A visit to Willemstad, Curaçao, offers a vibrant experience centered on its colorful Dutch colonial architecture, historical sites, and lively cultural scene.
Key attractions include the Queen Emma Pontoon Bridge, which connects the Punda and Otrobanda neighborhoods, districts with their distinctive murals and architecture, and the Kura Hulanda Museum, which explores the transatlantic slave trade. Usually, we would enjoy shopping, but on Sundays, stores are closed.
Pastel-hued buildings decorate the waterfront of this very Dutch Caribbean island. A World Heritage site, the Punda district preserves hundreds of buildings as national monuments, including Fort Amsterdam, the Governor’s Palace, Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, one of the first synagogues in the New World.
