We have again thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Limestone Holiday Resort. An excellent location, quite central, but still a quiet, safe area, not far from beaches and restaurants. There is a direct view from the apartment on a Spanish Water marina, a pleasant swimming pool and nice amenities. Service and cleaning are very good and prompt, but above all: Sylvia and her staff. Great and very helpful people. That is so important. There is really no negative comment I can think of. Because of all this we have come back to this resort for another month in paradise. Thank you very much, Sylvia. Au revoir! Rijkwessel and Wijnie

i was lucky enough to get sent to curacao for work. but rather than stay in a big fancy typical hotel, i decided i wanted something more low-key, where i could really get a feel for the island, and most importantly, i didn't want to have to eat out every night. i came across the Limestone Holiday in Spanish Water which is a bunch of little waterside bungalows run by a very friendly couple, Roel and Sylvia - who made my weeklong stay truly excellent. they arranged a taxi for me from the airport and welcomed me at my 1 bedroom bungalow. (see photo!) Spanish Water is just west of the main town, a quiet bay on the south side of the island with lots of fancy houses, marinas, sailboats and beautiful little inlets. At Sarifundi marina you can eat and drink on funky floating docks, and go on a snorkel cruise on a beautiful restored schooner. There's also Pro-Sail Curacao, where you can rent a sunfish or sailboat. the Limestone Holiday Resort is awesome. it's on its own little beach on a small inlet lined with mangroves, across from a little marina. my 1 bedroom apartment was super cheap to rent ($80 a night) and had a separate bedroom with AC, a little front porch, a big clean bathroom, mosquito nets, TV, couch/day bed and a full kitchen. i even had an outside patio with a bbq, couch and chairs and there's a thatch covered patio right on the beach. you can also rent scuba gear and kayaks. Roel and Sylvia and their kids were always around to chat, answer any questions, recommend dive spots, restaurants etc...and for $35 a day i used one of their cars - which i think is much better than renting from some big company. the best part was that when i planned a dive excursion with some friends, Roel let me use a station wagon, which had tons of room for the tanks i rented from the Limestone - which are a steal at $6 each! Curacao is best known for its shore diving. Roel sells a drive and dive map, which has every dive spot in curacao labeled with a number. you load your gear and drive until you see a red and white rock on the side of the road that is labeled with the number of the dive spot on the map, and that's it. gear up and swim out. it's so easy, and so much better than arranging an expensive boat dive. though i would only recommend this for more experienced divers... my other favorite spot was Santa Cruz beach, on the west side of the island. here, we arrived with our scuba gear and paid a water taxi $10 each to bring us out to a dive spot known as the mushroom forest. he left us there for an hour and returned to pick us up, and brought us to the blue cave, where we jumped out and snorkeled around a bit. upon our return, captain eric greeted us at his great little seaside house where we were served some of the freshest and most delicious seafood i had during my entire stay. had a few amstels, watched the sunset on my last night on the island...a perfect end to a perfect trip! so there's curacao, from a traveller, not a tourist. feel free to ask me any questions!

We have been seven times to Curacao, after exploring most of the other Caribbean islands. The beaches and diving are excellent, but where else do you have beautiful architecture? The town is a Unesco World Heritage. It features the oldest functioning synagogue in the Western hemisphere and the services are very welcoming. Skip this review if you insist on an upscale resort, for Limestone Holiday is not (as the price reveals). The last three times we based ourselves in this resort. It is a dream location: seven cottages on a beach. You are on the beach, there is not even a road. There are almost no people, because the beach is private! If something is broke Roel beams a smile and if you remind him, he may fix it. The natural condition is so exceptional that you don't care. In this corner of the Caribbean the dominant wind direction is from the Northeast and the beaches are on the Southwest. So the air warms up a little over land. The exception is due to the fact that this resort is on the Soutwest corner of a big bay. Hence the wind is cool.