Del Rey Apartments

This must have been a joke. This place bills itself as quiet. I didn't get sleep for 3 nights. The neighbors were so rude and noisy. The walls are paper thin. I asked if there was security. I got a grunt. Guess not. The walkway to my apt is all broken up. Very dangerous. I asked to buy water. No water available. I live on the island. I stayed at 50 places. This was the worse. Anyone who says this is a great place has never stayed at an even good place. Never again and neither will my 50,000 followers.

First, I would like to acknowledge that the staff were very helpful. Beau is very knowledgeable about Aruba, and let me have a late checkout. There's also an older couple that run the place, and the man let me borrow his charging cable. The pool is also nice, and the air conditioning works. But, that's about as far as it goes for positives. This apartment complex is very very old, and it shows. To give you an idea, the locks on the doors use the traditional metal key, rather than a plastic electronic key. Between the peeling paint, rust, and everything else that indicates wear and tear, this is not the kind of property that you would want to take a nice date. But, that wasn't the real problem. The real issues were as follows: The location is perilous. There's only about 1 restaurant within walking distance, and a Chinese mini market. The road heading to these locations is filled with dangerous dogs, who growl, bark, snarl, and snap at anyone passing by. Thankfully most of them are behind fences or walls at these houses, otherwise I would probably have some bite marks at best. Everything else is over 2 miles away, which is way too far to walk given the searing heat of the island. Then there's the exceedingly loud noise. This place is next door to some kind of chicken coop. There are roosters and hens constantly crowing and squawking at all hours of the night, making it very difficult to sleep. I don't know why the island regulators would allow someone to build a chicken coop right next to a residence where people are living. Not healthy! Also, the stupid local hoodlums deliberately race and backfire their motorcycles at 3 o'clock in the morning as well, waking you up in addition to the chicken and dog sounds. After taxes and fees it was over $100 a night to stay here. That's no where close to the amount of value provided. No breakfast or food of any kind to be found on the property, and if you want house cleaning, it's every other day. I personally would not return unless there were some major changes. But, if you plan on staying up all night, and have a rental car, I suppose it could be worth it as a much lower price, depending on your preference.