Best Bahamas Resorts

Nassau is a destination teeming with tourist attractions - and tourists. Small wonder, as the archipelago’s capital city boasts routinely sunny skies, beautiful beaches and multitude of resorts and activities for families, couples and travelers seeking a quick escape from stressful careers and climates.

Atlantis Paradise Island

The property: The iconic Royal Towers are the best-known physical feature of this massive resort and is centrally located to the resort’s multitude of active attractions including The Dig & Ruins Lagoon, where guests can snorkel through an underwater replica of the lost city of Atlantis. The Aquaventure water park is one of the world’s largest and features a 120-foot high “Power Tower” and nine separate water slides, plus 11 pools. The resort’s Royal Casino is always a hub of activity and connects to multiple dining and retail options. The resort’s Coral Towers and Beach Tower wings offer family friendly, value-oriented accommodations while the Cove Atlantis offers deluxe ocean-view suites with facilities including an adults-only pool area.

What makes it special: Atlantis is designed as an all-encompassing resort that offers something for everyone. Vacationers looking for fun and excitement nightlife will enjoy the casino’s new Pegasus Race & Sports Book, which features a lounge area where guests can tune into major sports events. Also new among the resort’s multiple dining options is Olives Atlantis, a casually elegant dining experience featuring celebrity chef Todd English’s signature interpretative Mediterranean cuisine. The staff operates from a broad open kitchen and prepares dishes using a rotisserie grill. With “Ultimate Trainer for a Day,” guests can join a marine animal specialist as they feed stingrays and nurse sharks and interact with dolphin and sea lions.


Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort & Offshore Island

The property: The Caribbean’s all-inclusive resort leader has another winning property here, set on the grounds of the former Balmoral Club. The Club was launched in 1946 as a playground for the royal friends of Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who was then the Bahamas’ governor. The property features elaborate and stately architecture, including Roman columns and 25-foot high statues that guard the lushly landscaped cobblestone driveway. Located on a picturesque stretch of Cable Beach, the resort offers 404 rooms and suites spread across 15 acres. Amenities and facilities cover the complete range and include butler service, 24-hour room service and “Club Sandals” concierge accommodations.  This deluxe room category features access to a 24-hour lounge offering priority check-in and –out, light cuisine and drinks, weekly activities and staff that assists with excursions, spa reservations and other guest needs.

What makes it special: Sandals Royal Bahamian is one of a rare handful of warm-weather resorts that features it own offshore island, located within view of the property’s beach. The island offers a fresh water pool, plus a swim-up pool and pool bar and Stewfish, which serves a la carte Caribbean seafood. The island also offers the Zen Garden, an outlet of the company’s Red Lane Spa.


Graycliff Hotel

The property: This historic hotel is located in a beautiful colonial mansion whose history that extends to the 18th century. The hotel offers old-world charm, sophistication and elegance opposite Nassau’s Government House. Guest rooms at the luxury property feature elegant antique appointments plus modern amenities including air conditioning, private baths with jacuzzi tubs, mini bars, data ports and cable TV. Accommodations offer views of the Graycliff Gardens and the pool area’s lush foliage, and the hotel’s Graycliff Restaurant is one of the finest in all of the Bahamas. The five-star eatery features a Wine Spectator grand award-winning wine list and interpretative Bahamian and Continental cuisine.

What makes it special: The Graycliff wine cellar is said to be the world’s third-largest, with an inventory of more than 250,000 bottles from over 400 vintners in 15 countries. The inventory includes an 1865 Château Lafite along with one the oldest and one of the most expensive bottles in the world, a 1727 Rudesheimer Apostelwein from Bremen Ratskeller in the Rheinghau region priced at $200,000. Deep within the wine cellar lies the Cognateque, a formal dining room where guests can enjoy exceptional cognacs and spirits including extremely rare bottles including a selection from the collection of French artist and designer Erte and a Courvoisier reserve of which only 500 bottles were made.