Nassau, worth knowing.

Fun facts about Nassau

1. 1Paradise Island, just across the harbour from Nassau, used to be called Hog Island. A new owner had the name legally changed to Paradise Island in 1962.Source: Bahamianology; Wikipedia
2. 2Off Nassau's west coast, a 60-ton statue of a Bahamian girl holds up the ocean on her shoulders. Ocean Atlas, by Jason deCaires Taylor, sits about 5 metres down, so snorkellers can see it.Source: Jason deCaires Taylor; Caribbean Journal
3. 3Nassau's Junkanoo parade happens in the dark early hours of Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Costumes of cardboard and crepe paper dance down Bay Street to goatskin drums, cowbells and whistles.Source: Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Titan Hospitality Group
4. 4Three centuries ago, Nassau was a pirate stronghold nicknamed the Republic of Pirates. Blackbeard and Calico Jack both called it home.Source: Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Wikipedia
5. 5Nassau keeps showing up in James Bond films. Thunderball filmed a Junkanoo parade on Bay Street, and Daniel Craig's Casino Royale shot scenes at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island.Source: Caribbean Journal; Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board
6. 6Fort Fincastle was built in 1793 in the shape of a paddle steamer, a stone ship parked on a hilltop.Source: Nassau Cruise Port; Wikipedia

Things to do in Nassau

• ◦At Ardastra Gardens, Nassau's flamingos march in formation on command, turning about-face with their trainer. The Caribbean flamingo is the national bird of The Bahamas.Source: Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Nassau Cruise Port
• ◦Climb the Queen's Staircase, known locally as the 66 Steps. It was chiselled out of solid limestone in an old quarry and leads up to Fort Fincastle.Source: Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Wikipedia
• ◦At the Pirates of Nassau Museum downtown, you start on a moonlit dock and climb aboard a replica of Blackbeard's ship, the Revenge, cannons and hammocks included.Source: Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; She Is Wanderlust
• ◦Take a day trip from Nassau out to the Exuma Cays, and swim with the famous pigs of Big Major Cay.Source: Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board; Born Free Charters
• ◦From Nassau, hop a short flight to Staniel Cay and snorkel into Thunderball Grotto, the cave from the 1965 Bond film, where sunbeams pour through holes in the roof.Source: Staniel Cay Vacations; Vital Charters
• ◦Catch the fast ferry from Nassau to Harbour Island for a day on its famous pink sand beach, then explore the island by golf cart.Source: Nassau Cruise Port; Bahamas Air Tours

Questions to bring to Nassau

From Sojourn's journeys. Ask one over a long dinner or on a slow walk, and let the place do some of the work.

Going together

• When do you feel most like yourself?
• What does rest actually look like for you?
• What is one thing you wish we did more of?

Going solo

• What is the first thing this place is showing you that you didn't expect?
• What does this version of you know that the home version tends to forget?

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