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Nassau
Capital and largest city of The Bahamas

Nassau

Nassau is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas.

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It is on the island of New Providence, which has a population of 296,522, 74.26% of the country's total population. Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. It is the centre of commerce, education, law, administration, and media of the country.

Get in

Getting to Nassau

Nassau's

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    Lynden Pindling International Airport
See

Worth seeing

Take a walk around Old Town, an interesting mixture of abandoned buildings and bright Caribbean structures. It doesn't take long to get away from the over-scrubbed tourist areas in the very center. Walk ten minutes uphill to the pink

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    Parliament House
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    Ardastra Gardens

    Zoo & Conservation Center, fax: +1 242-323-7232, info@ardastra.com.

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    National Art Gallery of the Bahamas

    Opened in 2003, this showcases Bahamian art from the precolonial era to the present.

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    Pirates of Nassau Museum
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    Fort Fincastle

    Bennet's Hill, Prison Lane, pompey33@hotmail.com.

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    Cable Beach
Do

Things to do

Bus tours are interesting. They'll drive you around, and tell you about the local government, tell you about different points of interest, and take you to old forts, and to Paradise Island, to see the famous Atlantis hotel resort and its stunning aquarium.

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    Queen's Staircase

    66-step staircase named after Queen Victoria.

Eat

Where to eat

Get out of the hotel and try real Bahamian fare. You can get greasy fish, sides and desserts at one of the holes-in-the-wall in downtown Nassau for around $8. On the upscale side, there's no shortage of waterside seafood restaurants where it would be easy to part with $50 for an excellent piece of lobster.

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    Cafe Matisse

    Bank Lane (behind Parliament Sq, off Bay St),.

How locals move

Getting around Nassau the local way

  • Get inAir taxi and air charter companies such as Jetset Charter and Monarch Air Group fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals into and out of Nassau.
  • Get inFor departures, there are three terminal concourses: domestic and charter flights, flights to the US, and non-US international flights.
  • Get inFor island-hopping within The Bahamas, a good option would be Bahamas Ferries, which has several sailings each week to Nassau from most other islands.
  • Get aroundA water taxi service is an available alternative to a taxi to get to Paradise Island from downtown.
  • Get aroundMinibuses (locally known as jitneys) act as the bus system of Nassau city and New Providence island.

From Wikivoyage: Nassau, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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