Tourist Places to Visit in Arthur’s Town, Bahamas, America

Tourist Places to Visit in Arthur’s Town, Bahamas, America

Arthur’s Town is a town situated on Cat Island in the Bahamas. It is located on the north side of the island housing many beaches and shops. Port Howe and Orange Creek are the other two major towns placed on Cat Island along with Arthur’s Town. Some historical sites around Arthur’s Town include Mt. Alvernia Hermitage, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Deveaux House.

It is noted that, a famous actor, film director, author and diplomat, Sir Sidney Poitier spent his childhood in Arthur’s Town and also the town hosts an airport.

 

Geography of Arthur’s Town:

Arthur’s Town is geographically positioned between 24°39′14″ N latitude and 75°43′42″ W longitude.

 

How to reach Arthur’s Town?

Arthur’s Town is served by Arthur’s Town Airport located just within the town and has scheduled flights to and from New Bight and Nassau, operated by Sky Bahamas Airlines. It is also catered by Aeroshares Charter, LLC with charter flights from Florida and many other locations of the America. New Bight Airport is located around 40 km away from Arthur’s Town Airport.

Tourists can reach neighboring Port Howe and Orange Creek by taking taxi or car and nearby islands by taxi, check at local travel offices for more details.

Food and Shopping in Arthur’s Town:

Arthur’s Town is main town of Cat Island housing most of the famous restaurants and bars with traditional and International cuisine. Arthur’s Town is also home to many colorful handicraft products shops and the main food corners in and around Arthur’s Town are:

  • The Hot Spot Restaurant and Karaoke Bar
  • Sammy T’s Restaurant & Bar
  • Grammy Farah’s Restaurant
  • Blue Bird Restaurant and Bar
  • Triple D’s Restaurant & Lounge

 

Things to do in Arthur’s Town:

  • Surfing
  • Boat Riding
  • Tennis and Golf
  • Snorkeling
  • Swimming
  • Diving
  • Kayaking
  • Shopping
  • Bird Watching

 

Places of interest in Arthur’s Town:

Pigeon Cay Beach Club Beach:

Pigeon Cay Beach Club Beach is located few kilometers away from Arthur’s Town near Bluff settlement at Pigeon Cay Beach Club. Also tourists can have quality dish and soups at Pigeon Cay Beach Club at reasonable prices.

 

New Bight Beach:

New Bight Beach is widely known for its weekend dance and music programs that are arranged by the local youths. It is located around 40 km away from Arthur’s Town.

 

Sammy T’s Beach Resort Beach:

Sammy T’s Beach Resort Beach is private beach situated within a Bennett’s Harbour cove and is a heaven for snorkelers, sailors and surfers. Tourists can reach by rental taxi or cars.

 

Other places of interest in Arthur’s Town are:

  • Camperdown Beach
  • North Shore Beach
  • Orange Creek Beach
  • Port Royal Beach
  • Pine Bat Beach
  • Turtle Cove Beach
  • Alligator Bay Beach
  • Man O’ War Point Beach
  • Deveaux House Mansion
  • Alvernia Hermitage
  • Mount Alvernia
  • Oyster Lake Beach

 

Best time to visit Arthur’s Town:

The best months to visit Arthur’s Town are June, July and August.

 

Accommodation options in Arthur’s Town:

Arthur’s Town is surrounded by two beautiful beaches, Port Royal Beach and Camperdown Beach which draws large number of overseas tourists throughout the year, on this point there are numerous world class hotels and resorts established all around the city. The main resorts and hotels in and around Arthur’s Town are:

  • Tail Winds Resort
  • Fernandez Bay Village
  • Island Hopp Inn
  • Sammy T’s Beach Resort
  • Cookie House
  • Pigeon Cay Beach Club
  • Shannas Cove Resort
  • Orange Creek Inn
  • Greenwood Inn
  • Bridge Inn
  • Halvorson House Villa Resort
  • The Resort at Cat Island
  • Greenwood Beach Resort
  • Flamingo Bay Club
  • Hawk’s Nest Resort and Marina

