An independent guide to Curaçao, built from the sources
Curaçao 365 is a guide to Willemstad, the leeward beaches, shore diving and Klein Curaçao, written by two editors from official and operator sources.
How this guide began
Curaçao 365 began with a simple idea: an island with calm leeward beaches, reefs you can reach from the shore and a UNESCO-listed capital deserves a guide that helps you find the right spot. It covers Curaçao from the painted gables of Willemstad to the coves of Bandabou, for travelers who want more than a single resort pool.
The island gives you an unusual amount to explore for its size. There is the UNESCO-listed historic area of Willemstad, with Punda, Otrobanda, the Handelskade waterfront and the Queen Emma floating bridge, the calm clear water and easy entries of Cas Abao and Playa Kenepa, the wild surf-battered north coast, and day trips out to uninhabited Klein Curaçao. This guide covers all of it, not only the cruise terminal and Mambo Beach.
The guides here are written and edited by Alex Borshch and kept current by Iryna T., the network’s roving editor. From beaches and dive sites to the colorful streets of Pietermaai, the flamingos at Jan Kok, and the bright-blue Curaçao liqueur, we aim to help you plan a trip that fits how you actually want to travel.
Curaçao 365 is part of the Travel Media 365 family of island guides. The sites share two editors and one set of editorial standards, and every page on this one is about Curaçao.
A trusted companion, 365 days a year
Curaçao 365 exists to give travelers information about Curaçao's beaches, dive sites, towns and practicalities that they can check, in any month of the year. We aim to:
- Give entry rules, bus fares and beach fees for Curaçao with their source and the date they were checked
- Cover the Bandabou coves and Westpunt alongside Willemstad and the resort coast at Jan Thiel
- Explain local context accurately: the three official languages (Dutch, Papiamentu and English), Willemstad's UNESCO-listed center and the rules that protect reefs and sea turtles
- Keep safety information current: the emergency numbers 911, 912 and 913 and the government travel advisories
- Be useful to a first-time visitor choosing a base and to a returning diver looking for a new shore entry
When a fact here is wrong or out of date, we would rather correct the page than defend it. Use the contact form to tell us.
How this guide is made
Curaçao 365 is researched from named sources rather than from residence on the island: the Curaçao Tourist Board, the Meteorological Department Curaçao, government travel advisories and the fee pages that beach and bus operators publish. Where a price or rule is quoted, we aim to give the date it was checked.
Sources first
Pages start from official and primary sources: government and tourism pages, airports, transport operators and the venues themselves.
Drafted with AI, edited by a person
AI is used for first drafts and for source checks. Alex Borshch edits the guides and decides what is published.
Checked and dated
On a checked page, AI-based reviews compare the facts with their sources, and the page shows the date of that check.
As of 30 September 2026, 119 pages of Curaçao 365 have been through that check.
Want the detail on who writes this and how the checking works? Read our editorial standards and see the fact-check record.
Let's build something together
Run a dive shop, beach or restaurant in Curaçao and see something wrong on its page? Know the island well enough to correct us? Messages sent through the contact form reach the editor.