Plan your day
How long do you have in San Nicolas?
Four ready-made plans. Every stop is a real place; send the plan to your phone and go.
Main Street on foot
2 hours
Start
ArtisA Gallery
B. v/d Veen Zeppenfeldstraat 6. The mural walk starts here; guided tours leave from the gallery.
+15 min
The Art Walk
Murals on and around Main Street. Look up and down the side streets too.
+1 hour
Coffee or soup
Kulture Cafe (No. 27) for coffee, or Mama Brown’s (No. 89) for a homemade soup.
+1 h 30
A cold one at Charlie’s
Charlie’s Bar, No. 56, since 1941. Open until 6 PM, closed on Sundays.
About 4 hours: beach first, town after
Half day
9:00
Swim at Baby Beach
Shallow, calm water. Stay inside the marked snorkel area: currents are stronger at the lagoon mouth.
11:00
Murals on Main Street
Park in town and walk the Art Walk.
12:00
Caribbean lunch
Jamaican, Trinidadian, Colombian or Aruban. Kamini’s Kitchen is closed on Tuesdays.
13:00
Museum of Industry
Inside the 1939 water tower: phosphate, gold, oil, aloe and tourism. Call ahead: +297 584 7090.
From sunrise at the lighthouse to sunset
Full day
Sunrise
Seroe Colorado lighthouse
Aruba’s southeastern tip. Today’s sunrise is on the home page.
8:30
Baby Beach
Toilets, showers, shade huts and snorkel rental on site.
11:00
The Art Walk
80+ murals in town. Join a guided walk or wander.
12:30
Lunch on Main Street
See Eat & drink for what’s open today.
14:00
Museum of Industry
In the 1939 water tower. Call ahead: +297 584 7090.
16:00
Galleries
ArtisA Gallery (Mon–Sat 9–5) and Space21 on Main Street.
17:30
Charlie’s Bar
Open until 6 PM, closed on Sundays.
Getting here and back from the port
Cruise stop
Bus
From the port
Oranjestad’s main bus station is next to the cruise terminal. Take Arubus L1, L2 or L3 to San Nicolas, then L900 to Baby Beach. $2.60 a ride, $15 day pass.
Car / taxi
About 19 km
San Nicolas is about 19 km (12 miles) southeast of Oranjestad.
In town
Murals and lunch
Two hours on Main Street covers the murals, a lunch and Charlie’s Bar.
Back
Leave time
Give yourself plenty of time to get back to the ship.
Rather go with a guide?
Aruba Mural Tours
Morning tours Wed, Fri and Sat at 9:30 AM; afternoon tours Mon, Tue and Thu at 4:00 PM ($30). With hotel pick-up $45; Morning Tour & Baby Beach $75; the Fin di Luna walk on the last Saturday $15.
Bon bini! Welcome to
Sunrise City
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