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city amenities. Each of the lovely villas is designed in Mediterranean style,
so you may feel as though you're vacationing in rural Italy. Deluxe features
include a modern kitchens with dishwashers, living areas with cable/sat-
ellite TVs and large furnished patios. Guests share centrally-located facil-
ities, such as a landscaped swimming pool, playground, mini-mart, open-
air bar and full-service restaurant. On the nearby beach, you'll find a div-
ing and watersports center, a beach club/disco, sand volleyball courts and
additional restaurants.

THE ROYAL SEA AQUARIUM RESORT
Seaquarium Beach

877-736-4554 (in N. America), 800-502-3838 (in Mexico), 465-6699; fax
465-6689
www.royalresorts.com
28 villas
Families love this resort at the Seaquarium. Each villa has two bedrooms
and two baths, plus Murphy beds so they sleep up to six people. If your
traveling group is smaller, the units can be configured into a suite, sleep-
ing up to four, and a hotel-sized room to accommodate two guests. You can
reserve the entire villa, or just the portion you need. In the full-villa config-
uration, each unit has a full kitchen, a dining area, a living room with an
entertainment center and a patio. On-site amenities include two pools, a
hot tub, an activities center and a restaurant.

West of Willemstad

FLORIS SUITE HOTEL
Piscadera Bay

800-781-1011 (in North America) or 462-6111; fax [phone]
www.florissuitehotel.com
72 suites
$$

Just three miles from the city on lovely
Piscadera Bay, this luxurious, but sur-
prisingly affordable, resort features
junior suites (with a king-size bed and
sofa) and one-bedroom suites (with a
king or two single beds and a queen-
size sleeper sofa in a separate living
area). Each unit has a private patio or
balcony overlooking a lush garden and
free-form swimming pool. A tennis
court is on-site, and guests may play
golf at Blue Bay Golf Club (just 10 min-
utes by car), and enjoy Hook's Hut (the
nearby private beach). The onsite res-
taurant is Sjalotte , an open-kitchen Mediterranean-style eatery located
in a garden setting.