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Wednesday 22 OctOber 2025

Beautiful areas around Aruba

this beauty you must go to
San Nicolas and drive up the
hill till The Point Lighthouse,
park your car and walk un-
til you reach the east point
coast and go left along the
coastline and good luck go-
ing down the cliff.

Surfside Beach
This beach was very famous
when we were kids and
(Oranjestad)—Aruban born due fear of height. To reach many locals love to swim at
and bred Steve Francees has this beach. After some years
a passion for photography. the locals shifted to the more
Being a local photographer north-west beaches like
he knows the hidden gems Eagle, Boca Catalina and
of this island and captures Arashi but after the govern-
them in an amazing way. ment renovated the whole
Here are some of the most area it got a new facelift
beautiful areas around Aru- and its back as a family
ba. beach and weekends are
just amazing at this area.
The hidden Natural Bridge
Here in Aruba we have three Natural Bridge at
natural bridges and many Blackstone Beach
see this one on thinking that As mentioned, there are
it’s the world famous one but three natural bridges and this
it’s not. The why is easy, its one is in the Arikok National
way too dangerous to go Park. The other two Bridges
down the cliff to reach this you can visit by car but for
beauty and no tour com- this one you must have a 4X4
panies will do that. Some jeep or you will get stuck at
people refuse to go down the Andicuri Beach.q

Aruba to me: Fred & Donna

ORANJESTAD — You are back Last but not least: check out our with natural surroundings. Living
and we would like to portrait you! website, Instagram and Face- in the Northeast, although plenty
By inviting you to send us your book page! Thank you for sup- of beaches, the waters are not
favorite vacation picture while porting our free newspaper, blue and serene. So, to be able
enjoying our Happy Island. we strive to make you a happy to spend time decompressing
reader every day again. watching the waves, being in
Complete the sentence: Aruba For today we received a lovely the water, floating seeing blue
to me is ……. Send your picture message from Fred & Donna skies, feeling the sand between
with that text (including your from Metuchen, New Jersey, USA. our toes, wind in our hair, moves
name and where you are from) They wrote to us saying: “Aruba us to a place of peace like not
to: news@arubatoday.com to us is, ‘Floating on Blue Waters’.” much else. When life is just a grind
and we will publish your vaca- It has been a good 15 plus years and becomes a bit too much for
tion memory. Isn’t that a special that my husband and I first visited the day-to-day tolerance, Aruba
way to keep your best moments Aruba. We try to take some time is a place to let the ocean wash
alive? Please do note: By submit- off each year to celebrate our those cares away, even if only
ting photos, text or any other ma- wedding anniversary. Our most for just a short time.
terials, you give permission to The recent visit, 2024, was for our 36th Also, how could we leave out the
Aruba Today Newspaper, Carib- anniversary. food? Some of the best, hands
bean Speed Printers and any of I LOVE the beach. The day-to- down.
its affiliated companies to use day grind can be overwhelm- Thank you for sending us this
said materials, as well as names, ing and taxing at times, so the wonderful message sharing what
likeness, etc. for promotional pur- beach, to me, is a form of natural Aruba means to you with us and
poses without compensation. relaxation, peace and grounding our readers!q