Santa Helena

Santa Helena is a neighborhood in Curaçao. Santa Helena is situated near the neighborhood Welgelegen bij Habaai, as well as near Plantersrust.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Curaçao Museum and Curaçao Medical Center.

Curaçao Museum

Museum

Photo: Lswarte, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Curaçao Museum is an art and cultural history museum in Curaçao. The museum opened on 7 March 1948, and is the oldest museum in Curaçao which still exists. The museum is located in the former military hospital.

Curaçao Medical Center

Hospital

Curaçao Medical Center is the main hospital of Curaçao. It is located in the Otrobanda district of Willemstad, and serves a replacement for the Sint-Elisabeth Hospital.

Curaçao Rif Mangrove Park

Park

Photo: WillemVanA, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Otrobanda and Willemstad.

Otrobanda

Suburb

Photo: Roger W, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Otrobanda is one of the historic quarters of Willemstad, located at the southwest side of the city, in Curaçao, a Lesser Antilles island in the Dutch Caribbean. Otrobanda was founded in 1707, and has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Willemstad

Town

Photo: Ghettocash, CC BY 2.0.

Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean Sea, among the group known as the ABC Islands alongside Aruba and Bonaire. This trio is located near Venezuela, and is considered to be outside the Caribbean's so-called "hurricane zone"; vacations to the island are rarely disrupted by tropical storms. Willemstad is situated 2½ km southeast of Santa Helena.