Aruba Cruise - OranjestadShuttles

Dropping off at the heart of downtown, the Aruba Cruise Terminal offers two main docks, each alongside the other. Cruise goers will receive instant access to the dramatic Dutch-style capital of Oranjestad. Featuring a colorful rotunda, the main terminal building is a great place to organize the day, offering brochures, information and access to a trolley station with streetcar stops throughout the town’s most historic corners. Other modes of transportation include an extensive bus network that offers drop offs throughout town, the Oranjestad Bus Terminal being the closest station to the cruise port. Enjoy the freedom to turn each corner by booking a private ride instead, looking forward to small sedans or large SUVs and vans to enjoy turning each corner, meet-and-greet services making convenience top priority with helpful local personal drivers or a taxi that understands the luxury of arriving on-time and without frills.

Get to know the beauty of Oranjestad by getting lost in the city’s most popular landmarks, whether that means enjoying a historic tour through old churches like the San Francisco di Asia Pro-Cathedral, or traveling to distant outskirts for an underrated look at the aloe vera industry from Aruba Aloe Factory Museum & Store. Other exhibits closer to the port include The Aruba Numismatic Museum’s views at ornamental Dutch architecture, while the ornamental interior and ancient artifacts held within the Museo Historic Aruba offers a combination of South American and Dutch lifestyles. And for some light shopping at the end of the afternoon, take a stroll through Main Street’s Cosecha Aruba Craft Design & Heritage, and Holland Aruba Mall. By the end of the afternoon, go for a stroll across the beachfront path known as Linear Park Trail, a beautiful path along Surfside Beach leading to festive eateries at the neighboring Neptali Henriquez Park, including the elegant no-shoes friendly ambiance of Barefoot Restaurant as well as the casual palm-lined foods at Reflexions Aruba.