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BAHAMAS Grand Bahama I. Great Abaco I. New Providence Eleuthera I. Great Exuma I. Little Abaco I. Freeport/ Lucaya George Town Harbour I. Paradise I. Nassau A T L A N T I C O C E A N 0 50 miles 0 50 km Grand Bahama Island Great Abaco Island Little Abaco Island Nassau A T L A N T I C O C E A N Great Exuma Island New Providence Island Paradise Island Eleuthera Island George Town Governor's Harbour Marsh Harbour Harbour Island Treasure Cay North Eleuthera Airport T h e E x u m a s Ex u m a Sound Fowl Cay 0 40 miles 0 40 km West End Freeport International Airport Freeport Harbour Freeport Lucaya Q ueen's Hwy. 0 5 miles 0 5 km Lake Killarney Lake Cunningham Montagu Bay Paradise Island Salt Cay John F. Rd. Cable Beach Paradise Beach Nassau 0 1 mile 0 1 km NASSAU/PARADISE ISLAND GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND ABACO/ELEUTHERA/EXUMA 18 19 20 22 23 21 16 17 12 6 14 7 2 1 3 8 5 4 9 24 11 25 10 15 13 Only a short 50 miles off the coast of Florida, over 700 islands and cays spread across 500 miles of clear turquoise waters. Some travelers call it paradise, but we know it as the Bahamas. With wild flamingos in the skies and playful pods of dolphins in the seas, it only takes a second to settle into the relaxed charm of this destination and its narrow streets, picket fences and colorful clapboard houses. The only thing outnumbering these islands are the reasons travelers love them. Nassau, the capital of the most visited island of New Providence, is a cruise ship darling, with the two mile Cable Beach drawing crowds; its international airport is always bustling with visitors headed to neighboring Paradise Island and the largest open-air marine habitat on the planet. Grand Bahama Island, home of the Lucayan National Park, which features a six-mile-long mapped underwater cave system, is also where the archipelago's most upscale golf courses are. Of course, the Out Islands offer a more secluded, sheltered experience for vacationers who want to kick back and reset their clocks to island time. However, on all the islands, you'll find dockside restaurants serving delectable conch dishes, spectacular diving—including plunges to amazing blue holes—and snorkeling among the largest marine mammals found anywhere in the world, incredible boating and more…all just steps away from boundless beautiful beaches. Bahamas 23