One day in Willemstad, Curaçao
A day through Willemstad’s best-known sights that lie close together: Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Willemstad, Curaçao synagogue, Queen Emma Bridge, Queen Juliana Bridge, Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad and Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque. 6 stops, about 3.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, WillemstadCathedral · On the map
- Curaçao synagogueSynagogue · 0.9 km on from Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Willemstad · On the map
- Queen Emma BridgeBridge · 0.3 km on from Curaçao synagogue · On the map
- Queen Juliana BridgeBridge · 0.7 km on from Queen Emma Bridge · On the map
- Basilica of St. Anne, WillemstadTemple or shrine · 0.8 km on from Queen Juliana Bridge · On the map
- Omar bin Al-Khattab MosqueMosque · 1.2 km on from Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad · On the map
6 stops, 5.2 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 7 min of walking.
More for Willemstad
- Things to do in Willemstad, Curaçao · 15 places to see, led by Queen Emma Bridge and Curaçao synagogue
Photo credits
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, Willemstad: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0
- Curaçao synagogue: Dolly442, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Queen Emma Bridge: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Queen Juliana Bridge: Hullie, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Basilica of St. Anne, Willemstad: Charles Hoffman, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Omar bin Al-Khattab Mosque: Namlong618, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.