This, my friends, is Manchebo Beach. It is located roughly halfway between downtown Oranjestad and Palm Beach (which is where your hotel is). The sand here is soft and wonderful and white and the water is, as you can see, unbelievably green and amazing. I consider this to be the single best beach on the island which is why it made number 2 on the list.
The picture below is actually on the south end of Manchebo looking south to Druif Beach.
If I remember correctly, these two calendar-worthy palm trees are located right here.
I always parked in one of the lots for the Divi Aruba, Manchebo Beach, Casa Del Mar, or Costa Linda. I'm not sure if they have clamped down on parking enforcement (you are going in the busy season...) but nobody ever bothered us back then.
If Manchebo is crowded, or even if it isn't, you can drive just barely north and find a stand of unimproved sandy-looking trees immediately north of the Costa Linda resort. These trees (shown in the photos below) mark the boundary between Manchebo Beach and Eagle Beach. You can park you car in the shade and throw a beach towel down on some pretty prime real estate that, when we were there, was almost always devoid of other tourists. Even if you don't spend a few hours, it's worth a quick photo-op.
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