Money-saving tips on where to eat and stay when vacationing in the Bahamas, including Nassau, Atlantis Paradise Island and Eleuthera.
Holding a spear in one hand, Mario jumps into the warm azure water of Exuma Sound and heads for the bottom of the sea.
I was unaware, but pleasantly surprised lobster fishing was part of the snorkelling excursion I embarked upon shortly after arriving at Cape Eleuthera Resort – a 5,000 acre mainly undeveloped paradise that was once a favoured playground of the Kennedys in the early 1970s. In 1648, the first English settlers known as Eleutheran Adventurers landed briefly in Nassau harbour during their search for a place to establish a colony. They then sailed south to today’s Eleuthera Island, where a reef wrecked their ship, choosing their new home for them. Nassau was established around 1670 as a commercial port, but was overrun by pirates. Piracy in The Bahamas began in the 1690s and lasted for about 30 years, with Nassau at its heart.
Atlantis Paradise IslandBoasting the world’s largest open-air marine habitat and a 63-acre waterpark with slides that plummet through a shark aquarium, it’s easy to see why Atlantis Paradise Island is the most popular resort in The Bahamas. The sprawling resort, with five distinct hotels, has 14 lagoons and eight million gallons of ocean water, housing 50,000 sea creatures such as goliath grouper, hammerhead sharks, smalltooth sawfish, manta rays and endangered green sea turtles.
• Tip: If you feel like splurging on a delicious meal at Atlantis, try Fish by Jose Andres, which features fresh Bahamian seafood bursting with flavour. “I have a passion for cooking, so I’ll introduce them to things I make like conch and rice, crab and rice, some fried fish,” said Sheril Gibson, who recently signed up as an ambassador for Eleuthera. “I want to help visitors get a better understanding of who we are as a people.”
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