West End Tourist Places to Visit in West End, Bahamas, America

West End Tourist Places to Visit in West End, Bahamas, America

West End is the oldest town on Grand Bahama in Bahamas located between 26°41′12″ N latitude and 78°58′30″W longitude. It is the capital of Grand Bahama as well as the 3rd largest settlement of Bahamas, situated on the extreme west of the island. It also called as ‘Settlement Point’ placed 10 meters above the mean sea level. West End is situated around 35 kms from another major town of the island, Freeport.

West End is famous for fishing activities and rich tourism, especially sport fishing draws a large number of Bonefish sport fisherman from the major American countries, mainly from USA supporting well for the development of the West End.

 

How to reach West End?

West End has an airport with connection to domestic locations from Monday to Friday between 8am and 4pm. It is situated around 35 kms from Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport which has flights to Canadian locations such as Toronto, Halifax, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Montreal and USA’s locations such as Charlotte, Philadelphia, Miami and Atlanta. American Eagle, Bahamasair, Sunwing Airlines, US Airways and Regional Air are the major airlines serving GBIA.

Minivans are mainly used for local travel and other options include car, motorcycle, and buggy. Sometimes small fee is charged for large oversized baggage and golf bags by taxi owners.

 

Food and Shopping in West End:

West End has variety of shops selling fashion, jewelry and handicraft and electrical items and the main food corners in and around West End are as follows:

  • Cappuccino s Italian Restaurant
  • Bahama John’s Seafood-N-Rib Shack
  • Chibah Cafe Coffeehouse & Wine Bar
  • Le Med Mediterranean Restaurant

 

Things to do in West End:

  • Bird Watching
  • Golf
  • Snorkeling
  • Windsurfing
  • Tennis
  • Boating
  • Fishing

 

Places of interest in West End:

Rand Nature Center:

Rand Nature Center is a national park established to protect the rich habitants of Grand Bahama. It is the first nature education center of Grand Bahama named in the honor of James Rand. It is open from 9am – 4 pm (Monday to Friday), entrance fee is $5 for adults and $3 for children (5-12).

 

Peterson Cay National Park:

Peterson Cay National Park is an ideal spot for day trip and tourists can reach it by boats. This small island is packed with variety of plant and animal species and it is advised for tourists not to do fishing, shelling, and damage any coral of the park, these kinds of activities are strictly prohibited.

 

West End beaches:

West End has many beaches that are well maintained by the local authority. Tourists can enjoy activities like snorkeling, swimming, diving, fishing and surfing with the help of guiders or independently.

 

Other places of interest in West End include:

  • Lucayan National Park
  • Port Lucaya
  • Taino Beach Ferry
  • Count Basie Square
  • Williams Town Beach
  • Port Lucaya Marina
  • Garden of the Groves
  • Coral Beach
  • Peterson Cay
  • Rand Memorial Nature Center
  • Regency Theater
  • Plane-crash Beach
  • Gold Rock Beach

 

Best time to visit West End:

The months between September and May will be the best time to enjoy holidays in West End.

 

Accommodation options in West End:

West End houses many well facilitated accommodation centres that are specially designed for the utmost comfort of the tourists visiting the place throughout the year. Also tourists can find luxury resorts of nearby Freeport for better hospitality services. List of prominent hotels and resorts in and around West End are:

  • Old Bahama Bay
  • Coral Beach Hotel and Condos
  • Pelican Bay at Lucaya
  • Bell Channel Inn
  • Deep Water Cay Club
  • Grand Lucayan
  • Sunrise Resort & Marina
  • Bishop’s Bonefish Resort
  • Island Seas Resort
  • Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach
  • Freeport Resort & Club
  • Ocean Reef Yacht Club & Resort
  • Island Resort by EVRentals
  • Royal Islander
  • Flamingo Bay Hotel & Marina
  • Royal Palm Resort & Suites

Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Treasure Cay, Bahamas, America

Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Treasure Cay, Bahamas, America

Treasure Cay is a coastal community located on Abaco Island of Bahamas at 26°40′34.95″ N 77°17′36.74″ W, about 165 miles from Fort Lauderdale in Florida, USA. It is on the east coast of Abaco famous for its 5-star golf course and many well maintained striking beaches including the big crescent beach.

