Socotoro Hotel Guide - LGBT-Friendly Hotels in Socotoro, Oranjestad

"This trip was our third time to Aruba and first to the Aruba Marriott Stellaris. The Stellaris was outstanding. Cleanliness was great - micro level (bathroom, bedroom, hallways, patio, etc) as well as macro level (beach had zero trash, restaurants, pool area). We felt very comfortable everywhere on the resort. Staff was super helpful and nice. You'll interact with staff on the beach frequently for towels and chairs. They are happy to help and super pleasant. Waiters/waitresses were great. Chamber maids were happy and very helpful. Resort as a whole was beautiful and made our vacation great. You're right on the beach, which you can't say for all Aruba resorts. The casino is small but fun at night. We ate at most of the restaurants, which were very good and honestly, reasonably priced for food. Drinks were very high priced ($17 each) but happy hour made them closer to reasonable ($22 for 2). The beach was beautiful and had about 50 palapas (grass umbrellas). That's certainly not enough palapas for the whole resort so you have to reserve them ahead of time on the Bon Bini app. You can roll the dice and try for the free ones or pay $30 and guarantee one. We did both. Two criticisms we have for the resort - #1 Note that the 'Free Gift' is a couple hundred dollars in heavily restricted vouchers for sitting thru 90 minutes of time share sales pitch. Come on. #2 We were surprised at checkout with ~$400 of 'Resort Fees'. Overall loved the Stellaris!"

"Great location, fantastic beachfront, kids pool with slide and adult pool with cabanas, excellent restaurants all within a 5 minute walk."