|
||
|
|
||
|
|
• Explore the capital of The Bahamas, Nassau, on New Providence Island. See 18th-century forts and pastel-coloured Georgian architecture, then discover Bahamian history and culture at the Pompey Museum or the Junkanoo Museum.
• Gaze out at pristine beaches: among the best are Cable Beach on New Providence Island, the beautiful white beaches of Paradise Island and the pale pink sands of Harbour Island.
• Visit Grand Bahama Island: Freeport and Lucaya boast lavish resorts, shops, clubs and casinos; in contrast, Lucayan National Park hides the world's largest underwater cave system, while the Garden of the Groves has exotic flowers, waterfalls and colourful birds.
• Be captivated by Eleuthera: the most famous of the Out Islands is characterised by colonial villages and pineapple plantations, pink sandy beaches, chic restaurants and good but not frenetic nightlife.
• Set eyes upon the world's third-longest coral barrier reef on Andros, amongst the Out Islands. Andros is laced with creeks and densely forested inland, with a largely untouched and natural interior, and is home to over 100 species of bird.
• On Cat Island, stare up at 60m (200ft) cliffs (a rare height for The Bahamas), then look around at dense natural forest and pre-Columbian Arawak Indian caves. On Mount Alvernia, The Bahamas' highest point, is a tiny monastery, the Hermitage.
• Peer into Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest around at 183m (600 feet) into the ocean floor just off Long Island. Long Island certainly lives up to its name, being 130km (80 miles) long but rarely more than 6km (4 miles) wide.
• Follow in the footsteps of Hemingway on the island of Bimini. The author used to live in Alice Town in Blue Marlin Cottage, and mementos of his life can be seen in the local museum.
• See Columbus' first landing place in the New World near Cockburn Town on San Salvador.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Gaze out at pristine beaches: among the best are Cable Beach on New Providence Island, the beautiful white beaches of Paradise Island and the pale pink sands of Harbour Island.
• Visit Grand Bahama Island: Freeport and Lucaya boast lavish resorts, shops, clubs and casinos; in contrast, Lucayan National Park hides the world's largest underwater cave system, while the Garden of the Groves has exotic flowers, waterfalls and colourful birds.
• Be captivated by Eleuthera: the most famous of the Out Islands is characterised by colonial villages and pineapple plantations, pink sandy beaches, chic restaurants and good but not frenetic nightlife.
• Set eyes upon the world's third-longest coral barrier reef on Andros, amongst the Out Islands. Andros is laced with creeks and densely forested inland, with a largely untouched and natural interior, and is home to over 100 species of bird.
• On Cat Island, stare up at 60m (200ft) cliffs (a rare height for The Bahamas), then look around at dense natural forest and pre-Columbian Arawak Indian caves. On Mount Alvernia, The Bahamas' highest point, is a tiny monastery, the Hermitage.
• Peer into Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest around at 183m (600 feet) into the ocean floor just off Long Island. Long Island certainly lives up to its name, being 130km (80 miles) long but rarely more than 6km (4 miles) wide.
• Follow in the footsteps of Hemingway on the island of Bimini. The author used to live in Alice Town in Blue Marlin Cottage, and mementos of his life can be seen in the local museum.
• See Columbus' first landing place in the New World near Cockburn Town on San Salvador.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.