Baoase: The Luxury Resort That’s Curaçao’s Best-Kept Secret

By: - January 18th, 2018
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Curacao's Baoase Luxury Resort was recently named the number one boutique hotel in the Caribbean in Caribbean Journal's Caribbean Boutique Hotel Awards.

Maybe you know the world of Caribbean hotels.

Maybe you’ve visited the legendary places in the Caribbean: the Eden Rocks, the Round Hills, the Ocean Clubs of the world.

Well, you may not know about this one.

Tucked away on a shoreline in Curaçao is the Baoase Luxury Resort, the 23-unit boutique hotel that’s the best Caribbean hotel you’ve never heard of.

It never ceases to impress, from the chic, Bali-meets-the-Dutch-Caribbean design to an out-of-this-world culinary experience helmed by Chef René Klop.

But it’s in no way a cookie-cutter resort — everything feels unique, creative, inspired. This isn’t like other luxury resorts you’ve tried in the Caribbean.

The rooms are large and marvelous (half of them have private plunge pools), and there’s even a villa set on the property’s own private island just across the protected beach.

baoase luxury resort

But it’s the service that puts it over the top: attentive, knowledgeable and thorough.

It’s the sort of place where turndown service doesn’t just mean a chocolate on the pillow — it means an exhaustive re-cleaning of the entire room.

Baoase is the pinnacle of Caribbean luxury — gourmet and cosmopolitan without losing its Caribbean cool.

See more in the latest CJ video at the top of the page.

For more information, visit Baoase Luxury Resort.

— CJ

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