Kufanelekile ukuba ICuraçao Igama lisuselwa kwi Intliziyo , Igama lesiPhuthukezi elithi Intliziyo . Kangangeenkulungwane isiqithi seCaribbean yayiliziko lokurhwebelana eYurophu kulo mmandla kunye nendawo yokunyibilika yeDatshi, i-Iberia, uMzantsi Melika, iAfrika, iitropiki, kunye neempembelelo zobuJuda (esinye sezona zakhiwo zidala nezaziwayo kwesi siqithi ngama-400. -itempile endala enesanti UMikva Israel-Emanuel ) . Yenziwa ikoloniyali yiNetherlands emva kokuzimela kwayo isuka eSpeyin ngo-1634, ikomkhulu laseCuraçao, iWillemstad, inenkcubeko eyahlukileyo egcinwe iphila ngokwaziwa kwayo njenge IsiXeko seLifa leMveli le-UNESCO . Kwiminyaka yakutshanje isixeko sikhuthaze imeko yoyilo enomdla kunye nokufikelela kwihlabathi liphela.

Ekuboneni kokuqala uWillemstad ujongeka kancinci njengenguqulelo eyenziwe ngeelekese eAmsterdam. Umjelo ophambili ujikelezwe zizakhiwo eziqaqambileyo ezipinki, mthubi kunye nezeti ezihamba kwisitalato i-Handelskade Isithili sePunda ; umthetho ufuna ukuba zigcinwe kumbala odlamkileyo wombala kwaye ziphinde zipeyintwe rhoqo kwiminyaka emibini. Kufuphi, i Isithili sase-Otrobanda yaziwa ngcono ngeendlela ezininzi zamatye e-cobblestone, ekhumbuza iidolophu zephondo laseDatshi ngenkulungwane ye-17. Ummandla uqulethe iiplaza ezivulekileyo zendlela yaseYurophu, ngakumbi iMarike yokuThengisa, ethengisa iintlanzi ezisandula ukubanjwa kunxweme lwaseVenezuela, iziqhamo kunye nemifuno yalapha, kunye nezobugcisa kunye nobucwebe.

Idibeneyo: Iindawo ekuhlala kuzo iiCuraçao eziBalaseleyo

Eyona nto iphambili ngesi siqithi kukuzinikela kwayo kwiibhayisikile. Kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo esi senzo besibalulekile ekuhlaziyweni kwezakhiwo ezininzi zekoloniyali eziwohlokayo, zizenza iihotele ezintle, iivenkile zokutyela kunye namakhaya. Ngokuqinisekileyo enye yezona ndawo zinomdla kakhulu UPietermaai , ityotyombe elalikade lineminyaka emithandathu lisuka ekubeni lelona liyingozi liye kwisithili esinqwenelekayo. Ngoku likhaya leebhari ezinesitayile, iivenkile zokutyela, imizobo eqaqambileyo esitalatweni, kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezintle, kwaye inomoya apho uMarijke Hoos, ubomi bakhe bonke ICuraçao umhlali kunye nentengiso kunye nomphathi we-PR wePietermaai, uthelekisa iSithili seNew York City seMeatpacking. Ukuhamba kukundwendwela uhlobo lwetropiki lwaseKapa oluqaqambileyo ISithili esiPhezulu seKapa , Kuxutywe nobuhle behlabathi elidala laseNew Orleans. Ummandla unendawo yokutyela yaseNew Orleans, Umhlaba ongaqhelekanga , ebonisa indlu ye-sexy, shabby-chic ye-Rising Sun vibe epheleleyo kunye ne-sofas zokuphakanyiswa kweediliya, izibuko ezibhemayo, imenyu ekhethekileyo ye-cocktail, kunye necobblestone yokutya evulekileyo yokutya. 'AmaDatshi ayathanda ukuba ngaphandle,' uqhula uHoos. 'Iifestile zethu zihlala zivulekile.' Kufuphi, i Iklabhu yaseLwandle iSaint Tropez bubugcisa bobugcisa be-deco. Ngoyilo olucekeceke kwesi siqithi, lwalucingelwe ngokupheleleyo ngumnini uMichel Oliemuller kwaye sisilayi esincinci seIbiza emhlophe eneendonga kwiCaribbean. Ukuqhubela phambili kancinci yi Imayile yeJazz Café , ikhaya kwizona ziqithi zithandwa kakhulu.

Ngaphesheya kwe-Queen Emma Bridge edada ngaphesheya komlambo yiKura Hulanda — omnye umatyotyombe wangaphambili owanikwa ubomi obutsha. Ivuselelwe ngusomashishini waseDatshi uJacob Gelt Dekker ngo-1998 yajika yaba yindawo yokubhenela kunye neyamyuziyam, iKura Hulanda inamagumbi eendwendwe angama-67 apeyintwe ngesandla (ahonjiswe nge-mahogany eqingqiweyo kunye ne-teak), amachibi amabini, iindawo zokutyela ezintlanu, igadi eqingqiweyo enomsebenzi wegcisa lendawo. IHortense Brouwn , kunye nokufakwa ngakumbi kuyilo kunokuba ungangcangcazela incwadi yesikhokelo. Kukwakho nomyuziyam kwindawo equkethe ubugcisa obunqabileyo base-Afrika kunye nembali yesiqithi kunye ne-apos; s imbali yobukhoboka. Ngaphandle kwamasango eKura Hulanda YeRhuluneli , irestyu yaseDatshi-yeCaribbean eyakhiwe ngaphakathi kwindlu yegosa langaphambili. Iifestile ezinkulu zomthi ezijonge emlanjeni zenza imeko entle yangokuhlwa, kodwa isidlo sasemini esilula kwigadi yangaphakathi yamatye alungele umhambi othandanayo.

