San Nicolas, Aruba

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The second largest city in Aruba, San Nicolas is a modern development that rose with the island's oil boom. The area has a typical British Caribbean heritage. For years, one of the main reasons that visitors have found their way to this end of the island was to drop in at Charlie's Bar. This bar has become famous since the 1940's when scuba divers began to hang their underwater discoveries on the walls there. It's become a bit of a museum in the decades since!

This city has recognized that Charlie's Bar has brought famous people from around the world to its small town and is just now starting to develop itself into an "alternative" tourist destination. Hotels are being built or renovated to reflect the city's history when seamen from around the world took shore leave to enjoy the local hospitality.

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