Alive Guides: Aruba, Bonaire & Curacao Alive (PDF)

The Greenbergs founded the celebrated Complete Traveller bookstore in New York and also wrote our top-selling Alive Guides to the US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, and St. Martin, St. Barts & Anguilla. Here is the latest and most detailed guide to the three fascinating islands of the Dutch Caribbean. Diving, sailing, hiking, golf and horseback riding are excellent here. Enjoy gourmet cuisine, charming small inns and superb five-star resorts. Duty-free stores and unique island crafts make the islands a shopper's delight. All of them are fully explored, with details on the history and culture that makes each one so appealing. Focuses on shopping, dining, hotels — the elements of primary interest to most travelers. Half a page or more is devoted to each, based on repeated personal visits by the author. Details the best diving spots, tours, local lore and festivals. Extensive background on the history, government and economy of the island. The popular ABC islands are located just off the Venezuelan coast. Discover the quiet life of Bonaire, gamble away at Aruba's casino, hit the high-style designer clothing stores in Curacao, and relax on the glorious white beaches of all three! Here is the ultimate guide to discovering the high life and cool spots of the ABCs, written by authors who have sacrificed their vacations to research this book (poor things!). This Alive Guide focusses on shopping (snatch up some duty-free bargains), hotels (colorful local cuisine and fine dining alike) and restaurants, with special attention paid to the cream of the crop. Sightseeing, historical walking tours, wildlife discovery, and watersports are also covered. The activity-oriented Sunup to Sundown sections will fill your day with beaches, deep-sea fishing charters, diving excursions, moped rides and more, while After Dark tells you of the best Happy Hours, the liveliest clubs and the bars where things really hop! Handy A-Z sections for each island provide all the practical detail — airline offices, banking hours and locations, emergency telephone numbers, shopping hours, tourist information booths. Easy-to-read maps and a detailed index complete the picture."... those planning a journey will consider the specific information a treasure trove of facts. From critically acclaimed accommodations to itineraries and a focus on wildlife, this is packed with take-along information essential to planning a visit." —The Bookwatch. "Packed with in-depth information." — Philadelphia Inquirer."Written in a highly readable style, this guide seems to have omitted nothing." — Pittsburgh Post