Trip IdeasFodor's In Focus Bahamas, 1st Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Bahamas!
•Fodor’s In Focus Bahamas features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Bahamas.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Bahamas!
•Fodor’s In Focus Bahamas features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Bahamas.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 5
When to Go ............ 8
The Bahamas
Chapter 1: New Providence Island ............ 9
Around the Island ............ 15
Beaches ............ 32
Where to Eat ............ 33
Where to Stay ............ 42
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 57
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 60
Shopping ............ 66
New Providence Island Essentials ............ 71
Chapter 2: Grand Bahama Island ............ 77
Around the Island ............ 85
Beaches ............ 91
Where to Eat ............ 93
Where to Stay ............ 100
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 107
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 111
Shopping ............ 117
Grand Bahama Island Essentials ............ 120
Chapter 3: Eleuthera ............ 125
Eleuthera Island ............ 128
Eleuthera Essentials ............ 149
Bahamas Essentials ............ 153
Index ............ 186
About Our Writers ............ 192
Close ups
A Playground for Families ............ 23
Bond in the Bahamas ............ 48
Changes at Cable Beach ............ 54
Junkanoo ............ 59
Moving Toward Ecotourism ............ 89
Shaking and Scraping to the Sounds of Bahamian Music ............ 110
Maps
The Bahamas ............ 6—7
Nassau and Paradise Island ............ 18
New Providence Island ............ 28
Where to Eat in New Providence ............ 34
Where to Stay in Nassau and Providence Island ............ 45
Where to Stay in Cable Beach ............ 53
Freeport-Lucaya ............ 87
Grand Bahama Island ............ 92
Where to Eat in Freeport-Lucaya ............ 95
Where to Stay in Freeport-Lucaya ............ 103
Eleuthera ............ 132
When to Go ............ 8
The Bahamas
Chapter 1: New Providence Island ............ 9
Around the Island ............ 15
Beaches ............ 32
Where to Eat ............ 33
Where to Stay ............ 42
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 57
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 60
Shopping ............ 66
New Providence Island Essentials ............ 71
Chapter 2: Grand Bahama Island ............ 77
Around the Island ............ 85
Beaches ............ 91
Where to Eat ............ 93
Where to Stay ............ 100
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 107
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 111
Shopping ............ 117
Grand Bahama Island Essentials ............ 120
Chapter 3: Eleuthera ............ 125
Eleuthera Island ............ 128
Eleuthera Essentials ............ 149
Bahamas Essentials ............ 153
Index ............ 186
About Our Writers ............ 192
Close ups
A Playground for Families ............ 23
Bond in the Bahamas ............ 48
Changes at Cable Beach ............ 54
Junkanoo ............ 59
Moving Toward Ecotourism ............ 89
Shaking and Scraping to the Sounds of Bahamian Music ............ 110
Maps
The Bahamas ............ 6—7
Nassau and Paradise Island ............ 18
New Providence Island ............ 28
Where to Eat in New Providence ............ 34
Where to Stay in Nassau and Providence Island ............ 45
Where to Stay in Cable Beach ............ 53
Freeport-Lucaya ............ 87
Grand Bahama Island ............ 92
Where to Eat in Freeport-Lucaya ............ 95
Where to Stay in Freeport-Lucaya ............ 103
Eleuthera ............ 132
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