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Why You Should Not Miss Aruba’s Free City Center Street Car Tour

ORANJESTAD - Aruba’s City cells, which are charged ferent museums, historical list. The third stop on the serves the downtown area
Center Street Car - or as we by the island’s year-round plazas, monuments, the route is close to a 5-minute and ends at Plaza Nicky.
call it in Dutch; “Tram van trade winds. Protestant church, Aruba’s walk to the famous Renais- The first ride starts at 10:00
Oranjestad’ - is a single high- end mall, retail shops, sance Marina showcasing am sharp with intervals of
track tram line in Oranjes- Caya Betico Croes, mostly and a variety of local and luxurious yachts and Aru- 25minutes. The last trolley
tad, the capital city of Aru- referred to as our “main international cuisine restau- ba’s blue waters. departs from the cruise
ba. street” has been devel- rants. port at 5:00 pm. Don’t miss
oped into a pollution-free The “Tram van Oranjestad” this tour of the beautiful
It was inaugurated on 22 pedestrian mall. The dou- The “I love Aruba” trade- starts from a balloon loop Aruba’s City Center – it is
December 2012, being the ble-decker offers you a 360 mark also belongs to that near the Port of Call and free for all!q
first and so far the only pas- degree view of the down
senger rail service on Aruba town area with a picture
and the rest of the Dutch perfect scenery of the is-
Caribbean. There are two land’s clear blue skies. Who
trolleys, a single-deck one would not enjoy a ride on
with 42 seats and a dou- this beautiful and naturally
ble-decker with 64 seats. air-conditioned vehicle?
The line was inspired by the The tour consists of a total
popular battery-powered of 9 stops approximately
streetcar operation at the 200 meters apart from
Grove in Los Angeles, USA. each other; all stops are
Aruba’s streetcars are clearly marked. The tram
powered by hydrogen fuel will bring you close to dif-