Occidental Grand Aruba

We have stayed at the Occidental a few times . We stayed their 10 years ago when it was the Allegro and fell in love with the place. The pool is to die for. It is the biggest pool on Palm beach. The hot tub is grand and right in the middle of the pool! Palm beach is absolutely gorgeous! Our college age sons loved all of the activities at the pool in the afternoon. My husband and I just loved the beach! It is the most beautiful beach we have ever been too. The sunsets are to die for! Thats the real reason why we keep coming back to Aruba! Since it has been the Occidental the rooms have all been totally renovated and just gorgeous. The buffet is great for Breakfast and dinner, but the al a cart erestaurants are wonderful. You will never have a bad meal. They also have a beach barbecue once a week that is soo good. I love the casino. I am not a gambler but love to play bingo. Every night at 10:30 they have bing and I won $50 the last time I was there. My husband and I love to just sit in the lobby at the bar and watch the big screen TV. We did it with tons of people the day the president of the US was sworn in. We had a blast and met new friends! I also love all of the little shops at the Occidental. You can pick up anything you need. At night you can go across the street and watch the waterfireworks that are set to music. The staff is amazing! Theyn will help you in any way they can. Make sure you do the All inclusive. It is well worth it! I guarentee that if you book the Occidental Grand you will have a wonderful vacation!!

We traveled to Occidental Grand in 2006 and had a great vacation. We have been to many other all-inclusive resorts but this was by far our favorite. Rooms and grounds were clean, well maintained. Staff was friendly. Food was excellent, especially the Japanese restaurant. There were plenty of choices at the buffet, with variety each day. Beach was nice, white sand, clear water. Would definately recommend this hotel to others!

We chose this resort in Aruba for their all inclusive themed restaurants and we were NOT disappointed! The food and service were excellent. The all inclusive is the way to go.The only problems we had were getting there at meal change when everything was shut down to prepare for dinner and no food was available for an hour and we were starved by the time we did arrive- but there are places to eat a short walk from the hotel. Also the room we booked was not the one we were given. They did however change our room to the one we wanted without a problem .We would definitely go here again and will try other Occidental resorts in other countries.Our favorite was the themed restaurants.

This was my first time in aruba. It was a great time and the service was awsome. There was alot of things to due around the resort.