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Facts about The Bahamas: June 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The Bahamas Vacation Packages 2010

The Bahamas is famous all over the world for its natural beauty, large variety of flora and fauna, pristine sandy sea beaches, surfing, aquatic sports, blue holes, cruise ships, garden clubs, hundreds of species of birds and orchids, straw market and lots of fun filled vacation packages. Tourism being the main economy, the Bahamas has hundreds of hotels, resorts, spas, villas, B&B and small hotels to cater to the needs of tourists of different budget.



The Bahamas has several big hotels such as Sheraton Nassau Beach resort, Atlantis Hotel and Atlantis Beach Tower, Paradise Island Harbor Resort, and Reef Village. Almost all the hotels ranging from five star to low-budget quality hotels offer exotic vacation packages in 2010. Most of the vacation packages offer great discounts on all inclusive packages, which take care of rooms, meals, massages, travels, air fare, local transport and all the taxes. Besides the local hotels, there are several Cruise Liners that offer Bahamas vacation packages as part of their cruise itineraries to the Caribbean.








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The Bahamas All Inclusive Tours 2010

Exploring the Bahamas is one the most sought after vacations for the Americans and for international tourists. If you are planning for an exotic vacation in the land of coral reefs and blue holes, you must look out for the Bahamas all inclusive tours in 2010. There are several island resorts, hotels, reef village, harbor resorts and low budget hotels that offer all inclusive honeymoon packages, family packages and group tour packages.



With its pristine white sandy beaches and activity filled holiday themes, the Bahamas remains is a dream vacation for the tourists from all over the world. When you book all inclusive Bahamas tours, you are assured about room accommodation of your choice, all meals, unlimited local brad beers and other beverages, sight seeing of various places, spas, golf courses, leisure activities, hotel taxes and many other fun filled and never-boring activities all throughout your stay at the Bahamas. You can get lots of deals and discounts when you book online packages for the all inclusive Bahamas tours.








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Travel to Andros Island Bahamas 2010

Andros Island is the largest island of the Bahamas. Andros island consists of three major islands North Andros, South Andros and Mangrove Cay. With a local population of 7800 people, Andros is the least densely populated island among all the islands in the Bahamas. Andros is famous for 225 km long barrier reef, which is the world's third longest barrier reef. Andros has thousands of kilometers of freshwater rivers, which makes it the main source of freshwater for all of the Bahamas.



Andros is famous for its Batik type of fabric, known as Androsia, manufactured locally in wide varieties of colors and designs. Despite its beautiful seas beaches and natural beauty and grand barrier reef, Andros has undergone much lesser commercial development in the tourism sector. With tropical forests spread over an area of 100 square kilometers and hundreds of swamps, Andros is the home to 50 species of orchids, two hundred varieties of birds, mangrove estuaries and many other flora and fauna. Andros is famous for its bonefishing, coral reefs and water filled caves, known as blue holes.











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Facts about the Grand Bahama Island 2010

The Bahamas is a country of many islands such as the Grand Bahamas, Andros Island, Cat Island, Long Island, San Salvador Island, Crooked Island and Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas). The Grand Bahamas lies in the northernmost portions of the Bahamas. Situated at 55 miles just across the state of Florida in the United States, the Grand Bahamas is the fourth largest island in the Bahamas. The population of the Grand Bahamas island is about 75,000 people.



The economy of the Grand Bahamas depends largely on the tourists arriving directly and through the Cruise Ships that visit the Grand Bahamas as a part of their Caribbean Cruise itinerary. The Grand Bahamas has three administrative regions East Grand Bahama, West Grand Bahama and The City of Freeport. Lucaya is one of the frequently visited tourist destinations in the Grand Bahamas. Lucaya is famous for its pristine sea water, sandy and clean beaches, and several big hotels including five star hotels such as Radisson Hotels and Our Lucaya, which is a chain of hotels made up of Reef Villages. Freeport is the capital city and also a major commercial center with commercial ship harbor and an airport.








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Facts about the Bahamas 2010

The Bahamas, officially known as the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is a country of islands, cays and islets. The Bahamas, the site of Columbus's first land fall in the New World in the year 1492, is an English speaking country, which is administered by the Parliamentary Democracy and the Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its Monarch. The Bahamas lies to the north east of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast of the United States, to the north of Cuba, Dominican Republic and Haiti and to the northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands.



The population of the Bahamas is 330,000 and its capital and largest city is Nassau. Its currency is Bahamas Dollar. The time zone in the Bahamas is UTC – 5 and UTC – 4. The Bahamas is located near to the State of Florida in the USA. Bimini Island, known as the Gateway to the Bahamas, is the closest island to the United States. The Bahamas has a tropical to subtropical climate, which is often moderated by significantly by the waters of the Gulf Stream in the winter season. In the summer and autumn seasons, the Bahamas are prone to storm surges, heavy rain fall, and high wind due to the hurricanes that pass near or through the islands.









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