The Aruba Grand is a nice place, but if you are looking for the "happening resort" this isn't it. It's a very quiet resort. It's so quiet that it reminded me of a retirement home! They aren't as "modern" and fancy as other resorts for example.They have a plain, but huge rectangular pool. It would be great for swimming laps in.Next door to it is the Ramanda and the Wyndham, both of which have great restaurants.Onsite at the Aruba Grand is Unique divers. It's located on the property line between the Grand and the Ramada (or Radisson, they both sound familiar and I can't remember which it actually is....) I know people who have dove with them and like them. Also people really like Dive Aruba that is mentioned in several other replies to your post. Other choices are Pelican, which I used and liked, and Redsail. The big dives there are the Sonesta reefs on the south park of the island and the Antilla, a 400' freighters sunk in 50' of water at the start of World War II by its German crew. You can easily swim through the cargo holds.You should rent a 4x4 and go bouncing down the trails on the north side of the island coast. It's great fun. You can't get lost as the island isn't that big.Get out and eat at the many restaurants the island has. There are some great ones there. Just don't eat every meal at the hotel/resort like you would on some islands.One last bit of advice. Take plenty of sunscreen. The sun there in the southern Caribbean is "intense" and sunscreen at the hotels "aren’t cheap".
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