Nassau & the Bahamas travel guides

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A guide in a sunhat standing with a small group outside a pastel-painted Nassau storefront, one of them holding a paper tasting cup

Conch, the Fish Fry and Sky Juice: Eating Bahamian in Nassau

Two closed seasons decide what is genuinely local on a Nassau menu: crawfish from 1 April to 31 July, Nassau grouper from 1 December to 28 February. Where to eat, what Sky Juice is, and what a €80 food tour adds.

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A thatched-roof beach bar on a sandy island shore with wooden loungers under palms and a row of turquoise shallows beyond

Rose Island, Pearl Island or SunCay: Comparing Nassau's Beach Club Days

Three private-island beach days leave Nassau every morning from three different docks. What separates a €51.80 group day from a €158 cabana, which one states it is wheelchair accessible, and where the bar bill starts.

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A white sailing catamaran with its mainsail up crossing calm blue-green water under a clear sky, seen from another boat

The Best Time to Visit Nassau: Dry Season, Hurricane Months and the Trade-Off

The drier season runs 25 October to 20 May, the wettest month is June and the driest is December. Hurricane season peaks on 10 September. What each of those facts actually costs you in crowds, sea state and price.

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Parliament Square in Nassau: pink colonial buildings with green shutters draped in yellow and blue bunting around a white marble statue of Queen Victoria on a paved forecourt

Downtown Nassau on Foot: The Queen's Staircase, the Forts and Bay Street

Sixty-five steps cut into limestone by enslaved hands, a fort shaped like a paddle steamer, and a shopping street that fills with 33,000 people a day. A walking route, and when to walk it.

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An aerial view of a white speedboat lettered Powerboat Adventures carving a wide turn through turquoise shallows, with low green cays on the horizon

Exuma in a Day from Nassau: Is the Powerboat Trip Worth It?

Eight hours, four of them on a boat, forty minutes at Pig Beach. The published itineraries let you do the arithmetic before you spend €260 to €750 — and show why two trips called Exuma go to different places.

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A small open speedboat with a blue canopy moored at a wooden dock in flat turquoise water, low scrub-covered land and a second boat behind it

A Cruise Day in Nassau: What Actually Fits Between Docking and All Aboard

Your ship is alongside for seven or eight hours and your all-aboard time is earlier than the sailing time. Which trips start within five minutes of the berth, which start on the other side of the harbour, and what to leave out.

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A Rose Island beach club seen from the water: palm trees and thatched umbrellas above a low sea wall, a wooden jetty on the left, and two blue-and-white inflatable water trampolines floating in the shallows

Nassau with Children: What the Age Limits Actually Say

Age limits on Nassau boat trips run from under 2 to under 5 and they are never in the title. Which trips take small children, where the extras hide, and what a family of four really pays.

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A green turtle gliding just below the surface over pale sand, seen from the side with its shell lit by rippling sunlight and a small fish beneath one flipper

Snorkelling off Nassau: Reefs, Turtles and the Right Boat for Beginners

Where the turtles actually are, what the law says about them, and how to tell a beginner-friendly snorkel trip from one that will put you in a chop with a mask and no briefing.

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A dark spotted pig with its snout raised out of turquoise shallows towards a carrot held above it by a woman standing knee-deep in the water

Swimming Pigs from Nassau: Rose Island, the Exumas, or the Express Trip

Three very different trips are sold under one name. What separates a 25-minute hop to Rose Island from an eight-hour run to the real Pig Beach — and why the pig encounter is sometimes a paid extra.

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Two pigs standing in shallow water at the edge of a beach, photographed half above and half below the surface so their legs are visible underwater

The Three-Island Day from Nassau: What Four Hours Actually Buys

Nassau's most-booked trip stops at three or four cays in half a day. The published itineraries show how long you really get at each — and which of the advertised highlights is an optional extra.

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