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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Comfortable, cost-conscious, unpretentious, and convenient, this resort opened in 1993 in the heart of Port Lucaya. Many guests are drawn to its nautical atmosphere and good location. It was designed as a compound of pastel-colored two-story structures that guests reach either on foot or (if they're transporting luggage) via golf cart after checking in. They're scattered in rows that wind around a horseshoe-shaped courtyard, very close to a marina and steps from the local restaurants, bars, shops, and nightlife. The guest-room wings separate the piers -- home to some very expensive marine hardware -- from a verdant central green space with a gazebo-style bar and a swimming pool. Although set inland on a waterway (Lucayan Harbour), this resort is an easy walk from Lucaya Beach, one of the island's finest, and Taíno Beach. The medium-size rooms have tile floors and are attractively and comfortably furnished with rattan pieces and big wall mirrors. The rooms are divided into various categories, ranging from standard to deluxe, and open onto the marina, the Olympic-size swimming pool, or the well-landscaped garden. If you don't want to hear the sounds coming from the lively marketplace, request units 1-6, which are more tranquil and distanced from the noise. Bathrooms are tidy but not overly large, with tub/showers and a layout like you might find at a middle-bracket motel in Florida.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Bahamas 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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