Fantastic Resort!

This hotel has an amazing private beach, fantastic food, Miami -esque pool and located right on top of some great shopping with casino. The food was fantastic and the staff were so friendly and happy. First time visiting Aruba and won't be the last! We were all inclusive. Definitely recommend that option as things are not cheap here.

Great Resort

Great value close to downtown, close to shopping. Airport is 10 min bus ride away. Resort has its own private island short boat ride away. Casino offers $10 free slot play for new members. Nice high end shopping mall on resort.

Such an amazing Honeymoon!

My husband and I had the best honeymoon. The resort was absolutely stunning, the private island was gorgeous, and the staff and food at every restaurant was simply superb!!! We have already decided we will be coming back again soon!!!

Beautiful resort, perfect location

The Renaissance is in the perfect location for us, right in the heart of the city, wide selection of great restaurants all within a short walk. The rental car from Windward Rentals was great, we toured the entire island and took hundreds of pictures both of the traditional touristy type but also of personal interest to us of the local people and surroundings. Although my wife's home is Nassau, we found Aruba to be extremely friendly and welcoming, everyone exercises respectful rules of the road  [... read more]and pedestrians rights of way. We have designated Aruba as our destination vacation spot and especially The Renaissance as our home away from home..

Excellent location

The hotel is situated right downtown. The private island is great. I'm not a fan of the all inclusive process of signing for everything. Don't know why they can't give you a wrist band like any other all inclusive resort does

Renisance

Excellent bar none this was one of the best resorts we've been to . The staff in this resort were excellent we couldn't of asked for more and if we did they would've probably given it to us . Thank you very much we will return.

Expected much more

Rooms were great. Food was ok but definitely thought there would be more a la carte restaurants to choose from. Did not know this was NOT a private resort, meaning randoms and locals were able to use the facilities and restaurants !!! Price was definitely high for what was received. My husband and I definitely expected A LOT more from this resort for what we paid. We were disappointed but still tried to make the best of it. Staff were great!

Great experience!

The Renaissance Aruba is a great hotel. We stayed on the ocean suites side. The room was perfect for out family of four. My only complaint was the shower and water spraying outside of the shower because of the half glass wall. But put some towels on the floor and it's fine. The rest of the room was very comfortable and up to date. We did the all-inclusive plan and it was perfect for us. Easy when traveling with two small kids. We really enjoyed all the fresh fruit and amazing selection of fresh [... read more] fish. If you choose not to do the all inclusive plan, there are so many restaurants within walking distance right outside the resort. But if we went back, we would do the all inclusive plan again! The resort was also quite nice. Our family love the private island. The water super clear and clean. Staff work very hard and are very friendly. Overall you enjoyed your stay. We would return and recommend this hotel to others.

Awesome place to stay. You won't want to miss it!

Excellent place to stay from the rooms to the food. We could not say enough about our staff. The boat launch was so handy and so nice to ride across to the private beach on the island. The wild life on the island was so exciting and we go t so many photos to send to friends. We loved everything about our stay. We won't stay anywhere in Aruba but here from now on!

Excellent bang for your buck

We stayed at the Renaissance Aruba marina side from feb 25 - march 4/15. All inclusive - most of the people we spoke with did not stay with all inclusive package - thank god we did - it would have been quite pricey - i.e. $15 for one large beer and one pop. Definitely great all in price. Renaissance island was gorgeous. Hotel was clean, beds - comfy, room was on the smaller side but still ample space. Food was excellent. We did spend all of our days either at the island or pool on the ocean sui [... read more]tes side of the resort as the music was more current, swim up bar, larger pools and access to ocean only steps from pool. The pool area was lovely on marina side but for us the music and size of pool area wasnt quite what we wanted. I would definitely recommend this resort (but only if you go on an all inclusive package due to prices for food and drink in Aruba are quite high when paying al a carte). We will definitely be going back to this resort next winter.

3rd time - still awesome!

Third trip in 2 years and still love it. The Hotel is great, rooms clean, service terrific, we were all inclusive and food is spectacular. The boat ride and the private island are always one of the highlights - passing by the cruise ships in the morning as you head out to the island - priceless! Can't wait for trip number 4!