Guide to Curacao
Must See Curacao
- Christoffel National Park
- Jewish Cultural-Historical Museum
- Museum Kura Hulanda
- Playa Kalki
- Willemstad
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At a glance
Curaçao's beaches may be nubbled with coral or strewn with imported grains and the local liqueur may be a first rate gut-rot, but it more than makes up for these niggles with high comfort levels, guaranteed balminess and a friendliness that constantly threatens to bubble over into a party.
Fast Facts
- Full name:
- Curaçao
- Area:
- 171 sq km / 67 sq miles
- Population:
- 170,000
- Time Zone:
- GMT/UTC -4 (Greenwich Mean Time)
- Language:
- Dutch (official)
Papiamento (other)
English (other)
Spanish; Castilian (other)
- Religion:
- Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and Jewish
- Currency:
- Netherlands Antilles Guilder
- Electricity:
- 110-130V 50Hz
- Electric plug details:
- European plug with two circular metal pins
- American-style plug with two perpendicular flat blades above a circular grounding pin
- American-style plug with two perpendicular flat blades above a circular grounding pin