The Sonrisa is awesome. It is a brand new hotel as of mid 2007 and is a super place to stay. It is actually nicer than the places right on the ocean. It is near all the restaurants in town and with scooters, Lac Bay (windsurfing) and all the beaches for diving and snorkeling are easily accessible. The owner, Jacqueline, is super and very accommodating. We could have hung out with her all day! She can get you set up with windsurfing at the Windsurf Place in Lac Bay which is by far the best place to be for windsurfing...it has better staff and far better location than Jibe City, which is literally locked in between fences. I booked the Sonrisa through their website and was a bit tenative as it was a new place....but the experience was way beyond my expectations. To boot it has free wi-fi, great salt water pool to stay cool in, cable tv, AC, etc. They will arrange for rental cars, windsurfing, etc for you if you ask!

After 9 days of relaxing at the Sonrisa Apartments Bonaire we went back to our home country Holland. We did really like our room, it did seems to be more expensive compairing with other apartments but it wasn't because there were no extra costs coming over it. The nice breakfast and the swimmingpool is included even the TV with a lot of good channels. The whole building is new and modern. They cleaned the room every day and even the pool twice a week. We even did get the personal mobile nr's from the very friendly employee's so we could always call for free advice and they did make bookings for all kind of restaurants and trips. So I don't have to hesitate where to stay at Bonaire the next time.

I recently spent my honeymoon in Bonaire we originally stayed in a couple other locations before we extended the duration of our stay on Bonaire and found Sonrisa. When we checked into our rooms we literally laughed with happiness it was very clean safe and comfortable. You can tell the owners really thought things through when they built this place it is as turn key as a property comes, they did not cut any corners, from the beds to the lights to the safety features. You would have a hard time finding a cleaner place to stay in Bonaire let alone in the states. Highly recommended!