Plaza Hotel Curaçao

Frommer's Review

Standing guard over the Punda side of St. Anna Bay, right in the heart of Willemstad, the 14-story Plaza is nestled in the ramparts of an 18th-century waterside fort on the eastern tip of the harbor entrance, a 30-minute drive south of the airport. In fact, it's one of the harbor's two "lighthouses." (The hotel has to carry marine collision insurance, the only accommodations in the Caribbean with that distinction.) The original part of the hotel was built in 1954, long before mass tourism swept the island, and followed the style of the arcaded fort. However, now there's a tower of rooms stacked 15 stories high. Each of the smallish bedrooms is comfortably furnished and contains a small tub/shower combo.

The pool, with a bar and suntanning area, is inches away from the parapet of the fort. The Waterfort Restaurant serves standard American and Continental dishes.

Facilities:
2 restaurants; 3 bars; outdoor pool; casino; Sunset sailboats; car rental; room service; laundry service; nonsmoking rooms; rooms for those w/limited mobility

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