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Aruba
Triplandio Aruba guide covers 4 travel guides with 1 city across 16 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in Aruba with 42 POI, spanning 66.7 km in total. Get inspired by 9 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Aruba
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Aruba
Tourists
2.0M/y
GDP/cap
$38.6k
Life Exp
76.5 yrs
Population
108.8K
Currency
AWG ƒ
Language
Papiamento
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Aruba
Side
Vegetarian
Pan Bati
Pahn Bah-tee
· Aruban Pancake
A thick pancake, often served as a side or snack.
Open Pan Bati recipe
Drink
Vegan
Aruba Ariba
AH-roo-bah ah-REE-bah
· Rum Cocktail
A tropical rum-based cocktail
Open Aruba Ariba recipe🥩
Main course
Meat
Cabrito Stoba
cah-BREE-to STOE-bah
· Goat Stew
A hearty slow-cooked goat stew
Open Cabrito Stoba recipe
Side
Vegetarian
Funchi
Fun-chee
· Cornmeal Porridge
A creamy porridge made from cornmeal, often served as a side.
Open Funchi recipe🥩
Soup
Meat
Sopi Mondongo
SO-pee mon-DON-go
· Tripe Soup
A hearty soup made with tripe
Open Sopi Mondongo recipe
Main course
Meat
Keshi Yena
Keh-shee Yeh-nah
· Stuffed Cheese Shell
A large, hollowed-out cheese stuffed with spiced meat and baked.
Open Keshi Yena recipe🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Pisca Cora
Pee-skah Koh-rah
· Fried Red Snapper
Crispy fried red snapper fish, a seafood delicacy.
Open Pisca Cora recipe
Snack
Meat
Pastechi
PAS-teh-chee
· Fried Pastry
A deep-fried pastry with fillings
Open Pastechi recipe🥩
Main course
Meat
Keshi Kashi
KEH-shee KAH-shee
· Cheese Crust Pie
A baked dish with a cheesy crust
Open Keshi Kashi recipe