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Thursday 26 June 2025
Don’t miss out on L’Avenue’s Early Bird Special!
you’re craving a bit more of
L’Avenue’s exquisite menu.
And let’s not forget their
wide selection of Belgian
beer and European wine to
complete the tasty experi-
ence!
But that’s not all! L’Avenue
is offering their guests their
Early Bird Special, available
every day from 4pm to 7pm.
Enjoy this affordable and
delectable 3-course meal
special at a comfortable
price of $29.50 per guest,
(Oranjestad)—Up to grab an early dinner af- which includes a selection
ter a day of shopping or cruising? Take ad- of their fine in-house wine. vors, but does not shy away
vantage of L’Avenue’s Early Bird Special, and from offering a flexible menu
experience their innovative twist of tradition- L’Avenue honors and takes for their guests’ needs. That’s
al Belgian cuisine! pride in serving the tradition- right, L’Avenue also offers to
al Belgian and French fla- cater for their guests’ dietary
Located in a cozy nook at The Cove Mall—a restrictions, making sure that
short walking distance from the Holiday Inn each guest gets well taken
and Paseo Herencia, this Belgian and French care of!
bistro offers a delicious and rich menu avail-
able through lunch and dinner from 11am More information
to 10pm. Enjoy your lunch and/or dinner in L’Avenue is situated at The
a cool, air-conditioned interior area of the Cove Mall in Palm Beach
restaurant, accompanied by the warm lights and is open every day from
and chic design that emphasizes the res- 11am to 10pm for lunch and
taurant’s laid-back, yet sophisticated ambi- dinner. To book a reserva-
ence. tion or ask for more informa-
tion, please contact their
Lunch includes a variety of sandwiches— phone line at +297 6996400,
with a healthy selection of bread options— send an e-mail info@lave-
if you’re going for a light meal, but just like nuearuba.com, or visit their
their dinner selection, also includes steak, website at lavenuearuba.
chicken, fish, and even mussels and rabbit if comq
Fun facts about cacti hedges “Trankera
(Oranjestad) - When off-roading Nowadays, trankeras are less com-
in inland Aruba, you may notice mon, and those that still stand
some cacti hedges around vari- are often not maintained. On the
ous properties or lined up by cer- surface this seems like a bad de-
tain pathways. These man-made velopment, however this proved
hedges are called “trankera” and to be beneficial for our flora and
play an important role in maintain- fauna. Naturally developed flora
ing our flora and fauna. around the hedges offers more
shelter for fauna. Another aspect
is the propagation process. When
The trankera dates to colonialism, pruning hedges, flowers and seeds
where settlers established several were removed, which limits propa-
‘cunucu’ (farm) on the island. Peo- gation to a minimum.
ple either used stone walls or tran-
kera as a fence to ward off strang- So, though trankeras don’t play
ers and wild animals that can feed that big of a role in Aruba’s agricul-
on the cunucu vegetation or cat- ture anymore, our environment still
tle. reaps the benefits of these long-
standing natural structures.q
