Kas di Rusty

Each bedroom has a bathroom of its own, and a sofa bed adds space. Sleeps four.

Bring the dog. Rusty, the house's own, tends to say hello.

A built-in grill and sink out back for dinners outdoors.

A timber-roofed patio with a round table and potted plants.

By car, or under fifteen minutes on foot to the beach and the hotel strip.

Park right outside on the street.

Calm turquoise water, white sand and the high-rise hotel strip, five minutes by car.

A wide, quieter stretch of sand known for its fofoti trees, a short drive south.

Clear, shallow water for snorkelling near the island's northern tip.

The stone lighthouse on the dunes at Aruba's northwest corner, best around sunset.

Wetland ponds behind the hotel strip with a wooden lookout tower for herons and egrets.

Aruba's colourful capital: the harbour, shops and Dutch-Caribbean façades. Buses run there from stops nearby.