VIDEO: The Avila Beach Hotel’s Classic Curaçao Cocktail

By: - January 14th, 2016

You shouldn’t visit Curaçao without tasting the island’s signature spirit, Blue Curaçao.

And you really shouldn’t visit Curaçao without a stay at the Avila Beach Hotel, the island’s hip, always energetic beachfront hotel.

Here’s how to make the hotel’s signature cocktail, the Bon Bini, which, naturally, includes Blue Curaçao. Bartender Fabiola shows us how to do it.

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