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Originally a harbor base named Charles Town, Nassau is the
modern-day face of the Bahamas, visited by most everyone who comes
down this way, not least for its service as a transport hub.
Historical flavor has been preserved to make such a stop here
worthwhile. Much of this atmosphere comes from its development
during the so-called Loyalist period from 1787 to 1834, when many of
the city's finest colonial buildings were built. Before this
build-up, Nassau had largely been a haven for pirates, privateers
and wreckers, situated as it was on key shipping routes between
Europe and the West Indies.
But it
was really the development of the tourist industry here that put Nassau
firmly on the map. After alternating periods of decline and prosperity
in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the spike in trade and
construction that followed World War II led directly to Nassau's
emergence as a global centre for tourism and finance.
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By the
mid-1950s, with the dredging of the harbor and the construction of the
international airport, Nassau began to host more than a million visitors
a year, and a decade later, after the construction of the Paradise
Island Bridge and the development of Cable Beach, the city was receiving
twice as many more.
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Grand Bahama
Grand
Bahama
Arrival
Brief
history
Information
Getting around
Boat excursions
 Diving
& snorkeling
Other
outdoor
activities
Exploring Grand
Bahama
Freeport
/ Lucaya
Long Island
Long Island
Arrival and
transport
Getting around
Eating
New Providence
New
Providence &
Paradise
Island
Arrival,
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Practicalities
Exploring New
Providence
Nassau
Nassau
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Eating
&
drinking
Nightlife
Diving,
aquatic
sports
Explore Nassau
Cable Beach
Hillside area
& west
Historic Nassau |
Exploring
the Bahamas
The Abacos
Abacos & Loyalist
Cays
History
of Abaco
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Abaco
Abaco
Nat'l Park
Little
Abaco
Loyalist
Cays
Marsh
Harbour
Marsh Harbour
The
town
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Harbour Island
Harbour Island |
Exumas
Exumas
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Great Exumas &
Little Exumas
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Exumas
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Northern Exumas
Paradise Island
Paradise Island
Around the Island
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Eleuthera
Eleuthera
Eleuthera Island
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information
Eating
Treasure Cay
Treasure
Cay
General
information
Fishing, diving, golf,
tours,
tennis
Alice Town
Alice
Town activities,
restaurants
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