Aruba’s Boardwalk Now Has a Beach Club

By: - March 6th, 2017

Aruba’s popular Boardwalk Small Hotel has opened a new beach club area on Palm Beach.

The beach area features beach service including complimentary use of beach palapas, lounge chairs and a shower facility.

The adjacent Ritz-Carlton, Aruba will also be catering to Boardwalk guests with a Segway, offering food and beverage service from their beach huts.

Boardwalk guests can get discounted services, watersports rentals and lockers at the Vela sports center.

Boardwalk was voted the number two best boutique hotel in the Caribbean in last year’s  Caribbean Journal Readers’ Choice awards.

To book a stay at Boardwalk click here.

— CJ

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