Central Boutique Hotel

This is a basic no frills hotel about 2 blocks from the main beach road and near the fancy shopping mall. Only maybe 6 rooms, you have to go up one flight of stairs, but someone carried our luggage up for us. There are no lamps beside the bed or in the bedroom area, which I was surprised that I did rather want one. Plenty of outlets to charge your electronics. It faces onto a parking lot and parking lot is behind. No bodywash, shampoo, conditioner in shower. Hair dryer at front desk. This is a city setting, so all the traffic sounds are nearby. It seems to be a thing to have the noisiest motorcycle in the world and rev and rev it up all day and night. This was true in Curaçao too. The main thing I was concerned about was there was no smoke detector in my room. I just happened to notice that. There was a place for it, but nothing there. Quick easy fix, it was a battery operated one I think, not wired. It is a short ride to airport with no traffic, not sure how it would be with traffic. We left on Sunday. There was a security code to get in after hours. The staff was very friendly and I felt fairly safe there. A good place to be if you are gone most of the time doing other things in Aruba.

The central boutique hotel is not only in a great location, but was affordable compared to other hotels in the area. It is less than a five minute walk to the Renaissance area and there are many different food and shops nearby. The workers were very accommodating and helped us in any way they could Like providing us with an additional pillow and calling a taxi service when needed. Although rooms are small, they have everything you could need when on a vacation.