Governor’s House

My wife and I have been traveling to Aruba for over 15 years. We always look for somewhere different but most of the time also within a reasonable budget. We found this cozy residence at a reasonable cost. The rooms were clean and comfortable. The pool was fabulous.. nice Palapas to sit underneath outside. Multiple air-conditioning units were ice cold.. The staff was wonderful and very helpful.. In addition it is located in an absolutely beautiful, quiet, peaceful neighborhood in the north section of the island, which added to the experience. If you’re looking for somewhere small, clean, comfortable, and without the big crowds, I would highly recommend Aruba Cunucu residence.

Staff were wonderful

The location is excellent in Palm Beach and near everything you’d want to walk to and outside dinning and shopping. The staff were very friendly and helpful. The pool and beach access locations were great, although the pool chairs were beat up and dirty and the pool area needs some maintenance. The AC worked well in most places. However, the buffet was not very good and overall underwhelming. We’ve stayed at several other all inclusive hotels like Riu and Barcelo properties on other islands and the food here was disappointing. We ended up eating out after the second day but admittedly didn’t try any specialty dining based on what we saw at the buffet. The amenities were also not great. The gym was budget motel level. The pool was missing tiles in areas and the hot tub had a lot of sharp edges from the tile. And for a few days we saw maintenance all day working around the pool. There were a few days where the hotel consistently ran out of towels early in the morning. Our room had issues with the bathroom shower drain not working and the safe failed after the first use, requiring maintenance to drill into it so we could get our contents after day one. We also saw during one day that it rained where several areas in the lower levels of the hotel flooded. For the price, we’d probably try another hotel when we return to Aruba.