We, two couples, stayed at this villa for 10 days in late February, 2018.

The check-in procedure was very easy. Bart, from the property management company, met us near the airport and we followed him to the property. The trip was about 20 minutes, even in our high-mileage, compact rental car. Bart was very charming and helpful—he took a house key, which was left on the car’s keychain, back to the car rental company in town for us.

This was our second trip to Curacao. On our first trip we stayed near the Jan Thiel area close to Willemstad, and also in Cas Abao. Cas Abao has far less traffic than in town so is much easier to get around.

The villa is spacious, clean and modern. Add in great sea views from the huge balcony and the place is perfect. We downloaded a “ship finder” app, so we enjoyed reading about the ships we saw sailing by. Cruise ships are spectacular when you see them passing by at night. The pool, though small, is very refreshing after a day out. We enjoyed floating and trying to identify the many different birds that were flying by.

The beds were very comfortable with nice linens. The kitchen was well-equipped. BBQ utensils were missing, but new ones were promptly delivered next day when we asked.

They do charge for water and electric “overuse”. We used the air conditioning nightly in the bedrooms and the dishwasher every second day. We also used the washer and dryer a couple of times. We had about three dinners and eight breakfasts in. Our friends play Latino music, seemingly non-stop, and they love showering. Despite all this, we paid only €6.4 (Euros) a night (€64 in total for 10 nights, or $10/day) for our power and water use. (We note the earlier comments about the neighbors above; however, Latino music seems to cover up any such noise.)

We like the beaches in the area very much. Some of them do charge for entrance and chair use, but they are free the further north (west) you go. We spent five days in Aruba before coming to Curacao. To rent four chairs and an umbrella on Eagle Beach costed us $80. In Curacao we went to Karakter in the nearby Coral Estates a couple of times. The resort has a fine little beach and infinity pool with very good food and services. If you have lunch there, the chairs and umbrellas are free. Some other excellent restaurants are also in the area, and further to the north . Curacao is a fabulous island and this villa is great, calm place from which to explore it.