UKura Hulanda noPietermaai ibingengawo kuphela amabala okufumana ii-makeovers zamva nje. Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-100 Izindlu zelizwe laseCuracao -Ukufakwa kwakhona ngenkulungwane ye-18 neye-19 — kwahlala kushiyiwe okanye kulungisiwe. Kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo ziye zaguqulwa zenziwa iivenkile zokutyela ( Ugqirha ), ii-distilleries ( Chobolob ), neehotele, kubandakanya INgcwele uBarbara Esi sisakhiwo esimbaxa ngoku, esine-haute hacienda-style esihlala enye yeelwandle ezintle kwesi siqithi.

Enye indawo enikwe ukuphakanyiswa kobuso yayingu Ihotele iAvila kunye neBar yeBlues , Elinye lamaziko amadala kwesi siqithi, elingaphakathi lawo lavuselelwa ngo-1996 ngumakhi waseFlorida UDan Duckham . Iphiko layo elidumileyo laseOctagon, elinye lezona zixhobo zibalaseleyo zoyilo kwesi siqithi, lahlaziywa nguMike Koch e Uyilo lwe-IMD malunga nexesha elifanayo, kwaye uPeter Kletzenbauer wahlaziya amagumbi ehotele i-La Belle Alliance kumagumbi e-2012. Imizobo yomculi wasekhaya uJosé Maria Capricorne uhombise iindonga zepropathi.

Esi siqithi sinezinto zokuhombisa ezinqabileyo. Ifumaneka kwi Indawo kaJan Thiel , Ihotele iPapagayo, Irizothi kunye ne-Spa yenye yezona hotele zoyile eCuraçao. Nge-tucked-away, encinci encinci emhlophe ejongene nesiqithi samanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i & apos; ngokwenyani yindawo yokufihla enomhlaba wonke. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ube lundwendwe ukuze wonwabele iiholide okanye iivenkile zokutyela, kubandakanya Ivenkile yokutyela ePapagayo . Ifakwe phakathi kophahla lwengca kunye nemithi yesundu, le ndawo yokutyela intle isebenza kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwiCaribbean lobster — iqebengwana elinebhotolo, ukutya kunye nabazala bayo basemantla — ukudibanisa izitya ezifana ne-Wagyu tenderloin ne-potato mousseline, iharicot verts, i-truffle shavings, ne-Pedro Ximenez. Enye into yokutya kwangaphambili Zest iMeditera Ibha yaselwandle ebonisa ixabiso elikhanyayo lesiGrike kunye neembono zamanzi.

Umphefumlo wokwenene waseCuraçao, nangona kunjalo, ngamagcisa ayo. Ukubona okungakumbi ngomsebenzi wabo, baqesha imoto kwaye baqhubele kuJan Kok, indlu yamasimi yenkulungwane ye-18 ngoku eli likhaya lesitudiyo, igalari, kunye nevenkile yowayekade engu-mhlekazi-opeyintayo Babe sanchez , omnye wabadali ababalaseleyo kwesi siqithi. Ifama yeSanchez yohlobo lwe-pueblo-split-level ranch ikhumbuza uFrida Kahlo Indlu eblue kunye ne-jutting organ cactus kunye ne-eclectic yoyilo lwabantu. UJan Kok unamahemuhemu okuba haunted-kukho ukonwaba okumnandi kwindawo. Hamba ngegadi eqingqiweyo kwaye uya kuziva ngathi unyathele kwiseti yefilimu yaseJodorowsky, njengoko imizobo yesimbo se-tarot ecaleni ecaleni kwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo emikhulu kunaleyo yoomama bomthonyama. Ungandwendwela kwakhona istudiyo se Yubi Kirindongo , Elinye igcisa elizinzileyo kwesi siqithi, apho unokunxibelelana nemisebenzi eyenziwe kwizixhobo ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe njengeplastikhi, iichips zepeyinti kunye neebhampa zemoto. Amanye amagcisa esiqithi afumana ukwamkelwa aquka uAvantia Damberg noHerman Van Bergen, onemisebenzi yabo ungafunda ngayo eCuraçao iphepha lobugcisa elisemthethweni .

Kukwakho neegalari ezininzi kunye neemyuziyam ezingaphoswa, kubandakanya neziko lobugcisa langoku IZiko laseBuena Bista kwaye i UAlma Blou , eyona galari indala inkulu eCuraçao. Inkqubo ye- Landhuis Bloemhof ikwabonelela ngemiboniso, izifundo, kunye neeworkshops zokuyila kwindawo ehlaziyiweyo egcwele ifanitshala ye-antique. Hamba ngephiko ebelihlala izitali kunye noovimba kwaye ungene kwindawo yogcino, ilayibrari, kunye negumbi lokufundela, eyayisakuba sisitudiyo somkroli uMay Henriquez.

Eyaziwa kakhulu ngamabhishi ayo, izilwanyana zasendle kunye nomculo okhulayo, iCuraçao nayo ibonisa indawo yokuyila engaphoswanga. Iiyure nje ezine ukusuka eJFK ukukhutshwa kwendiza entsha yeJetBlue, isiqithi yindawo efanelekileyo kwabo bafuna iholide ekhawulezileyo yetropiki kunye nenkcubeko ecaleni.