Hello. First, let me say how thrilled I am to have found such a wonderful community and wealth of info on Bonaire.
My husband and I are visiting for the first time in September for our anniversary. Since it is a special occasion and we were able to use FF miles to get our tickets for free, we want to splurge on our accomodations.
Can anyone compare HV with Portofino? From what I can tell, Portofino is much less $$ and the rooms have small kitchens. Portofino seems beautiful from the web photos and for $30 more per day we can have access to the HV beach, club, etc. It still works out to quite a bit less than HV rates so I am wondering how different they really are. Anyone with first hand knowledge or either place?

Thanks in advance.

I just spoke with a travel agent about this very issue. She told me that portofino is super nice, but not on the beach. It is on the same property as harbor village, but you have to walk 4 minutes or so to get to harbour village. For $15 pp per day you get the amenties of HV including the beach. I am also conisdering PF over HV as there is a huge price difference!