First of all, we were assigned a penthouse for our weeklong stay. We were treated with royalty fromt he time we arrived until the day we left. Towel service was awesome as we required and received tons of towels for each day of our stay. We had 3 restrooms, 2 balconies, a full living room, diningroom and kitchen with a 2 bedroom unit that sleeps about 7 or 8. The weather was beautiful as well as Baby Beach, downtown, the Saturday/Sunday Market Place. I will visit again and very soon! Resorts generally are not that clean because guests are in and out which does not provide staff enough time to complete a thorough cleaning. If you want daily service, you must pay for it.

Our room was newly decorated. It was very nice and well equipped. The place was quiet. The staff is very friendly. However that being said, their follow through on requests was horrible. A small example was the request for extra wash cloths. The house keeper told me she didn't have any extra but would bring them to the room later. We paid for their wireless connection but could not obtain out in our room. We had to go outside across from our room and place the laptop on the top of a garbage can. You will need to either rent a car or take the public bus to get to the hi rise section of the island or downtown. We have been to Aruba a few times before. This resort would not be put first choice.

We chose Divi Village Golf and Beach Resort as part of an RCI exchange. I am so happy we were at the Golf and Beach Resort because it was fairly new. Our condo was in the Divi Village Golf and Beach Resort Residences on the second floor, end unit overlooking the pool and the last golf hole with the ocean within view. I'm sorry I don't remember the unit number but the model was a 1 Bedroom A floor plan. It was well furnished and in pretty good shape, very clean with great housekeeping. I loved sitting on the balcony which was a corner balcony with a view to the west. We could watch the sunset over the ocean. Beautiful!

I would much rather stay where we did than at Dutch Village or Phoenix. Dutch Village is older but on the beach. I didn't mind walking across the road to be on the beach because I'd rather have a new, beautiful place to stay. The Phoenix is further toward the high-rise section of the island and the beach is narrow and crowded where as the beach for Dutch Village and Golf Resort is wide, uncrowded, white sand and clear BEAUTIFUL water.

We really enjoyed the eating at Mulligans for breakfast and lunch occasionally. Food was great and so was the service. We did NOT take the all inclusive meal plan because we have found that it actually costs us more plus meal plans are too inflexible for us. We did eat dinner at Windows on Aruba and it was very good but very pricey. We also at a few meals at Sea Breeze Cafe and it was also good and a bit cheaper.

All the staff was very friendly and helpful. Something I found, though, on Aruba was how different the people are compared to Mexico and other Caribbean islands. They are not pushy at all. We never had anyone on the beach trying to sell us anything. This was so refreshing and even kind of odd feeling in a good way. Since this is a time share resort and we were there on RCI an exchange it was amazing how we were invited to attend their welcome party but that was it. Nobody every bothered us about buying more, etc.

One day we did walk from the Divi Golf and Beach to nearest grocery store. Since it wasn't too far a walk we decided to go on and walk to the downtown of Oranjestad. That was a long walk! We enjoyed it though even if my feet were killing me. We walked back as far as the grocery store and then took a cab back to the resort. Since we had a great kitchen we bought turkey, cheese, bread, Balashi (a great local beer), juice, etc. This did help us save some money. We then would take a fabric cooler to the pool, the beach, or in the car we rented for the day.

We rented a small car for one day which was long enough to drive to Baby Beach, the other side of the island and to the high rise end and the light house.

Suggestions: Baby Beach was just ok. I was actually a bit disappointed in the snorkeling and the sand. I would have preferred to have spent snorkel time at one of the beaches past the high rise area. It looked gorgeous.

Take a insulated fabric cooler with you, go to the grocery store to get snacks, food and drinks. It's very expensive at the restaurants. It was fun to drive to the different beaches and have a picnic.

I usually choose a day or two to do all my shopping for gifts, etc. The day I chose was Jewish holiday and most of the shops in the high rise area were closed. I did not expect this. I'm not sure if the shops in Oranjestad were also closed but plan accordingly.

Eat dinner one night on one of the pier restaurants in the high rise section. Beautiful sunsets!

This property has been hard at working updating the rooms and amenities! They have added a beautiful golf course! There are 4 pools! ( One with a slide and bar) They have wonderful beach chairs and plenty of umbrellas at all the pools. More beach huts have been added to the beach area and there are plenty of chairs. There is a hair and nail salon within the Divi family of hotels and a great message area. They are on the beach. They rent kayaks and other water equipment. There is a climbing area. Divi village has added 2 more great restaurants. Window on Aruba has an amazing view of the beach and the gold area. Mulligan’s is less formal and has great views. Both restaurants serve great food and work hard to provide multi lingual service. The waiters can speak Spanish, Dutch, and English without any problems. This property has built a beautiful new welcome center with an ice cream /coffee bar. They have also opened a small shop for last minute essentials. It is a wonder gem that is working hard to provide great service. It is work a visit!