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Bonaire: a diver’s paradise

The island of Bonaire is located in the southern Caribbean and is the easternmost of the islands called ABC, i.e. the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. The island is located about 90 kilometers north of the coast of Venezuela. ...

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Sint Eustatius: Fortresses and volcanoes

Sint Eustatius flag

An alternative Caribbean island is the small island of Sint Eustatius called Statia for short. Populated by about 3,000 people, the island is out of the tourist flows that invest a large part of the Caribbean islands. The island was ...

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The climate of Bonaire: when to go to Bonaire

The island of Bonaire has a dry tropical semi-arid hot climate, with constant temperatures throughout the year and with minimal variations between the maximum temperatures and the minimum seasonal temperatures. Even between day and night temperatures vary little. Bonaire receives ...

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Bonaire: salt marshes, cactus and coral reef

The island of Bonaire is today a special municipality in the Dutch Caribbean (Caribisch Nederland) and is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Until 2010, the island was part of the Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen). Bonaire is located north ...

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The climate of Curaçao: when to go to Curaçao

The island of Curaçao has a hot-dry tropical semi-arid climate, characterized by low rainfall, stable temperatures and good weather during most of the year. The climate of the island is typical of tropical savannas with a short wet season and ...

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Curaçao: the largest of the Dutch Caribbean islands

The island of Curaçao is today a constituent nation of the kingdom of the Netherlands. Until 2010, the island was part of the Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen), of which Curaçao is the largest and most populous island (444 sq km). ...

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How to get to Saint Martin. Flights to Saint Martin

Maho Bay, Sint Maarten. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The island of Saint Martin / Sint Maarten has an important international airport which has made it one of the most popular destinations in the Caribbean. The airport is located in the south-western part of the island, in the Dutch ...

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How to get to Aruba. Flights to Aruba

The island of Aruba is connected by flights to the rest of the world thanks to an important international airport, the Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA). This airport, which is the main access point that tourists use to get to ...

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Caribbean with children: the island of Saint Martin

Andrea on the streets of Marigot, Saint Martin. Author and copyright Marco Ramerini

The island of Saint Martin is an island of volcanic nature which is located in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles. Saint Martin has a unique identity: its territory since the 17th century is divided between France and the ...

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The climate of Saint Martin: when to go to Saint Martin

Ilet Pinel, Saint Martin. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The island of Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten has a tropical warm and humid climate, with temperatures undergo only slight variations throughout the year, and which are moderated by constant trade winds blowing from the east and northeast. The temperatures of Saint-Martin remain ...

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Saint Martin: the half French and half Dutch island

Maho Bay, Sint Maarten. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The island of Saint Martin – Sint Maarten (87 sq km) has the particularity of being divided between France and the Netherlands, only the northern part belongs to France for a total of 53 sq km, while the southern part ...

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The climate of the Netherlands Antilles: when to go

CLIMATE OF CURAÇAO AND BONAIRE The two southern and largest islands of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao and Bonaire have a hot-dry and sunny tropical climate all year round, with average temperatures of 27 ° C, mitigated by the constant blowing ...

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Netherlands Antilles: remains of the Dutch colonial empire

The Netherlands Antilles (Nederlandse Antillen) are part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea and are made up of two groups of islands almost 1,000 km apart. The first group, the southern one, is made up of the islands ...

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The climate of Aruba: when to go to Aruba

Aruba is an island characterized by a dry tropical climate with an average annual temperature of 27 ° C, and with little variation throughout the year, temperatures are also mitigated by the constant blowing of  trade winds. January and February are ...

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Aruba: beautiful beaches in the Netherlands Caribbean

Aruba is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located just north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná. This is the westernmost island of the Lesser Antilles. The island, which in the past was part of the Netherlands Antilles, is now ...

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