One of the main reasons why so many visitors go to the Bahamas, of course, for the beautiful warm weather, beautiful turquoise waters and friendly faces. But with these 700 islands and coasts from the Florida coast, you can give you 30 more reasons (and counting) of what you are missing if you decide to just sit on the beach or stay at the resort for your vacation.
1. Clifton Heritage - If you go to the Bahamas and visit this place, you will find it filled with wonderful natural challenges where you can watch birds and learn about our environment. This place is also filled with slavish history, where many ruins of old slave houses still stand today.
2. Garden Groves - Grand Bahama Garden Groves is another oasis of wildlife where you can kayak, walk on birds and learn more about the natural vegetation of Grand Bahama Island.
3. Bimini-Sapona “Ruins of the 1920s” - If you ever travel to the Bahamas off the shores of South Bimini, and Kot Kay is an old barge ordered by Henry Ford in the late 1920s during the era of the ban. At the time, it was known as a “speakeasy” / private club at sea, which was accessible by boat, but shallow enough to allow snorkelers to get to. It was blown up closer to the Bahamas during the hurricane in 1929.
4. Bimini Road - The legend of Bimini roads has been around for many decades. The legend tells about the road leading to the famous lost city of Atlantis. Underwater archaeologists from around the world go to the Bahamas to study the underwater miracle.
5. Myths about Bimini - one of our small islands off the coast of Florida carries a lot of history and even more legendary myths. It is known that the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon explored this island for the famous fountain of youth. Guides on the island would be happy to take you to the place where this spring once flourished.
6. Fisherman's house Hemingway. You can not go to the Bahamas and not hear about the favorite place of fishing Ernest Hemingway and a house on the island of Bimini. The famous and famous sports fisherman, the author is known to have spent a lot of time here fishing, writing and meeting the locals here in Bimini.
7. Joulter Cays - The Joulter Cays on the island of Andros is a unique place for those who are interested in “bone fishing”, birdwatching, scuba diving, swimming, which you call. Such a rare and unique place in all the Bahamas, because of its special powder, like sand, and several endangered species of animals that live there. He is applying for becoming another protected wilderness area in the Bahamas by the National Trust of the Bahamas.
8. Androsia Batik - known as the national fabric of the Bahamas. Androsia factor is home to the original design of Androsia. They come in different colors and patterns, and if you have a chance to visit them once, they will show you exactly how to do it.
9. Red Bay Village is one of the best kept Bahamian secrets ... even I did not know about it since my trip to the Bahamas. Red Bay Village is a remote village in Northern Andros, which was linked by an African tribe who lived like the Seminol Indians more than 50 years ago. The descendants of this tribe still exist and maintain their traditions to this day.
10. Mount Alvernia - Mount Alvernia - the highest point above the sea level in the Bahamas. Located on Kota Island, its highest peak will give you a beautiful panoramic view of the island.
11. Hermitage - Located on Mount Alvernia Kota Island, the Hermitage was the first Catholic church and monastery in the Bahamas, dating from Columbus. time. It is one of the oldest relics found in the Bahamas.
12. Deveaux Mansion - the ruins of the mansion in Virgo - this is not just another property on the slave plantation. Deveaux was a naval officer who helped capture Nassau from the Spaniards in 1783.
13. The first monuments of the fall of the earth. The island of San Salvador is known as the place of discovery and initial birth of the Bahamas, as we know it today. The first monuments of the fall of the earth include a stone cross, which is supposed to repeat the first (wooden) cross, which Christopher Columbus placed on the beach on the day he landed on the island and demanded it for Spain.
14. Lighthouse Dickson Hill - Lighthouse Dickson is one of the last lighthouses in the Bahamas. Built by John Dixon on his plantation estate, the lighthouse uses more than 400,000 kerosene oils, lit by candles, to guard ships at night.
15. HMS Conqueror - HMS is an English ship, which was built in 1855 in Devon-England and served in the Crimean War. After the ship crashed in 1861, the ship continues to lay 30 feet in the Staghorn ravine near Roma Kay from the crumbling barriers of the reefs. It is considered an underwater museum and is owned by the government of the Bahamas.
