Caribbean Room With A View: Curacao’s Sleek Papagayo Hotel

By: - June 15th, 2015

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon
CJ Travel Editor

The Caribbean offers such stunning natural beauty that the smartest hotel designers leave all the heavy lifting to Mother Nature, creating rooms that compliment the natural environment rather than compete with it.

Such is the case at Curacao’s Papagayo Hotel, where the minimalist décor in its 156 rooms – all sleek lines, dark woods and a neutral palette – is a modern frame for the classic island scenes beyond.

Check in to this ocean-view room and the majesty of Jan Thiel Bay is instantly revealed through sliding glass doors. Take a moment to survey its ivory sands. Marvel at the water’s edge infinity pool that’s the centerpiece of Papagayo Beach Club. But as tempting as it might be to linger, don’t delay; put on your swimsuit and experience it for yourself.

Because, nothing — not even this sleek and sophisticated sanctuary — should come between you and the Caribbean.

— CJ

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