Fodor's Expert Review Kralendijk

Bonaire's small, tidy capital city (population just over 3,000) is five minutes from the airport. The main drag, J. A. Abraham Boulevard, turns into Kaya Grandi in the center of town. Along it are most of the island's major stores, boutiques, restaurants, cafés, and bars, the post office, and the tourism office. Parallel to it along the waterfront, is Kaya J.N.E. Craane, with a cement promenade along the coast on one side and flanked by restaurants, cafés, little boutiques, and new apartment complexes on the other. Cruise ships dock steps from here. This is where you’ll find historic little Ft. Orange with its cannons aimed squarely at the cruise ships of the South Pier. Smack in the middle is Wilhelmina Park, a public square where the pop-up arts and crafts festivals take place, and where you can find benches and welcome shade thanks to the numerous tall trees. The entire main downtown district is a flat, easily walkable grid.