16. Fortune Island - sometimes vaguely called Long Cay, where experts believe that it was an island that Columbus named after Queen Isabella from Spain to finance his exhibition. There is only one settlement called Albert Town, which is considered a ghost town, and is rumored to be occupied by lost souls who once lived there. But what gives this island its famous name is Fortune Hill itself, which is visible from a distance of 19 km (12 miles) from the sea. Legend has it that hundreds of Bahamians came here, waiting for them to be assembled by professionals who will take them to their state and new life in Central America.
17. French Wells Bay - If you ever travel to the Bahamas, you will see that one of the Curved Island Jewels is the French Wells Bay. This beautiful wetland area, filled with a thick mango bush, is home to many wild birds that come from North America in the winter to the Bahamas.
18. The fortress of marine farms. Come see the abandoned British fort that defended Curve Island and the southern Bahamas in the 1812 war.
19. US military base. Over the years there have been several US military bases on different islands of the Bahamas. At least two were created on the islands of Eleuthera and another on the island of Andros. However, this base is located in Mayaguana, and it was built in 1950. This is the only base to which you can refer with a guide. Many of these bases were used for training sessions for the US military.
20. Southwest Point - Southwest Point in Inagua is popular for its clear vision of the island of Cuba from a hand-held lighthouse.
21. Inagua Lands & Sea Park - Home to the largest Flamingo reserves in the Caribbean, located on Great Inagua Island outside the city of Matthew.
22. Preachers Cay - Known as a safe haven for Eleutheran Adventures in the 1600s, when they first made the earth fall. The cave of preachers was then used as a church platform for meetings of adventurers. The cave is located on the northern coast of the island of Eleuthera.
23. The Glass Window Bridge - a few miles from the Cave of the Preachers in Eleuthera, is one of the many wonders of the world, known as the “Window Glass Bridge”. What is particularly important in this place is the sharing of placid turquoise water on one side and coarse dark blue Atlantic waters on the other. Despite the fact that the bridge itself (which transports people from the north to the south of the island) was damaged by past weather bursts and hurricanes over the years, the nature freak is truly amazing.
24. Deans Blue Hole. On the different islands of the Bahamas, there are many blue holes. But Deans Blue Hole, located in Kate Deadman, Long Island, is not only one of the deepest, one of its claims and simpler blue holes to access the Bahamas. Right from the beach and hiding under a cave like a rock, you will find it in full view.
25. Pink sands. If you ever plan to go to the Bahamas, you should check out our pink sand beaches on Harbor Island, Long Island and in different parts of Eleuthera Island. Look at this science on our Harbor Island page (see References to this article after this article)
26. Nadezhda Town Lighthouse - Nadezhda Town Lighthouse in the city of Nadezhda Abako is one of the oldest lighthouses in the Bahamas. It stands out from any other lighthouse in the Bahamas with its red and white horizontal stripes.
27. Loyalist Memorial - The Loyalist Memorial is a small artistic space of various bust figures of several members of the loyalist community who go to the Bahamas to avoid political persecution during the American war of independence. The memorial is a tribute to those who helped build a community, not only in Abaco, but also in other islands in the Bahamas.
28. Albury Boat Builders is a generation construction company that is required to build the highest quality boats and vessels in the region. If you go, you can find out how everything is done and get to know your family.
29. Darby Castle - Darby Castle is an old mansion ruin located on Big Darby Island, which is one of the five islands owned by the late plantation owner Sir Baxter (known as the Nazi supporter). As early as 1800, the Darby Islands were one of the largest employers in the south of the Bahamas and produced everything from Cotton to food production.
30. Pretty Molly Bay and the Hermitage In Exuma - Great Exuma is an island filled with history and relics of old slave plants, and stories about where you can learn more about our country and its past. One of these same stories can be found in the Pretty Molly Bay, named after the pretty Molly slave who lived in Exuma and took her life by going into the water. Some say they have seen her ghost enter the water at night. You will find similar stories around the Williamstown area, where many slave plantations have been established.
