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Facts about The Bahamas

Monday, September 20, 2010

Facts About The Bahamas Bahamas Day Cruise

All inclusive Bahamas Day Cruise is a popular idea for people looking out to explore the Bahamas and enjoy the luxurious experience of Cruising. Day Cruise to the Bahamas is an excellent way for a fun filled day, exciting cruise and the visit to the Grand Bahamas Island. Moreover, if you want, you can extend the Day Cruise and stay overnight at the Bahamas Resort with full array of package offers containing leisure and fun activities, hotel stay and round trip cruise from Fort Lauderadale.





Many visitors to the Bahamas also prefer to take Day Cruise by Discovery cruise Lines to reach to the Grand Bahamas Island. There are couple of services from Port Everglades and fort Lauderdale for the Free Port, the Grand Bahamas. For cruise loving people, Bahamas Day Cruise is a great option to celebrate birthday of their kids and friends and that also an inexpensive way of enjoying the cruise and visit the Grand Bahamas. Depending upon the season, you may be able to fetch rates as low as 100-130 dollars for Bahamas Day Cruise.











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Facts About The Bahamas The Cove Atlantis

The Cove Atlantis is a luxurious island resort and an all-suite hotel at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas. The Cove Atlantis is one of towers along with other towers such as the Beach Tower, the Royal Tower, Coral Towers. The Reef Atlantis Tower. Situated adjutant to the Reef Atlantis Tower and the Aquaventure Water park and the Cove Beach, The Cove Atlantis contains Bobby Flay restaurant 'Mesa Grill' and Mosaic Restaurant.





The Cove Atlantis is an ideal place for the vacationers for a peaceful and leisure filled holidays at the Bahamas. It is a clean, and tranquil place with good service, menu and other facilities. It is better to visit during non peak seasons to avail of better deals and bargains and stay in beach facing spacious and luxurious deluxe suites. The building The Cove Atlantis Tower has entry restrictions and only the guests of this tower can enter the building whereas guests from the Royal Tower ad other resort areas are not allowed inside this building.










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Monday, August 30, 2010

Facts About Islands of the Bahamas

The Bahamas, located in the Western Atlantic Ocean, is an English speaking country comprising of 29 islands, 660 cays and 2380 islets (rocks) with a population of about 330,000 and an area of about 13,900 square km. The Bahamas Islands geographically lie in the same Island Chain as Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Turks and Caicos Islands. Bimini is the closest Bahamian Island to the United States, often known as the gateway to the Bahamas.





Most of the Islands of the Bahamas are low and flat with ridges not rising more than 15-20 meters and the highest point Mount Alvernia (63 meters) is located in cat Island. There are about 30-40 inhabited islands in the Bahamas and the main inhabited islands include: Grand Bahamas, Abaco to the east of Grand Bahamas, Southeastern most island Inagua, the largest island Andros Island, New Providence Island in which the capital city Nassau is located, Cat Island, Eleuthera Island, Long Island, San Salvador Island, Acklins Island, Crooked Island, Exuma Island, Mayaguana Island












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Facts About Old Bahama Bay Hotel

Old Bahama Bay is a famous hotel and resort in the Bahamas, which is well known for the traditional old Bahamian charm. Located just 55 miles from the Florida coast, Old Bahama Boutique Resort is situated on the western most tip of the Grand Bahamas Island. With its 70+ beach facing luxury and spacious suites and equal numbers of slip 'port of entry marina' and its strategic ocean front location, Old Bahama Hotel is ideally suited for Beach Wedding' (destination theme weddings) and also for luxury family vacations and tranquil and romantic honeymoons.





Old Bahama Resort is a full service marina destination with 72 slips and controlling depth of 8-feet during low-tides. Moreover, Old Bahama Marina is the only night navigable nautical points in the entire Bahamas. With its quick and efficient customs and immigration procedures and state-of-the-art facilities, Old Bahama Resort is an ideal heaven for transient and long-term marina guests. Apart from its finest international cuisines and superior room services, Old Bahama Resort also offers snorkeling, fishing, boating, cycling, and a wide range of body massage, fitness and spa facilities.












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Facts About Cat Island Bahamas

Cat Island is one of the districts of Bahamas and it is located in the Central Bahamas. The highest point of the Bahamas, Mount Alvernia, is on the Cat island, which is famous for a monastery called The Hermitage. Cat Island is thought to have been named after the then famous Pirate Arthur Catt or due to large population of feral cats. Historically, cotton farming was the main economy of the Cat Island but the present population lives by slash and burn farming (cutting and burning of forests to develop agricultural land and pasture for livestock).





Bark of Cascarilla, a type of plant native to the Caribbeans, is the main crop of Cat Island, which is exported to Italy where it is used as ingredient in many medicines, scents and Campari, an alcoholic drink. The population of Cat island is about 1650 inhabitants and the main settlement areas are Port Howe, Orange Creek and Arthur's Town. Cat Island, one of the most popular tourist destinations of the Bahamas, is the birthplace of famous Bahamian Musician Tony McKay, best known as Exuma.












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Facts About Hotels in Bahamas

Facts About Hotels in Bahamas

Bahamas is one of the most popular tourist destinations and prosperous countries in the Caribbeans, economy of which relies mainly on tourism. With its chain of beautiful tropical islands such as the Grand Bahamas, the Paradise Island, Harbor Island and many more, the Bahamas remains as one of the most sought-after vacation themes for the tourists from the United States and other parts of the world. The Bahamas and its exotic islands offer various options in accommodations ranging from medium expensive to super-luxury star hotels and resorts.Facts About Hotels in Bahamas

Although the Bahamas has some of the finest hotels, resorts and spas in the world but when it comes to inexpensive or cheap hotels and simple Bed and Breakfast packages, there are almost no options for the backpackers and travelers seeking low-budget accommodations. Rates of cheapest hotels in Bahamas may start from $100 upward and decent hotels may not come less than $300. Some of the high-end hotels and resorts could cost $500 upward. Most of the mid-expensive hotels are located in Nassau and the neighboring Paradise Island and other islands have their own ultra-luxury and highly expensive resorts.


Facts About Hotels in Bahamas




Facts About Hotels in Bahamas

Facts About Hotels in Bahamas

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Cruise to The Bahamas

Cruise to The Bahamas

The Bahamas, a nation of chain of tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea, is one of the most popular tourist destinations for the global travelers. Moreover, the Bahamas is almost always a part of most of the Cruise Liners operating in the Caribbean Sea. There are several world famous luxury cruise liners such as Norwegian Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean, Discovery Cruise Lines, Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney Cruise Line, and Princess Cruise Line, among others, that offer Cruise to the Bahamas.

Some of the Cruise Liners also have their own private cays and island retreats, which are used as luxury resorts and spas for the passengers of Cruise to the Bahamas. When you join some of the Cruises to the Bahamas, you get all-inclusive vacation packages to the Bahamas, which includes lots of fun and leisure activities including snorkeling, and dolphin encounters in addition to relaxation and unwinding at sun drenched shores, sailing and surfing in crystal blue waters, and exotic pristine white and sandy beaches of the Bahamas.

Cruise to The Bahamas



Cruise to The Bahamas



Cruise to The Bahamas


Cruise to The Bahamas

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