There is an sporting event ‘The Great Abaco Family Fitness Weekend’ organized in the month of March every year which includes sprint and Olympic triathlons, open water swim and fun running competitions  participated by both the natives and visitors. Treasure Cay is also home to a bakery, a bar and restaurant, a library, general store and a club.

 

How to reach Treasure Cay?

Treasure Cay has its own airport with connections to Marsh Harbour by Bahamasair and Fort Lauderdale in Florida by Silver Airways. Tourists can reach Treasure Cay town by taking taxi or car from the airport.

To move within city, to reach restaurants and to visit tourist spots, tourists can use rental taxis of cars and these options are generally available in the town centre.

Treasure Cay is also reachable through sea by water taxi or boats from the neighboring islands.

 

Food and Shopping in Treasure Cay:

Treasure Cay has many food corners to serve tourists such as Florence’s with delicious cinnamon rolls, Cocoa Bar and Tipsy Seagull bar and Spinnaker Restaurant.

Most of the Treasure Cay accommodation centres have their own gift shops and tourists can also find other independent shops.

 

Places of interest in and around Treasure Cay:

Treasure Cay Beach:

Treasure Cay Beach has been voted by Caribbean Travel and Life reader’s poll and National Geographic as one of the best 10 Caribbean beaches. This 3.5 mile long beach is widely known for the spectacular whitest sand on the earth.

 

Ocean Beach:

Ocean Beach offers all the activities for tourists such as diving, fishing, windsurfing, swimming and sailing. Also tourists can enjoy local entertainment activates and take special drinks and dish in beach bars and restaurants. It is on the eastern end of Abaco, few kilometers away from the Treasure Cay.

 

Great Guana Cay:

Great Guana Cay is an islet to the east of Treasure Cay with isolated beaches and grassy dunes which are perfect for snorkeling, swimming and relaxing and also live Bahamian music and beach dancing make tourists pleasant.

 

Other places of interest near Treasure Cay are:

  • Pelican Cays Land and Sea Park
  • Abaco National Park
  • Fowl Cays National Park
  • Black Sound Cay National Reserve
  • Walker’s Cay National Park
  • Man-O-War Cay
  • Albert Lowe Museum
  • Tahiti Beach
  • Hope Town Museum
  • Tilloo Cay National Reserve
  • Hope Town Lighthouse
  • Albury’s Ferry
  • Guana Cay Beach
  • Manjack Cay

 

Best time to visit Treasure Cay:

The beaches at Treasure are always nice to explore, especially from November to April will be more ideal.

 

Accommodation options in and around Treasure Cay:

Treasure Cay is an island with many spectacular beaches, restaurants as well as world class resorts and hotels with top class facilities and services. Treasure Cay Beach, Marina & Golf Resort is major one, charging $130 for standard rooms and $160 for superior rooms (prices may change yearly). List of main hotels and resorts in and around Treasure Cay are:

  • Treasure Cay Beach, Marina & Golf Resort
  • New Plymouth Inn
  • Bahama Beach Club Resort Treasure Cay
  • Barefoot Homes Green Turtle Cay
  • Green Turtle Club & Marina
  • Lofty Fig Villas
  • Green Turtle Club & Marina
  • Delphi Club
  • Abaco Club on Winding Bay
  • Abaco Beach Resort and Boat Harbour Marina
  • Oceanfrontier Hideaway
  • Spanish Cay Resort
  • Dolphin Beach Resort
  • Rickmon Bonefish Lodge
  • Island Breezes
  • Tangelo Hotel & Restaurant

Tourist Places to Visit in Paradise Island, Bahamas, America

Tourist Places to Visit in Paradise Island, Bahamas, America

Paradise Island (earlier known as Hog Island) is an island located in Bahamas, just off the shore of Nassau, the capital of Bahamas. It belongs to New Providence Island covering an area of 685 acres, is famous for its Atlantis Paradise Island resort and waterpark. There are two well constructed bridges that connect Paradise Island with New Providence Island.

