Wine and Tapas Tasting

Take a break from the ordinary while in Aruba and relax while you tempt your taste buds with a wine tasting experience and learn about international wines.

After arriving to your meeting location, you will be introduced to your English-speaking Aruba wine sommelier. Your wine expert will reveal to you the basics of international wines and their distinctive characteristics in this small and intimate group setting.

You will be provided with a briefing about wine history and the etiquette on how to drink wine as well as the difference in wine pairings. Take this new knowledge home and use it to become an expert on choosing wines for future celebrations or gifting and impress your family and friends.

Your sommelier will guide you through four different international wines, they will explain how the wines vary by selection and you will be delighted with the tapas pairings selected.

Snack on olives, salami, cheeses and chocolates as your taste buds explode with the flavors. You soon will learn the proper wines you should serve with any meal or casual gathering.

Book today for a delightful, delectable, and delicious Aruban hospitality experience.

Upon completion of your wine experience, you will be taken directly back to the pier area and your ship.

Please Note: Guests must be a minimum of 21 years of age to participate.

Curacao City, Hato Caves and Mambo Beach

Your Curacao city tour will begin with a drive to the salt plains and Flamingo Park with a chance to see the beautiful pink flamingos.

Continue to the Hato Caves for a guided tour inside. These caves had a utilitarian purpose during the early days of the slave trade in Curacao; escaped slaves used them as hiding places, and lived in them for months at a time. Even before the arrival of Europeans and slaves, the Amerindian Arawaks used them for shelter, and left behind cave drawings, or petroglyphs, estimated at 1,500 years old. Guides will take you through the caves. They'll point out the apocryphal and fanciful stories behind some of the stalactites and stalagmites; in the eerie lighting, some take on shapes and are called the Pirate's Head, the Sea Tortoise, and the Giant of Jack and the Beanstalk fame.

After your time in the caves you will have approximately 2 hours for swimming and relaxing at a gorgeous beach highly recommended for snorkeling and diving. Almost all Curacao beaches are scattered along the sheltered and calm southwestern coast, where the waters are smooth and crystal clear.

Upon returning back to the pier area you will be provided a drive through city tour in the shopping area of Willemstad. The World Heritage City of Willemstad - Punda, was established in the mid-1600s. Willemstad's covey of structures recall the quaint designs of Amsterdam, with exquisite 17th and 18th century Dutch colonial buildings not to be found anywhere else outside of the Netherlands.