in 1634 the Dutch took over the island from the Spanish and introduced slavery. From the Sero Largo Monument on a hill you can see the huge white salt pyramids that once inspired the name "Island of White Gold".

Curaçao with its capital Willemstad is the third and largest of the A-B-C Islands. Much here is reminiscent of Holland, because the colonial rulers were influenced by their own customs, habits and architectural style. The Water-Fort and the Wilhelmina Park form one end of the Old Town and the busy Columbus-Straat provides a different demarcation. Just outside the city, on the seafront, the Sea-Aquarium Park has been created. A unique water zoo, where in more than 40 seawater pools the entire submarine world of the Caribbean is presented. The Fort Amsterdam, which was built in the 17th century by the Dutch as headquarters of the West India Company, also tells of the changing history of the island and the city.

Today the A-B-C islands in the turquoise-blue Caribbean Sea awaken other desires.