Five-star Palm Beach, Aruba
The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba
Eight floors on Palm Beach with a balcony to every room, a casino that never closes and the largest spa on the island.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Rooms
- 320, including 55 suites
- Opened
- End of 2013
- Spa
- 13 treatment rooms
- From the airport
- About 7 miles from AUA
The hotel
Dutch gables on Palm Beach.
The Ritz-Carlton opened at the end of 2013 on Palm Beach, on the west coast of Aruba. The outside borrows from the Dutch colonial houses of the island. Inside, the lobby rises through two storeys of glass facing the Caribbean, and the rooms bring in touches of sea aqua and lemon yellow. When it opened, visitaruba.com called it the island's first five-star resort.
There are 320 rooms and suites over eight floors, and every one has a balcony. The whole seventh floor is the Club Level, with its own lounge and concierge. Downstairs, a casino of about 15,000 square feet runs round the clock, and the spa, about the same size, has thirteen treatment rooms and a water circuit. Children have the Ritz Kids club, and one of the two pools is kept for adults.
- Two pools One for families near the beach and one kept for adults, with Madero grill serving lunch between them.
- The spa About 15,000 square feet, thirteen treatment rooms and an indoor water circuit.
- Ritz Kids Full or half days for children aged 4 to 12, with activities drawn from Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures programme.
Rooms & suites
A balcony for every room.
Rooms range from limited sea views to oceanfront, all with a balcony or lanai.
- Rooms Ocean-View and Oceanfront rooms About 51 square metres, with a king bed or two queens.
- Club Club Level rooms The same size, on the seventh floor, with the Club lounge and its five food presentations a day.
- Suite Executive Suite About 103 square metres, with separate living and dining areas and an extra half bathroom.
Dining
Steak, pasta and sushi.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel. No MICHELIN Guide covers Aruba. Shown for information.
- BLT Steak Steakhouse Dinner every night
- Casa Nonna New York Roman and Tuscan Italian Dinner, closed on Mondays
- Noori Sushi Lounge Japanese From the afternoon until 1 am
- Solanio Breakfast Buffet or à la carte
- Madero Pool & Beach Grill Latin American grill Lunch by the pool
- Ritual Coffee Culture Coffee, gelato and pastries From 6:30 am
Recognition
Ratings.
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended, 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 4 pm, check-out by 11 am.
- Children Welcome, with the Ritz Kids club for ages 4 to 12 and a separate pool for adults.
- Pets One pet per room, up to 25 lb, for a fee.
- Dinner on the beach A four-course dinner on the sand, booked at least 48 hours ahead.
Getting there
Flying to Aruba.
Queen Beatrix International is about 7 miles away, some twenty minutes by car. Private jets use the same airport, through its separate general aviation terminal.
- Miami 2 h 45
- New York 4 h 30
- Toronto 5 h 05
- London 10 h 10 long-range jet
- Amsterdam 10 h 40 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How far is The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba from the airport?
- About 7 miles from Queen Beatrix International, around twenty minutes by car.
- Does The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba have an adults-only pool?
- Yes. There are two pools, one for families and one for adults only.
- Is the casino open all night?
- Yes. The casino of about 15,000 square feet stays open round the clock.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Eagle Beach?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Eagle Beach, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Aruba
Other hotels worth the trip.
- The St. Regis Aruba Resort Opened in 2025 with 252 rooms, 52 of them suites, a rooftop restaurant by Akira Back and the first St. Regis casino.
- Boardwalk Boutique Hotel Aruba Forty-nine adults-only casitas in the gardens of an old coconut plantation, run by twin sisters and holding two MICHELIN Keys.
Staying at The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Aruba, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.