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Doongalik Studios
The best gallery for modern Bahamian art.
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Churchill Beach & Fortune Beach
East of Taino Beach, Churchill and Fortune Beaches are equally glorious and even less crowded.
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Treasure Cay Beach
The pin-up girl of the Abacos. Her white sand and turquoise shallows routinely land Top 10 Most Beautiful Beaches lists.
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William’s Town Beach
Also known as Island Seas Beach, this narrow strip of sand just west of Lucaya Beach is known not for its beauty, but for its numerous beach bars.
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Taino Beach
The island’s second most popular beach, this postcard-perfect stretch of white sand has ample parking and a handful of seafood shacks . Drive or take the ferry behind Pelican Bay Hotel.
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Paradise Beach
Another beauty, Paradise Beach curves gently along the northwest shore of the island; it is very lonesome to the west. The resorts have their own facilities, but nonguests pay for privileges.
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Xanadu Beach
Dominated by the decaying Xanadu Resort, where eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes spent the last years of his life holed up, Xanadu Beach is far enough from Port Lucaya to keep the crowds thin, but close enough for an easy afternoon trip.
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Eastern Cemetery
This grassy cemetery holds the remains of pirates and other rascals executed during the past three centuries. The tumbledown tombs are above ground. Behind is the 1802 St Matthews Church. The cemetery to the west of the churchyard also dates back to the 1800s.
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Nassau Public Library
For chills with your historical thrills, stop by this 1797 pink octagon, once a jail. Ask the librarian for the key to the tiny but creepy dungeon underneath the building. The dank walls bear scratches on their surfaces – somber markings of days by prisoners long dead?
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Water Tower
The Water Tower behind tiny Fort Fincastle was erected in 1928 to maintain water pressure on the island. It is 126ft (38.5m) tall and provides a marvellous panoramic view of Nassau. You can walk up the narrow, winding staircase - there are 216 steps (or take the elevator).
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Androsia Ltd
This factory produces the gorgeous batiks sold throughout the Bahamas. Watch workers create fabric with age-old wax techniques, then buy some for yourself at the adjacent outlet. After you cross the bridge, turn east on the first road you see, then right on an unpaved dirt road.
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Uncle Charlie’s Blue Hole
Near Nicholl’s Town, this bottomless blue hole, hidden deep in the pine forest, was made famous by Jacques Cousteau. Today, local kids use a dangling rope swing to splash their way into the hole’s black waters. To get here, follow the signs from Queen’s Hwy and drive down a short d
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Morgan’s Bluff
Morgan’s Bluff is a few miles north of Nicholl’s Town. There’s a nice beach west of the bluff, and an eerie, shipwreck-filled harbor. If you believe local lore, Henry Morgan, the wily Welsh pirate, hid his treasure in a cave – Henry Morgan’s Cave – about 30yd from the road (it’s we
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Prince George Wharf
The historic cruise-ship wharf, north of Rawson Sq and Bay St, is the gateway to Nassau for more than a million visitors a year. The wharf is fronted by bustling Woodes Rogers Walk ; lined with souvenir stalls, fast-food outlets, the Junkanoo Expo (BS$2) with displays of masks and
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Lucayan National Park
This 16-hectare (40-acre) park is Grand Bahamas finest treasure. In the north of the park, trails lead onto a limestone plateau riddled with caves that open to the longest underwater cave system in the world. You can walk along the boardwalks that wind through a mangrove swamp and
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Tahiti Beach
South of Hope Town, follow the road through an upscale residential neighborhood to get to this somewhat hidden path of sand (there are ‘private property’ signs, but this is the only way to get to the beach and the path is regularly used by locals without issue). Though small, its w
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Hatchet Bay Caves
Turn south onto the dirt road near the three old silos to find the mouth to this half-mile-long cave system. You’ll find several chambers bearing charcoal signatures dating back to the mid 19th century. If exploring beyond the first few chambers, you’ll need a flashlight, long pant
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Parliament Square
The area immediately south of Rawson Sqe on Bay St is known as Parliament Sq. On three sides of the square nestle three pink-and-white Georgian neoclassical buildings (1805–1813) that house the offices of the leader of the opposition (on the left), the Assembly House, and the Senat
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Cable Beach
A long, curved white-sand beach and sparkling turquoise sea is linked to downtown Nassau by a 5km (3mi) long stretch of coastline. The beach is named for the undersea telegraphic cable laid from Florida in 1892 that came ashore here. Cable Beachs resorts seem to have derived from t
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Bahamas National Trust
Located in the lovely Retreat garden, this place is a must-see for the botanically inclined. The star of the show was a rare and awesome Ceylonese talipot palm, which expended all its energy in 1986 on a once-in-a-lifetime bloom and died. Other specimens include hardwoods such as m
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