Curacao has got to be on every cruisers bucket list. It is probably one of the most beautiful ports we have ever been too ever. This Caribbean Island has it all within walking distance of your cruise ship. The best way to see this is by walking, but if you want to rent a Tuk-tuk or other tour be sure to check out our favorite excursions on ou Viator page linked below.
Thank you Curacao for your hospitality and I can't wait to get back there soon.
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Feels different this time
There's a feeling, if you feel it
Baby, I don't wanna hide
We don't gotta stay friends forever
We could cross that line together
Find love, baby, never say never
After all this time, I just wanna
Take a step in a new direction
I wanna tell you what I failed to mention
We could fly a couple of birds up a feather
We don't gotta stay friends forever
Alright, we're in where, Curacao?
Yes
And we're like in the downtown square right now
We're getting ready to do a complete tour here
You don't wanna miss it
I'm Andrea, I'm a really cool person
And this guy, I saw him walking around
And I want him to be on a camera
Make sure you
Like, subscribe, and click that notification bell
And look at this place
Alright, the pilot just got us here
To Curacao
Look at this place
It's gonna be a complete tour today
It's close to Venezuela
But let me tell you
This is a beautiful little port
And I can't wait to get off this boat
Because there's a lot of cool things here
Let's go
This is what you see when you walk off the ship
Welcome to Curacao
Feel it for yourself
And you get off the ship
Here's where you get the excursions
But we're doing our own tour
To show you the best of Curacao
Oh, and there's a bar right at the cruise ship
When you go back
But this is what Curacao is famous for
It's this blue Curacao liqueur
And plenty of street vendors back in here
Right off of the cruise ship
Let's continue on
Because I'm gonna show you something up here
That is famous here
And tell me this ain't a photo moment
The waves crashing in
This is wet where I'm at
My wife's getting an Instagram, I'm guessing
Check this place out
It's right by the cruise ship
They got benches in the water
And this little bar here
But you may get wet
Which is kind of fun
God, look at these people on the rocks
Why'd you just wanna come over?
These people are just hanging out
By the port
That is so cool
If you wanna sit and relax here by the cruise ship
Maybe you come here
Man, you got some big feet
Alright, we're just following this path right here
Because we wanna get over towards town
Uh-oh, hon
I like to put these on my car
Another straw market on our way over to town
And this path we're taking
It's called the historic three-minute walk
It's a beautiful three-minute walk
Just keep following the path to town
One thing you're gonna notice is
The colors here
And the beauty of this island
This is probably gonna be one of your new favorite places to visit
Alright, I think this is cool
You can rent one of these tuk-tuks right here
By the cruise ship
It's right over here
You can take a city tour
Tuk-tuk rentals
That bar's open right now
Playing the steel drums
Alright, you can see we just keep following this boardwalk here
But here's a little bit of a map to help ya
Look at the beauty of this place
I'm impressed, Curacao
Look at these beautiful palms along here
And hey kids
They got a little bit of a splash park here
You might wanna wear your bathing suits off the ship
Welcome to Rift Fort
Established in 1828 in Curacao
Let's look at this
Look at the size of these walls
Can you tell we're the first ones off the ship once again?
This place will be busy a little bit later
The inside of this fort is incredible
That's all I can say
Look at that old building
I guess that's from the fort days
But now they turned it into a pizzeria
Alright, you find the pizzeria
There's some steps up here
To get a great overlook of Curacao
Alright, this is one of the wonders of the world actually
It is a floating bridge
You can see the little boats there
That this thing's floating on
I think they said there's only a couple
Maybe one or two
And there's one right here
You can see the little boats
This is why you do the walking tour
Because I just saw a bus
And they just drove past it
There's my wife
Taking the perfect Instagram
Look at her camera there
That's just perfect
She's a professional
I'm telling you that
That looks like the Oi Bonita bus
I don't know if that's tours or what
But it's a pretty cool bus
When you get across this bridge
This is what Curacao is famous for
Oh my god, look at that
That is all padlocks
And this is the Queen Emma bridge
It looks like
And you can actually buy locks right here
To put on this big lock thing
This is a lot of locks
Isn't it?
