Bahamas, seven days for one or two islands
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Free time, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Nassau ?
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Detail of the stay : Bahamas, seven days for one or two islands
How to get there - Nassau
Arrival/rest
Steps: Nassau
Arrival at Nassau airport. Transfer to the Compass Point hotel and afternoon/relax in this small corner of Paradise. 6 hour time gap with Paris.
Nassau, capital of paradise
Steps: Nassau
Transfer by bus to downtown Nassau. Ride in a horse-drawn carriage through the colonial city. Visit theHeritage Museum and the Graycliff Cigar Factory, then the National Art Gallery and the small Junkanoo Carnival Education Center nearby. A must-see stroll to the Straw Marketthe basketry market and along the famous Bay Street. A charming detour to the Balcony House, the oldest house in town, and depending on how much time you have left, don't forget the Slavery and Emancipation Museum and the Pirates of Nassau Museum. Dinner option if you fall on a Friday: the fish fry on Arawak Cay, with its colorful restaurants facing Fort Charlotte; atmosphere guaranteed!
Places of interest : FORT CHARLOTTE POMPEY MUSEUM OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION PIRATES OF NASSAU BALCONY HOUSE MUSEUM NATIONAL ART GALLERY STRAW MARKET FABRIQUE DE CIGARES GRAYCLIFF HERITAGE MUSEUM OF THE BAHAMAS EDUCULTURE JUNKANOO MUSEUM & RESOURCE CENTRE
Visit to Paradise Island
Steps: Exuma Cays Land And Sea Park
Transfer by bus to downtown Nassau, then by water cab to Paradise Island. Take advantage of the dynamic speach on board to learn more about the island, and especially to taste the jovial atmosphere of the place. Morning at the Dolphin Encounters, where children's dreams come true as you meet dolphins or sea lions... In the afternoon, stroll and store in the various stores of the marina... Be careful with your wallet! Other option: day trip from Paradise Island. By speedboat, discover the Exumas Cays, wild islands like Robinson Crusoe, with deserted beaches or inhabited by iguanas and pigs (very good swimmers!). Return to the hotel at the end of the day.
Places of interest : DOLPHIN ENCOUNTERS
Fired to Long Island
Steps: Stella Maris
Early morning departure for Long Island: plan to arrive at the airport 2 hours before takeoff. Arrival in Long Island - Stella Maris or Deadman's Cay depending on the drop point chosen: in the north, a favourite for the Cape Santa Maria hotel and its superb fine sandy beach; in the centre, if you prefer more isolation, head for the Greenwich Creek Lodge.
Places of interest : CAPE SANTA MARIA
Return to Long Island
Steps: Long Island
Rent a car for a tour of Long Island: the Columbus Monument long Island Museum and Library , lunch stop at Max's Conch Bar for a true Bahamian experience, visit the Hamilton's Cave (bring a guide the day before) and the twin churches. Take a dip in Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest blue hole in the world, to end the day.
Places of interest : HAMILTON'S CAVES DEAN'S BLUE HOLE COLUMBUS MONUMENT LONG ISLAND MUSEUM AMMC
Day at the sea
Beach, kayaking, diving or fishing trip; take advantage of this last day to enjoy nature activities.
