Eleuthera
The Glass Window Bridge, Eleuthera
How to visit the Glass Window Bridge on Eleuthera, where the Atlantic meets the turquoise bank across a few metres of rock: timing, safety and nearby sights.
The places worth building a day around.
Each of these pages explains what the place is, how to reach it, when it is safe or at its best, and which tours include it.
Eleuthera
The Queen's Baths, Eleuthera
The Queen's Baths are tide pools in Eleuthera's Atlantic shore, swimmable at low tide: how to find them, when it is safe and what to bring.
Long Island
Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island
Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island drops about 663 feet from a sheltered cove: how to visit, whether you can swim, and the Vertical Blue freediving event.
Andros
The blue holes of Andros
Andros has the world's highest concentration of blue holes: visiting Blue Holes National Park, swimming Captain Bill's, and snorkelling ocean holes with a guide.
Exuma
Pig Beach on Big Major Cay
Pig Beach on Big Major Cay is home to the Exuma swimming pigs: where it is, how tours reach it from Great Exuma, Staniel Cay and Nassau, and the rules.
Exuma
Thunderball Grotto, Staniel Cay
Thunderball Grotto is a cavern you snorkel into at low tide beside Staniel Cay, filmed in two Bond films: how tours reach it and timing the tide.
Nassau
The Queen's Staircase, Nassau
The Queen's Staircase is a 66-step passage cut from limestone in 1790s Nassau, leading to Fort Fincastle: its history and how to visit it downtown.
Abaco
The Hope Town Lighthouse, Elbow Cay
The candy-striped Hope Town Lighthouse on Elbow Cay is one of the last hand-wound, kerosene-lit lighthouses: its history and how to climb it.
Grand Bahama
Lucayan National Park and Gold Rock Beach, Grand Bahama
Lucayan National Park on Grand Bahama: two caves above a vast underwater cave system, a mangrove boardwalk and Gold Rock Beach, with how and when to visit.
Bimini
The Bimini Road
The Bimini Road is a half-mile line of rectangular limestone blocks in shallow water off North Bimini, an easy snorkel wrapped in legend: what it is and how to go.