There's a better look at that floating bridge right here
And Curacao behind it
With the world famous houses
Alright, the bridge is moving
They're starting it there
You can see it opening
That one end is going to swing this whole thing around
That whole bridge is moving
There's cars on it
It is opening for a boat
I just don't know where the boat is
There's where it started
But again
There is only, I think, one other one in the world
I did my research correctly
But here comes the boat he's going to let in
Do you see the people that got stuck on the bridge?
There he comes
They're just letting the little one through
I saw big ships come through here earlier
I missed that video though
I wonder if they charge you to do that
Now there was a sign on there that said
When this thing opens
It's about a 10 minute
I'm assuming that's if it's a big ship
And they've got to swing that thing the whole way around
Floating bridge
Do not miss this
This is one of the best things to see here
There's no rail there
Look at the people
I hope they got a hold of that stroller man
Oh my god
It's swinging right in front of us
And there it is
People can get back to their business
This is probably one of the most famous streets in Carousel
Because of the buildings
There's the pier
You want to walk out here
Because that's a great little bar to sit here
And watch this bridge swing around all day
I'm standing on the bridge for this shot
There's my wife
She seems to find every dog
I'll tell you one thing
There's a lot of wild dogs here
Running around
See that's the name of this town
Willemstad or Willemstad?
Oh my god
Beware of these things
An iguana?
Boy, the beautiful buildings along this main road
There's your cruise ship
And this little boat right here is a ferry service
Beautiful architecture here in Carousel
There's a maritime museum here
Not quite open yet
Learn a little bit of a history about here
By going in this museum
Alright, when you see this building
I guess it's called Duane Building
You'll see this bridge
Don't go across the bridge
If you want to see the floating market
Which is up this way
This is why they call it the floating market
These boats are coming from Venezuela
To bring produce in
Each and every day
The freshest stuff is right here
You come around from behind the boats
And this is what you're going to see
This is the stuff that's coming in
Off of the boats
Look at all this stuff
What a photo opportunity
There you can see the boats
Behind here
They brought all this stuff in
You can still see some of this stuff on there
Look at this
This guy's selling fresh seafood right here
Oh my goodness
Fresh snapper?
Nice
Just simply a beautiful market here
And carousel
Just all the way up
Alright, if you walk up past the floating market
You've got another market
This is called, I believe, the old market
But if you like shopping
There's a lot of unique stuff here
What is Dushi?
Look at all the spices they have here
If you're into cooking
Oh, there's Mama Joanna
This place is lined with vendors
If I see a jackfruit, I'm in trouble
Anything you could want at this market
My wife just got her famous tile
I guess it is
But yeah, you've got to come to this old market too
I keep seeing these signs, Dushi
I guess that's a town in carousel
I'm going to have to ask
Bags, all kinds of
They've got spices and stuff
Nuts
A lot of this stuff, I don't know what it is
I know what they are
They are key limes for key lime pie
Hot peppers, potatoes
Oh my gosh, what is this?
It looks like ice
I tell you, if you live here
You can't get any fresh
Because most of this stuff is coming from Venezuela
As you're going to see from these boats down here
That bring them in every day
What did you get, honey?
A cashew cookie
She doesn't know
It's almonds?
No, cashews
Or cashews?
And sugar?
It looks like a sugar cake
Yeah, that's what it tastes like
Sugar cake
All right, outside that market is this place
It's called Plaza View
I can't guarantee you this is where the locals eat
Oh my God, I don't know what that is
But they've got a serious fire going here
Do you see how they're heating this stuff?
That is charcoal
They must have had this thing going like real early
Oh my God
It's got to be 150 degrees right here
And the farther we go up here
They're making different unique stuff on coals
Every one of these little stands
Is getting ready for the lunch crowd
That stuff's cooking away
Oh my God, they must be expecting a crowd
Here's just one of the local supermarkets
I just got to walk in and see what it looks like
Because there ain't no doors
There ain't no refrigeration
It's pretty unique
Just a regular grocery store
But it's just an experience to walk through some of these
And I'm a soda connoisseur
Like I said, I walked in
Busta? I never heard of this
Look at this bread
Oh my goodness
They look like some donuts in there
Arkeshi, which are famous here
But they have cheese
It's breakfast time
I need something sweet
I don't know how much it's going to be
$4.50
$4.50 their money
So that's probably like $3
It's stuffed with guava and cheese
Oh my
It is so fresh
Oh, we're going to just bite this thing
Mmm
You're going to love it because she likes dough
That's guava?
