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We're going on our honeymoon to Breezes in Nassau in June, 2003. Can anyone give us some advice on other good things to see (not too expensive restaurant, beach, hotel, casino) in Nassau and Paradise Island. Thanks. Ellen F

Take a walk around the Ocean Club on P.I. if you want someplace to look forward to visiting at a later date.<BR>The rooms facing the water (to the north) are the ones to peek in. The older rooms next to the lobby are not especially memorable. The restaurants are pretty expensive, but reasonable for a memorable breakfast is their outdoor restaurant perched above the beach. Mango pancakes, etc. A nice special occasion place. Non-guests are welcome.

Take a jitney bus to South Ocean and go with Stuart's Cove for a snorkeling trip. The Goulding Cays are beautiful; they snorkel there often. You could also contact any dive op in the brochures in the hotel lobby; they all have snorkel excursions. I always enjoy Potter's Cay, underneath the Paradise Island Bridge. Mailboats bringing in produce from the out islands and fishermen coming in with their catch. They make a mean conch salad from a small stand there too. It may be a bit dirty at times, because the islanders illegally dump their garbage in the bins set aside solely for the fishermen. So, cleaned fish parts, etc., are often exposed around the overbrimming dumpsters...welcome to the Bahamian lifestyle! Eat at the Poop Deck about a quarter mile further east from the PI bridge on Bay Street. Great food, but please don't eat any grouper until the populations are re-established. The cracked conch and snapper is great there. Walk around Arawak's Cay, west of downtown Nassau; great Bahamian food stands with Bahamian recipes there. A restaurant I like is Sbarro's in downtown Nassau, part of the chain in the states. Except, they have conch and ocean fresh ocean fish offered on their menu. I enjoy walking through Parliament Square and looking at the British Embassy, octagaonal-shaped historical library which used to be a jail, the Bahamian Senate and Parliament, and Supreme Court buildings...a deep old English style with flamingo pink paint with green shutters. Purchase a pair of good quality snorkel, face mask and flippers and pack them in your suitcase. Your beach, like all beaches, have marine life to see. Just don't snorkel at dusk or in early morning. When you get to Breezes (or the airport) you'll see a newspaper with coupons for all types of activities...pick one up, they list all that's going on on New Providence. You'll have a great time. Robert

Ellen,<BR>Skip tacky touristy Nassau, cancel your reservations at Breezes, and go straight to the Out Islands. They are beautiful.

Ellen; since your already booked into Breezes, here's some additional things to do in Nassau/New Providence: See th Native Show at the Blue Marlin Bahamian Restaurant and Bar on Paradise Island with Calypso Steel Band, fire-eating, limbo, glass eating, etc. with casual dress; take the Powerboat to Exuma, 38 miles one way; take the Flying Cloud catamaran cruise; cruise to Blue Lagoon Island and feed the stingrays and snorkel off the pristine beaches there, but please pass on the Dolphin Encounter; spend a half day at Ardastra Gardens Zoo and Conservation Centre just west of downtown Nassau; take Sea Island Adventures for a snorkel trip to fish plentiful coral reefs, to their private place on an out island, or for their picnic excurion to a private island with a deep Bahamian meal served; spend over a half hour underwater in a personal SUB with Stuart's Cove on South Ocean with a pilot guiding you in another SUB...just some more thoughts. Robert