A ticket to Curaçao takes visitors to an easy-going ambience mixed with fascinating historical attractions and abundant treasures of the sea.

Things to do

Explore Willemstad's historical quarter on a Curaçao city break trolley tour. Travel back in time through narrow backstreets to paved courtyards, leafy plazas, museums and Colonial monuments. Visitors can marvel at Caribbean sea-life at Seaquarium Beach and varicoloured coral and tropical fish on the seabed from a semi-submersible submarine.

Shopping

A flight to Curaçao lets visitors shop in Willemstad's stylish beachwear boutiques and eclectic markets. Visitors with money left over from their Curaçao airline tickets will find discounted designer stores, perfumeries and ceramic outlets.

Restaurants

Exploring the local culinary tradition is a Curaçao holiday highlight on an island where local cuisine derives from over 50 cultures. Take a flight to Curaçao's seafood restaurants, Dutch pancake diners, pizza joints and steak houses, in busy Willemstad. Sugary snacks are just the ticket – Curaçao is renowned for sweet sunchi (meringue "kisses") and nutty Panseiku (praline).

Nightlife

For many, a holiday in Curaçao is all about relaxing over rum cocktails and spending lazy evenings watching the sun go down. If you're feeling more active, there are several dance clubs with international DJs spinning records until late. Alternatively, listen to live steel bands in lively local bars.

When to go

KLM has frequent flights to Curacao. Pick dates for your Curacao airline tickets to catch the best events of the year. Arrive in February for the parading drummers, costumed dancers and cavorting musicians of the Carnival. October's Antillean Day centres on cultural celebrations with folkloric shows and sizzling traditional foods island-wide.