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Private poolgardenGym
From $18,735 per night
Seven hundred islands in the world's clearest water
The Bahamas scatter some seven hundred islands and countless cays across a shallow, luminous sea between Florida and the Caribbean proper. Beyond the buzz of Nassau lie the pink sand of Harbour Island, the swimming pigs and sandbars of the Exumas and the bonefish flats of Bimini, and a private villa with pool, dock and concierge is the most graceful way to claim your own stretch of it.
- Harbour Island's three-mile pink-sand beach beside colonial Dunmore Town
- The Exuma Cays: swimming pigs at Big Major Cay, sandbars and Thunderball Grotto
- Nassau and Paradise Island for dining, history and easy connections
- World-class diving, sailing and bonefishing from Bimini to Andros
- Beachfront villas with private pools, docks and full concierge service
Known forPink-sand Harbour Island, the Exuma Cays and their swimming pigs, Nassau and Paradise Island, diving, sailing and bonefishing
Best time to visitDecember to April for dry, breezy weather; late December for Junkanoo in Nassau
Nearest airportNassau Lynden Pindling (NAS); North Eleuthera (ELH) for Harbour Island; Exuma (GGT); Bimini (BIM)
Ideal forFamilies, boating parties and couples island-hopping in privacy
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Events not to miss in Bahamas
- 26 December and 1 January
Junkanoo
The Bahamas' defining spectacle: costumed troupes with goatskin drums, cowbells and brass parade through downtown Nassau from the small hours of Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Grandstand seats on Bay Street are worth arranging early.
- April
National Family Island Regatta
Traditional Bahamian sloops race in Elizabeth Harbour off George Town, Exuma, in the country's most important sailing event, wrapped in a week of onshore festivities.
- June
Eleuthera Pineapple Festival
Gregory Town on Eleuthera celebrates its famously sweet pineapples with tastings, cook-offs, music and games over a long weekend, an easy pairing with a Harbour Island stay.
Bahamas through the seasons
- High season (December – April)
Junkanoo and gin-clear water
Dry trade-wind weather brings the year's best visibility for diving and boating, with Junkanoo's drums and costumes ringing in the season in Nassau.
- Spring (April – June)
Regattas and sandbar season
Sloop racing in George Town, warming seas and long calm days make late spring ideal for Exuma boat trips and the pineapple harvest on Eleuthera.
- Summer (July – August)
Warm, calm family weather
Hot days, bathwater seas and quiet anchorages suit families and boating parties, with villa pools and shaded terraces earning their keep at midday.
- Autumn (September – November)
The quiet months
Hurricane season peaks and the islands slow to a whisper; by November the weather settles and the Bahamas reopen at gentle, pre-season pace.
The Area and Where to Stay
Each Bahamian island keeps its own character, so choose the base to match the holiday. New Providence pairs the capital, Nassau, with gated western enclaves such as Lyford Cay and Old Fort Bay, where villas sit on calm, west-facing beaches close to the airport and marinas. Across a short water-taxi hop from North Eleuthera, Harbour Island's Dunmore Town charms with pastel colonial cottages, golf carts and its famous pink-sand beach. The Exumas, strung southeast, are the boating heartland: villas around George Town and Great Exuma's beaches, including the Forbes Hill area, open onto water of unreal clarity. Bimini, closest to Florida, draws anglers and divers to villages like Bailey Town. Wherever you land, our villas add pools, docks and concierge support for boats and chefs.
Things to Do
The Bahamas are best explored by boat. In the Exuma Cays, swim with the famous pigs at Big Major Cay, feed the iguanas of Allan's Cay, snorkel Thunderball Grotto near Staniel Cay and walk sandbars that vanish with the tide; much of the chain is protected within the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Divers head for reefs, walls and blue holes off Andros, home to one of the world's longest barrier reefs, while Bimini's flats are hallowed ground for bonefishing. Harbour Island asks little more of you than the pink beach and a golf-cart loop of Dunmore Town. In Nassau, tour colonial forts and the Queen's Staircase, then eat fresh conch at Arawak Cay. Concierge-arranged charters, guides and seaplane hops stitch it all together.
Food and Local Flavour
Bahamian cooking is built on conch: scored raw into citrus-bright conch salad, cracked and fried, or folded into fritters, best eaten at waterside shacks from Arawak Cay's Fish Fry in Nassau to the stands of Dunmore Town. Bahamian rock lobster, grouper and snapper follow close behind, with peas 'n' rice, johnnycake and guava duff for comfort. Rum flows through the islands' cocktail canon, from the Goombay Smash to the Sky Juice of coconut water and gin. Nassau and Harbour Island add polished restaurants and beach clubs to the repertoire. At the villa, a Bahamian cook or private chef turns the day's catch into dinner on the terrace, provisioned by the concierge down to the last lime.
When to Visit
December to April is high season: dry, sunny and tempered by trade winds, with seas at their clearest for diving and boating, and Junkanoo erupting through Nassau on Boxing Day and New Year's morning. The Bahamas sit slightly north of the Caribbean, so winter evenings can be pleasantly cool. Spring brings regatta season, led by April's National Family Island Regatta in George Town. Summer is hot, calm and family-friendly, with warm water and long days; September and October are the peak of hurricane season and the quietest months, when some island businesses close. November is a gentle, good-value curtain-raiser to the season.
Getting There
Nassau's Lynden Pindling International (NAS) is the national gateway, with direct flights from many US cities, Canada and London, and it hubs the domestic network. From there, short hops reach North Eleuthera (ELH), a five-minute water taxi from Harbour Island, Exuma International (GGT) near George Town and Bimini (BIM), which is also minutes by air from Florida. Many guests continue by seaplane, charter flight or boat, and villas with docks make arrival by water the natural choice. The concierge arranges every leg, from inter-island flights to golf-cart hire on Harbour Island and skippered charters through the Exumas.