By Alexander Britell (All photos by CJ)

Curaçao — The sights; the smells; the hum. Willemstad isn’t like many places in the region — it’s a historic but bustling urban area with an energy all its own. Our new Portrait of a City feature offers you a quick look at some of the sights that make this one of the unique capitals of the Caribbean.

Historic Willemstad is Curaçao’s heart, a city that is one of the larger and more architecturally impressive places anywhere in the Caribbean.