Suriname

Suriname offers the best in Caribbean travel combined with all the splendor and excitement of Las Vegas. If you’re into glitzy gambling and and the fanfare that accompanies it, the Suriname is tropical retreat made just for you. There’s a 15,000 square foot casino, shows, wedding chapels, amazing shows and Suriname’s version of Elvis. Vegas with a tropical flavor!

Lounge in sprawling Shangri-La type pools with high waterfalls above you.  Feast on Polynesian food at a luau, soothe yourself in therapy pools, or buy trinkets at an Oriental Marketplace.  All this in addition to the beaches, water sports snorkeling, diving, and fishing adds up to a totally exciting and super Caribbean vacation. 

Suriname was owned by the British in the seventeenth century but they traded it with the Dutch for Manhattan.  Quite an investment! 

Suriname does feel just like the real Las Vegas sometimes.  Even the hotel names are the same as you’d find in Vegas.  Happily for Caribbean vacationers, rooms at the Suriname versions of the famous Vegas hotels cost just a fraction of their original counterparts.  The largest and most dazzling of the Vegas-style hotels in Suriname is the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.  This is where you will see a two-storey waterfall and 15,000 square feet of gambling floors. 

The Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino is in the capital city of Paramaribo, as are the other major casino properties and large hotels.  Paramaribo means city of flowers.  If you come to Suriname on vacation, Paramaribo has lots to offer land lubbers besides casinos.  You can tour the Presidential Palace, the Garden of the Palms, or the centuries-old Fort Zeelandia to begin with. 

One of the largest wooden buildings in South America is found in Paramirabo, the cathedral of St. Petrus and Paulus.  Actually, the architecture of Paramirabo is worthy of a tour itself.  There are plenty of examples of remaining Dutch architecture influences around the city, and since it’s set in a tropical location, makes for wonderful travel photographs.

Suriname gained independence in 1975 but ties to Holland remain strong.  You can see this in street names, as well as who they trade with.  The Dutch are the main trading partner of goods from Suriname. 

Less than half a million people live on the island, and most of them live in the capital city.  The interior of the island is jungle, rain forest, and lush tropical wilderness.  Eco tours are pretty wild here, and make a good balance of activity for those who come to gamble and soak up the Vegas-style ambiance in the Caribbean. 

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