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Kralendijk. Several shops are housed at Harbourside Shopping Mall, on
Kaya Crane, the waterfront road.
717-5162.
Most in-town stores are open Monday-Saturday, 8 am-noon and 2-6 pm.
US dollars or Antillean guilders may be used for all purchases, and credit
cards are widely accepted.
TIP:
If you need cash, there's an ATM at the ABN-
AMRO Bank at Harbourside Mall. Pick up a copy of
Bonaire Affair or Bonaire Nights for discount cou-
pons and information on new stores.
Inside Harbourside Mall, look for:
The Perfume Palace
(
717-5288);
Boutique Gina
(
717-2923), featuring beachwear for women;
Bahia
(
717-7210), selling a variety of upscale clothing and gifts for men and
women;
Littman's
(
717-
7578), a cheerful shop with colorful clothes, bags, towels, and souvenirs.
Other Littman's stores are located at Kaya Grandi 35 and at the Plaza
Resort.
Sea-life jewelry is the featured item at
Atlantis
(
717-8160), a luxury jewelry store;
ByeBye
(
717-7730) on Kaya
Grandi 32B. Also, gold is sold by weight and there's a fine selection of silver
jewelry, watches, and crystal. Marine subjects dominate the gift items,
home decorations, and children's things at
Best Buddies
(
717-7570),
next door at Kaya Grandi 32.
Best Buddies at the Beach
(
717-8285) is
located on the grounds of the Divi Flamingo Resort and carries tropical
clothing for the whole family, sea-theme jewelry, and mini-market goodies.
It's open every day.
TIP:
Valerie's Airport Shop
(
717-5324) stocks
T-shirts, chocolates, and souvenirs. This is the place
to spend your remaining guilders before you board
the plane for home.
Maharaj Gifthouse
, #21 Kaya Grande (
717-4402) is an exquisite little
shop with an impressive selection of Dutch Delft porcelain, crystal, and
jewelry. It's one of the most charming stores on the island.
For island fashions, head to
Kaya Grandi
, behind City Café, where three
brightly painted shops sell batik-fabric dresses, T-shirts, shorts, and hats.
Chez Claudette
(
717-8571), at #14, has items hanging outside, and
you will be tempted by colorful $18 dresses and $9 skirts.
Island Fash-
ions
(
717-7565), across the street at #5 in an historic house, has a large
selection of locally made gift items, as well as batik clothing, T-shirts,
unusual island jewelry.
Boutique Vita
(
717-8438), at #16, has an ador-
able life-size island-woman doll sitting in a rocker on the porch. When you
stop to admire her, you'll be drawn to the well-priced clothes hanging
nearby. The wrap skirts are terrific swimsuit coverups.
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