Down to two?

Two hotels, side by side.

Pick any two of the 14 Aruba hotels we have reviewed. You get Agoda's price for the same week at both, their guest ratings on Google, the official taxi fares, how far apart they stand, and what our reviews say about each.

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14 hotels we have reviewed. Every pairing has its own page.

The 14 hotels, where they stand on the west coast.

Pairings people weigh most

Grouped by the kind of trip. The order inside a group is not a ranking, and no page names an overall winner: the right hotel depends on who is traveling.

Palm Beach, full service

The big resorts on the high-rise strip.

All-inclusive

One wristband, or the option of one.

Adults only and boutique

Small, quiet, built for two.

Neighbours and cross-shopping

Different kinds of hotel that end up on the same shortlist.

What goes into every comparison

Price: the lowest nightly rate Agoda's live feed lists for two adults, read in one call for the same week at both hotels and dated on the page. A hotel the feed does not return shows no number rather than a guess.
Guest rating: Google's, for the hotel's own listing, with the review count and the date we read it.
Taxi fares: the Government of Aruba's official tariff. Cabs have no meters, so the fare to each hotel is a fixed figure. How the fares work.
Board, age policy, size: only what our own review of that hotel states, each fact tied to the sentence it came from. If a review does not cover it, the cell says so.
Verdicts: ours, from the reviews, which are a local team's assessments and never claimed stays. Start with the best hotels in Aruba if you are not down to two yet, or see every hotel on the map.