Otrobanda Bus Station

Otrobanda Bus Station is a building in Curaçao, which is located on Arubastraat. Otrobanda Bus Station is situated near Inter-Continental University of the Caribbean, as well as near the police station Politie Bureau Otrabanda.

Type: Building
Also known as: “Post Otrobanda”
Address: Arubastraat, Willemstad

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad and Queen Emma Bridge.

Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad

Church

Photo: Charles Hoffman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Basilica of St. Anne is a religious building that functions as Catholic Minor Basilica and at the same time as co-cathedral of the Diocese of Willemstad on the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela, the other being the main cathedral dedicated to Our Lady the Queen of the Holy Rosary of the same city. Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad is situated 130 metres northeast of Otrobanda Bus Station.

Queen Emma Bridge

Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Queen Emma Bridge is a pontoon bridge across St. Anna Bay on Curaçao island in the Dutch Caribbean. It connects the Punda and Otrobanda quarters of the capital city, Willemstad. Queen Emma Bridge is situated 310 metres southeast of Otrobanda Bus Station.

Kurá Hulanda Museum

Museum

Photo: -JvL-, CC BY 2.0.

The Kurá Hulanda Museum is an anthropological museum located in the Kura Hulanda Village district of Willemstad, Curaçao. The museum teaches about the Atlantic slave trade, and African history in the Caribbean, and was opened in April 1999 by Jacob Gelt Dekker. Kurá Hulanda Museum is situated 240 metres east of Otrobanda Bus Station.

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.