It looks like cherries
That is so fresh
Right across from the market
My wife just went in this store
There's plenty of shopping here
In Curacao, as I'll show you
And you will also find a lot of high-end stores here in Curacao
Like this one
Look at the buildings up that way
And you turn around
And they just go on
Beautiful little town
And very clean actually
Check out this store
All the perfume bottles hanging outside
I guess it's a perfume store
Watch out for flying animals
This must be the town mascots
How you doing guys?
It just seems like every corner you go around
There's more shops
More beauty
More architecture
Best of Curacao
Want to just walk up here and see what's on the end
This little bar back here
This side street
Presidente?
Something like that
Oh man, this area is beautiful
Bebo bon bebe brillant
What's that mean honey?
I tell you, I am just amazed with Curacao
Look at this mural here next to this bar
Hi guys
I'm Andrea
I'm a really cool person
And this guy I saw him walking around
And I wanted to be on a camera
This is Curacao
I work here
So if you come to Curacao
Come to Copacabana
I work there
I'm really cool
I'm awesome to talk to
Yes
Are you guys from the cruise ship?
Of course you are
How's the cruise ship?
Is it good?
It's good
Wife?
I don't know who that is
This stranger
Follow me guys
I met this stranger
Who's following this poor man
Who's just trying to do his job
53
You don't even look a day over 25
Oh that's great
And I have a cool
I don't
Consent to be on camera?
Okay follow me guys
I've got this really cool couple I met
Yeah
What's your name?
I'm Jeff
I'm Joe
Hi
Jeff and Joe
This looks like a sitcom right here
We're fellow cruisers
This is a sitcom right here
Jeff and Joe
Thanks for taking over the channel by the way
What's your
Give me your YouTube channel
Look at all these seating areas
I'm guessing there's a restaurant in here maybe
Live music
Oh look at that little motorcycle
Sweet little ride
Oh look at the lights
I bet this place is really nice at night
Look at this place
Midtown Souvenirs
I just love their sign
There's so many restaurants here
You gotta walk back
Because we almost missed some of this stuff
Right over here is this Curacao sign
I'm gonna get my picture here
And turn around here
You can see my wife is gonna snap me
I don't know what these are
Because they're just everywhere
We're still trying to figure out what Dushi is
I guess it's one of the towns here
Close to Willemstad
And did I say I just love the architecture here
Dushi does actually mean sweet, tasty, or sweetheart
But in Curacao they use it a lot
Because it sums up the philosophy of the island
And they find the sweetness in things
And that sums up their identity in just one word
Check out this eclectic place
This looks really cool
This is called the Santa Ana Restaurant
Special today, lion fish
There's where you get the taxi
And believe it or not
That building right over there
That is a fort
You can't go in it or anything
But just so you know
There's a fort here on the end of this
Alright we're heading back to this ship
You go through this one fort here
But you can see there's a lot more people here
And they've got a band playing
This guy's doing a great job here by the cruise ship
Alright this is where I wanted to wrap my day up
By this bar
My wife got her wine
She got some cheese
And it's watering back here
It's spraying us
It's just fantastic
What a place to sit and relax
But we've got to get back on the ship
Do you see that line over there?
We'll wait here until this place closes
And this bar is called
The Waterside Terrace
I wonder why
Maybe it's the water
What kind is that?
Chardonnay
Cheese
Oh, Gouda
And I don't know how you can come to Curaçao
Without getting their famous
Curaçao blue liquor
That's in a lot of drinks
This is can't be beat
Do you see how close this bar is?
I'm going to do a 180 here
This is the view we're seeing
As we're waiting to get back on the ship
Because we ain't in no rush
Look at this place
There's my wife
Over here they've got little benches
That people can sit on to relax
Before heading back on the ship
I love these little benches
And that's a wrap
I hope you loved the tour of Curaçao
And Dushi?
Yes
We learned something on this trip
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And until next time
Safe travels
Have a great day
See ya
We don't gotta stay friends forever