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Only been to Aruba once but the beers always seemed to be bottles, (which we don’t mind at all the buckets of chill go down a treat) just curious if there’s anywhere that does happy hour or reasonable Draught beer?

We had Draught at one of the bars on Palm beach beach front but honestly that’s the only one I can remember!

Any suggestions appreciated, also just any other happy hours you’d recommend would be lovely ☺️

Hi guys, so we’re taking my parents to Aruba in September. It’s their first time there it’s our second we want to organize some restaurants to go to for dinner while we’re there.
The problem is my dad is a little bit of a picky eater. His go to meals are like grilled meats, some white fish, chicken tenders, chicken burgers, fries, gravy, peppercorn sauce, fillet steaks ham cheese sandwiches like pretty basic stuff 🫠🥹 (I know I just described a child’s palette lol)

He is willing to try new things and he always will (recently discovered he likes Indian food lol) but that’s kind of his basic like go to on a restaurant menu and I don’t want to take him somewhere too out there that’s there’s nothing he could have so we have already booked Papiamento and we were thinking about Madame Jeanette because we didn’t get to do that last time. We’re also definitely gonna go to bingo restaurant. I’m just looking for any other suggestions for nice dinners. Would love to try EGO but I just don’t think it would be enjoyable for him, so looking for other options!
Let me know what you think.

Hi all, I’m looking at flights for September and they’re much more expensive than I anticipated!
We booked flights for carnival this year that were half the price of what we’re looking at now and I was under the impression that September was lower season..?
Is this normal? It’s almost 1000 Canadian each from YYZ and in Feb we paid less than 500 which I know was a Great deal. Just curious if there’s something on I don’t know about or if September is just a more expensive time, or maybe I just need to wait?
Any thoughts or advice much appreciated:)

Hello is early Sept an absolute no visit?
Hurricanes weather etc?

How hot is it realistically in September 👀🙈
We visited in Feb and it was lovely, the winds made it so lovely we were never too hot. Don’t get me wrong the sun is intense but sitting in the shade was lovely and bearable!

Is this the case in September? We want to bring my parents so I’m concerned about the heat for their sake, we’d be going the first week of September 🤗

Any thoughts or help much appreciated 😌

Hi all! First time visitors to SXM, we’re staying in Grand case, we’re a couple early 30’s love food and having a few drinks, snorkelling and relaxing on the beach, and we love aviation so very excited to see the planes over the beach!

This is the Itinerary I’ve thrown together, wanted to see what people thought or if there are any absolute must visit restaurants or bars etc - we’ve made reservations for Le Pressoir and Calmos everything else is pretty fluid :)

Any advice or suggestions very much appreciated 🙏

🌴 DAY 1 — ARRIVAL (MONDAY)
Arrive + settle in Grand Case
Beach walk / relax
🌅 Sunset drink: local beach bar of choice
🍽️ Dinner: Lolos or Other

🛶 DAY 2 — PINEL ISLAND (TUESDAY)
Taxi to Cul-de-Sac
Ferry or kayak to Pinel
11:00 AM beach chairs and 2.30 lunch at Karibuni
🏖️ Beach all afternoon
🍽️ Dinner: Grand Case Lolos or casual

🛍️** DAY 3 — MARIGOT (WEDNESDAY**)
Morning: Marigot market
Walk Rue de la République + pastries
Chill town exploring
🍽️ Lunch: local lolo
🌅 Sunset drink: chill beach bar
🍽️ Dinner: Le Pressoir (nice dinner)
🍸 After: Java SXM (cocktail/rum)

🌿 DAY 4 — LOTERIE FARM + MEMENTO (THURSDAY)
Morning and Afternoon: Loterie Farm (swim + jungle pool)
🌅 Sunset drink
🍽️ Dinner: Memento
🍸 After: ?

✈️** DAY 5 — DUTCH SIDE (FRIDAY**)
Maho Beach (planes)
Driftwood drinks
Tortuga lunch
Simpson Bay exploring
🍽️ Dinner: Greenhouse or back to Grand Case

🏖️** DAY 6 — BEACH DAY (SATURDAY**)
Tropics beach chairs (Grand Case)
Swim + chill all day
🌅 Sunset drink: Calmos Café
🍽️ Dinner: Calmos Café
🍸 Optional: Java SXM

🌅 DAY 7 — FLEX DAY (SUNDAY)
Repeat favourite beach or go elsewhere?
Relax / last swim
🌅 Sunset drink: your choice
🍽️ Dinner: Lolos or favourite spot