The Bahamas - Resorts and More

Westin Resort FreeportYear-round sunshine makes a stay at one of Bahamas Resorts the ideal choice for a family vacation, a group outing, golf getaway, a scuba diving trip or corporate convention. There is no winter season to limit your activities, just year-round blue skies and warm weather. Freeport on Grand Bahama Island averages seven hours of completely sunny skies per day; Nassau does even better; and rain seldom lasts for longer than it takes to get under cover, even during the rainy season. Bahamas Resorts enjoy an average winter temperature of 70° means the grass is always green, and that also means you golfers can play golf in the Bahamas 365 days a year.

Resorts in Freeport - Grand Bahama Island:

Freeport is the brainchild of a Virginian financier with lumber interests on the island. In 1955, Wallace Groves was granted 50,000 acres of swampland by the Bahamian government. Upon this he built Freeport, now the second city of The Bahamas. Most of the resorts and hotels on Grand Bahama, with a couple of exceptions, offer good, clean accommodations. The big resorts can be compared favorably with any on the planet. The small hotels are typical of what you might expect in the Islands: clean and tidy, but a little lacking in amenities.

Grand Bahama Island

Here are few tried and true favorites:

Things to Do in Freeport

Here's just a small sampling:

Where to Eat in Freeport

Great food, Bahamian cuisine, tropical drinks, and the music of the islands. What more could you want?

 Where to Play Golf in Freeport:

 There are two great golf courses on Grand Bahama Island: one designed by Dick Wilson, the other by Robert Trent Jones. To miss either one would be, well... a sin?

Resorts in Nassau, New Providence Island:

Atlantis ResortNassau, capital of the Bahamas, has been the hub of the island nation for almost 500 years, ever since the days when legendary pirates like Major Bonet, Mary Reid and Blackbeard used its sheltered harbor as a haven from the British Royal Navy. Today, the pirates are long gone, only to have been replaced by bankers and financiers (pirates still, even if not in name) and the city is as busy and as welcoming as ever.

 

Where to Stay in Nassau

Things to Do in Nassau

Where to Eat in Nassau

Where to Play Golf in Nassau

Resorts in Great Exuma:

Bahamas Fast FerryThe Exumas - two main islands, Great Exuma and Little Exuma, and 365 little islets - are a remote, beautiful land of rolling hills above aquamarine seas, breath taking beaches and pristine reefs where snorkeling, scuba diving and bone fishing are more a way of life than a pastime. Could paradise be any better than this? It could, at least to some: there's a brand-new, world-class Greg Norman golf course on Great Exuma.

Where to Stay in the Exumas

Things to Do in the Exumas

Where to Play Golf in the Exumas

Resorts in The Abacos:

Bahama BeachThe Abacos, a glittering string of islands some 175 miles east of Palm Beach. These islands, just to the east of Nassau, offer us a whole new world of offshore cays and tiny islands to explore, boating, sailing, swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving and, yes, even Golf. These Abacos are sprinkled with tiny guest houses, family-run hotels, and a couple of resorts, all of which allow for a more personal experience.

Where to Stay in The Abacos

Best Islands to Play Golf:

There are some 700 islands in the Bahama chain. All are spectacular in their own way, but only a few are large enough to support a golf course. So, of all the islands of the Bahamas, only four spring readily to mind when our thoughts turn to golf vacations: Grand Bahama Island, New Providence Island (Nassau), Great Exuma, and Treasure Cay in the Abacos.

Bahama Sunrise

How To Get To The Bahamas::

The Islands of the Bahamas are served by two international airports: Nassau International Airport and Grand Bahama International Airport. These two airports are served by almost all of the US domestic airlines as well as airlines from Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe.

Travel to the Out Islands of the Bahamas is achieved via Bahamasair. Bahamasair offers regular scheduled service to the Abacos, Exumas, and most of the smaller inhabited islands.

Travel to the Abacos and The Exumas can also be achieved via the Fast Ferry from Potter’s Cay in Nassau – daily scheduled service is available. This is a great way to visit the Out Island.

Rental cars are readily available at both international airports.

For more information you can visit the Bahamas Website

 

Know Before You Go!