In a district, close to the lively centre of Willemstad and close to the shore you’ll find a lot of construction workers, working in a jovial and arduous ambiance, all busy with the retention of Pietermaai Smal his history. Pietermaai Smal is because of his unique historic cultural value on UNESCO’s ‘Wereld erfgoedlijst’. Get to know a district where history and future are meeting eachother and be a witness of the renovation of deteriorate Pietermaai Smal, in the centre of the daily ‘city-life’ at Curacao. With a lot of effort from authentic handicraft locals we’re slowly rebuilding and renovating the Pietermaai Smal district.
If you chose PSA as accommodation for your stay on Curacao, you chose for an authentic stay. The 40 ‘Boutique Style Apartments’ are all located in historic cottages and their extensions. Pietermaai Smal is a newly renovated colonial quarter where you can still find parts of Curacao’s history combined with trendy facilities. You could enjoy a nice refreshing shower among walls from the 18th century where you could still find the authentic wall tiles. A stay in the lively Pietermaai Smal will take you back to a time where there was old Dutch architecture matched with the tropical climate: tiny hallways, wooden shutter windows and high ceilings , but also because of the specials details like the chimneys from the open fire ovens and the salt that will always try to find his way out the with salt made coral stone walls. Some of the apartments used to be used as a water spout. Just a few details who will always remember you of Pietermaai his history. It also makes Pietermaai Smal Apartments different than the standard hotel rooms or apartments on the island.
The characteristic and warm ambiance of our newly renovated cottages, makes Pietermaai Smal a loved place for small scale self-employed entrepreneurs, like the apartments of Pietermaai Smal Apartments, Servir Frais his winery, Miles Jazz Café, Mirjam Griffioen her atelier, fashion atelier Padrino and weird and wonderful eatery and café Mundo Bizarro. We will soon open our new restaurant Ginger with a Carib Asian Cuisine.
Pietermaai Smal has a very central location. The historic shopping centre of Willemstad is on walk distance, even as the floating market, the local market ‘Marshe Bieu’ and restaurant ‘de Gouverneur- Rouville’. You rather enjoy a lazy day in the sun? That’s possible! At a five minute walk you’ll find the spectacular sea-view at Oceanclub ‘Saint Tropez’ and on a 5 minute drive distance you’ll find popular beaches like ‘Cabana’ or ‘Mambo beach’.