Nassau
The capital city of The Bahamas, Nassau, is located on New Providence Island. Nassau is a shopper’s paradise and home to the world famous Straw Market on Bay Street – a place full of native crafts such as hand-made hats, baskets and mats. Nassau also has a full range of American and European designer shops where you can indulge your every desire for the top brands. Once you are all shopped out, book yourself a tour and explore some of Nassau’s monuments, museums and art galleries.
For those who don’t want to be in the midst of the mayhem of central Nassau, check out Cable Beach and its two miles of shining golden sands. Cable Beach is home to major resorts such as Sandals and Superclubs, to international hotel chains like Wyndham and Sheraton.
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Paradise Island
Paradise Island, joined to Nassau by two road bridges, is where you will find the Atlantis Hotel which was featured in the latest James Bond film, Casino Royale, and has three interconnecting hotel towers surrounded by the world’s biggest waterscapes and lagoons. The resort has 2,317 guest rooms and a new 600 room all-suite luxury hotel named The Cove. Also at the Atlantis you will experience the largest casino in the Caribbean. Other accommodations on Paradise Island include the all-inclusive RIU Resort, the all-inclusive Paradise Island Harbour Resort and the more intimate Best Western Bay View Suites.
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Grand Bahama Island
Grand Bahama Island is the fourth-largest island with the richest range of dazzling beaches and aquamarine blue water so clear you can see the bottom of the sea, top dive sites and activities galore from shark feeding to soft adventure on the east side of the island. The east is famous for its kayaking trips for all ages in the mangroves of the Lucayan National Park. Freeport, the Island’s capital, is the second largest city after Nassau and, like Nassau, has vibrant hotels, shopping and nightlife.
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Abaco
Located at the top of the Bahamian archipelago, the Abacos stretch for 130 miles from Walker’s Cay in the north to the Hole-in-the-Wall in the south. The Abacos are renowned for their excellent marina facilities and sailing events. Deep-sea fishing is also popular in The Abacos along with bonefishing on the shallow, marshy flats to the west of Great Abaco.
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Bimini
Bimini is known as the game fishing capital of the world. Fishing tournaments are held throughout the year. The main hub of activity is North Bimini, where most of the marinas are found near Alice Town. South Bimini is quieter and more sparsely populated.
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Andros
Andros is the largest and least explored of all the islands. With its many blue holes and the third-longest barrier reef, Andros is a diver’s haven.
Here the 2,000 metre deep aquamarine ocean trench is so clear that 50-metre visibility is common on most days and the waters bustle with marine life, including a bunch of incredibly friendly dolphins. Those looking to up the adrenaline ante usually head ‘over the wall’: a 60-metre dive that plummets deep into the big blue. Over the edge, dubbed ‘the Tongue of the Ocean’, are masses of colourful fish, some of the world’s deepest blue holes, spectacular coral gardens and caverns.
The island is an Eden-like paradise with its sun-kissed white sandy beaches, colourful hand printed Androsia fabrics, lush green foliage, wild orchids of every possible colour and firm beliefs in Bush Medicine.
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Eleuthera/Harbour Island
Eleuthera, with its captivating mix of pink sand beaches, old pineapple plantations and picture-postcard colonial villages, is one of the most visited of the Out Islands.
It has become a popular haunt for rock stars, actors, and even royalty, drawn by its air of casual sophistication and relative privacy.
Other visitors are attracted by the island’s excellent fishing, surfing and diving.
At 100 miles long by five mile wide there is plenty of scope for exploring. The hilly interior with its rolling green landscape is bordered by a rugged coastline of dramatic cliffs, secluded coves, beautiful reefs and pastel pink beaches.
The most famous pink beach is at Harbour Island. This tiny island measures just three miles by half a mile and can be reached by water taxi from North Eleuthera or from Nassau via Bahamas Ferries catamaran service.
Harbour Island is a dream destination with picturesque pastel clapboard houses, tiny shops, white picket fences and glorious exotic flowers.
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The Exumas
The Exumas, a sailor’s paradise, are made up of 365 islands and cays, one for every day of the year.
The capital of the Exumas is George Town, a quaint, rustic place with clapboard cottages painted pink, blue and yellow hues. It is family-oriented and so friendly that you will feel like a local by day two.
For in-depth island history, hire a car and explore the historical Loyalist tombs heritage site, which dates back to the 1700s, and visit Rolleville’s slave graveyard on the sea front.
In the heart of the Exuma Cays is the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, a 176-square- mile natural reserve which is home to brilliant coral reefs, exotic marine life and the rare Bahamian iguana – which can grow to over two feet long.
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Cat Island
Home to the highest point in The Islands of the Bahamas, Mount Alvernia, which stands at 206 ft. At its summit is the Hermitage, a tiny monastery shrouded in mystery, built by the hermit Father Jerome, who designed churches and convents throughout the islands. Cat Island, with its miles of stunning pink and white sand beaches, fertile rolling hills, rugged cliffs and world-class diving and fishing, is a perfect getaway for honeymooners and anyone looking to get away from it all.
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San Salvador
San Salvador is the island of Christopher Columbus first landfall in 1492. Today, four separate monuments mark the spot where the legendary explorer came ashore.
This island, twelve miles long by five miles wide has secluded, pristine beaches, an emerald blue sea and thrilling reef and wreck dive sites.
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Long Island
The two contrasting coasts of Long Island make it one of the most scenic hideaways in The Islands of The Bahamas.
Powdery white sand spans the western coast, while on the eastern side dramatic rocky cliffs tumble down into the crashing waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
At 80 miles long by 4 miles wide, Long Island is divided by the Tropic of Cancer and is known for its varied terrain, with sloping hills in the north giving way to stark white flatlands and swamps in the south.
The dazzling white sands and incredible blue waters that surround this island have made these beaches among the best in The Bahamas.
The waters off Long Island are rated as among the clearest in the world, making it a top spot for divers, while bonefishing enthusiasts head for the shallower flats.
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Berry Islands
The 30 islands and 100 tiny cays that make up the Berry Islands offer the ultimate escape for modern day Robinson Crusoes with some of the most private, unspoiled beaches in the world. The Berry Islands’ rich waters offer excellent fishing while divers are attracted by the colourful marine life surrounding the reefs of the Great Bahama Bank on which the islands sit.
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Crooked Island
Crooked Island and neighbouring Acklins Island are probably the most remote of the inhabited Out Islands. Around 200 miles southeast of Nassau, they encircle the Bight of Acklins, a shallow lagoon of sandbars and palm-lined beaches.
Bonefishermen are attracted by the flats while divers head for the 33 miles of coral reef.
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Great Inagua
Great Inagua is the third-largest island in The Bahamas and the most southerly. The terrain is harsh, lending itself to salt production and more than a million tons are produced each year.
The 287 square mile Inagua National Park is home to more than 80,000 flamingos, but the island is famous for several other species of birds.
Just south of the main settlement, Matthew Town, is the island’s lighthouse dating from 1870.
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