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Nature's treasures are rarely top-of-mind when thinking about Aruba. There are simply too many nightclubs, restaurants, swanky resorts, bars, and other party places to distract most who venture here. As elsewhere in the Caribbean, though, Mother Nature most surely shows off in Aruba.

Of all the amazing things that I'll always remember about my recent summer escape to the Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort in Aruba, it's the absolutely stunning sunsets that stick out the most.

A free resort stay in Aruba is always a good thing. When said resort is the amazing adults-only beachfront wellness Shangri-La that is the Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort... well, in Aruba, it just doesn't get any better.

Though not nearly as wide or stunningly beautiful as Eagle Beach, Baby Beach is still worth checking out when visiting Aruba.

It's a view worth waking early to savor –– amazing Eagle Beach, Aruba as seen from the fourth floor balcony of my room at the Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort.

Eagle Beach, where sits the Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort, was not only the best beach we enjoyed in Aruba, it was also its widest.

The Conchi Natural Pool Aruba hike is a good decision to make as long as your intention is to enjoy the pool more than the average visitor!

I had every intention of behaving myself. Travel with the wife engenders such restraint.

This is the last place where I can truly say I had zero real substantive cares.