PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended

This hotel lies across a saltwater canal from the grounds of the Westin and Sheraton at Our Lucaya. It's also located adjacent to Taíno Beach, the sister shore of the better-known Lucaya Beach. Enveloped by semitropical gardens, but without the posh and cutting-edge glamour of the Westin and Sheraton, it dates back to 1995, when construction began on what eventually evolved into a three-phase development. All the bedrooms are in concrete buildings, each painted a shade of coral. Units start with efficiencies, studios, and one-bedroom suites, and go up to elaborate villa and penthouse accommodations. The bedrooms are spacious, well furnished, and handsomely maintained, with a tub/shower in the efficiency rooms and a walk-in shower in the studios. The quality and size of your accommodation and amenities depends on how much you want to pay. Penthouses (on the fourth floor) are multilevel studios with their own sun deck and private pool. On the premises, two restaurants serve international cuisine; there's also a scattering of bars whose number (a maximum of five) varies with the occupancy level and the season. The hotel maintains a ferry service ($2.50/£1.25 per person each way, free for infants under 2) that makes frequent trips across the canal to a dock associated with Our Lucaya. From there, the restaurants, shops, and bars of the Port Lucaya Marketplace and access to Grand Bahama's only casino, the Isle of Capri, are within a 10-minute walk.

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

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