Aruba Marriott Resort
Hotel Information: Popular with families and couples, Aruba Marriott Resort and Stellaris Casino features a sizable atrium lobby with marble and warm-wood trim, chandeliers, potted plants, and cushioned seating as well as an expansive courtyard containing cactus gardens, bamboo stands, palm trees, oversized pottery, and teak benches.
Amenity highlights: Furnished with thatched shades, a 100-yard-wide, 60-yard-deep section of Palm Beach fronting the resort slopes down to the turquoise sea. The Aruba Marriott Resort's lagoon-style pool features a rock-grotto waterfall that bends around a pool bar containing a swim-up counter. On the other side of the rock formation is a nine-person free-form spa tub. The pool's sundeck is furnished with cushioned lounge chairs. On the beach are both a windsurfing center and a watersports center.
Insider tip: Connected by a covered walkway to this resort, a companion resort, Marriott's Aruba Ocean Club, offers hotel guests a Balinese-style health spa featuring couples rooms with two-person spa tubs and a private relaxation garden with cushioned lounges.
The Aruba Marriott Resort offers 411 guestrooms in an eight-story, U-shaped building wrapped around a central courtyard. Decor includes sand-colored walls, white ceilings, mustard yellow carpets, and light-colored furniture.
The extra-spacious rooms have patios or balconies, air conditioning, walk-in closets, and high-speed Internet connections (surcharges). Large bathrooms include dual sinks.
Club-level rooms offer complimentary food and beverages in the club lounge, as well as upgraded amenities and services.
Guestrooms feature Marriott’s Revive Collection bedding: 300-thread-count cotton linens with white-and-beige design; down comforter (bedspread) with cotton cover, freshly laundered for each guest; six down pillows, including bolster; and a separate mattress topper.
All rooms are nonsmoking.
Carribean Beach
Island Blue Basketweave Candle
This Carribean-style candle brightens any indoor space with a breezy touch of the tropics! the sky-blue pillar is beautified by an all-around basketweave texture; when set alight, a sumptuous coconut-rum fragrance brings to mind the lazy days and balmy nights of a tropical beach.
Merchant: Gift Warehouse