 

History of Paradise Island:

Swedish entrepreneur Axel Wenner-Gren owned Paradise Island before the World War II with name, Hog Island. Later it was purchased by Huntington Hartford from Axel Wenner-Gren during 1959 and he renamed Paradise Island. Sol Kerzner purchased Paradise Island for $125 million, the presente owner of the island.

 

How to reach Paradise Island?

Lyndon Pindling International Airport is the nearest airport to Paradise Island with scheduled flights to Holguin, Miami, Havana, Panama City, Fort Lauderdale, Toronto and most of the Canadian, European, Caribbean and USA cities. Tourists are needed to take taxi to reach harbor of Nassau and then take water taxi or boats from there to reach Paradise Island.

There is no public transport in Paradise Island, but taxis, cars and minivans are always ready to serve the tourists. Advance booking is offered, book through online or directly visit local travel offices.

 

Food and Shopping in Paradise Island:

Paradise Island is home to the abundance of hi-tech food corners all round the island with large menus namely:

  • Cafe Martinique
  • Carmines
  • Casa Dangelo
  • The Cove Atlantis – Mosaic
  • Dunkin Donuts

Tourists can refer the following shops to purchase variety of traditional and modern products:

  • Crystal Court Shops
  • Atlantis Logo Stores
  • Pro Shop
  • Marina Village Shops

 

Things to do in Paradise Island:

  • Walk with the sharks
  • Pool Games
  • Jet skiing
  • Parasailing
  • Banana boating

 

Places of interest in Paradise Island:

Dolphin Cay:

Dolphin Cay is packed with full of dolphins, sea lions, and manta rays, allowed for tourists to interact with animals. There is a beach next to Dolphin Cay.

Water Park:

Water Park is a great enjoyment for the family, tourists can go through shark tanks and the power tower or anywhere they like. It is situated at the resort.

 

Joker’s Wild Comedy Club:

Joker’s Wild Comedy Club is situated between Beach & Coral Towers of Paradise Island. Tourists can enjoy performance of comedians here.

 

Other places of interest in Paradise Island include:

  • The Dig
  • Atlantis LIVE
  • Aura Night Club
  • Golf Course
  • Spa
  • Casino
  • Lazy River
  • Pool Games
  • Lagoon

 

Best time to visit Paradise Island:

There is no specific time to visit Paradise Island throughout the year is best suited, especially from December to April will be ideal time to reach Paradise Island.

 

Accommodation options in Paradise Island:

Paradise Island has a lot of things to offer tourists as well as plenty of standard hotels and resorts for tourist accommodation. All the resorts comprise the modern facilities and services. Advance booking will be better to get hotel rooms as per the requirement and budget conditions of the tourists. List of prominent hotels and resorts in Paradise Island are:

  • Sunrise Beach Clubs and Villas
  • Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat
  • The Reef Atlantis
  • Atlantis – Harborside Resort
  • One & Only Ocean Club
  • Comfort Suites Paradise Island
  • The Cove Atlantis
  • BEST WESTERN PLUS Bay View Suites
  • Atlantis – Coral Towers
  • Paradise Island Beach Club
  • Atlantis – Beach Tower
  • Riu Palace Paradise Island
  • Paradise Island Harbour Resort All Inclusive
  • Paradise Harbour Club and Marina
  • Club Land’or Resort

 

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