Bahia Principe Resort Coming to Aruba’s Baby Beach

By: - October 27th, 2014

Above: Baby Beach in Aruba

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Spanish hotel giant Grupo Pinero has announced plans to open a resort on the island of Aruba.

The Luxury Bahia Principe Baby Beach Don Pablo Collection will debut under the Bahia Principe brand, which currently has 18 resorts in its Caribbean portfolio.

The resort will have 950 rooms, with 908 junior suites and 42 suites, along with a theatre, a casino, a gym, a spa, sport courts and several restaurants.

The company said in a release that the property would be located on the Seroe Colorado coast in Aruba’s town of San NIcolas, on Baby Beach.

The property will officially be part of the company’s Don Pablo Collection when it opens in 2016.

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