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St. Maarten Has an All-Inclusive Beach Club — No Resort Required

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On St. Maarten, the beach bar is usually a pay-as-you-go affair — a chair, a bucket of beers, maybe a grilled fish sandwich when the mood strikes. Big Bastard’s quietly turns that familiar rhythm on its head. Right on the sand in Simpson Bay, the irreverently named beach club has introduced something you almost never […]

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The 15 Best Beaches in The Bahamas You’ve Never Heard Of 

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They’re far from major airports, set within destinations that are nowhere near the typical tourist map. And that’s what makes them so spectacular. These are the remote, hard-to-reach beaches you dream about. And they’re all in The Bahamas.  We’ve visited more beaches (and islands) in The Bahamas than any other team of journalists on the […]

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10 Small Hotels to Visit in The Bahamas This Summer 

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Sailing the turquoise splendor of the Exumas. Diving blue holes in Andros. Finding new levels of chill in San Salvador. Achieving seclusion in Cat Island. Tasting new flavors in Nassau. The Bahamas is an equally vibrant destination in the summer, where its beaches and endless water are the perfect recipe for cooling down in a […]

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The Bahamas’ Undiscovered Island

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“At two o’clock in the morning the land was discovered, at two leagues’ distance; they took in sail and remained under the square-sail lying to till day, which was Friday, when they found themselves near a small island, one of the Lucayos, called in the Indian language Guanahani.” – The Journal of Christopher Columbus, Oct. […]


10 Small Hotels to Visit in The Bahamas This Summer 

It’s still one of the great secrets of The Bahamas: the tiny island of San Salvador.  This tropical getaway, most famous as the site of Columbus’ first landing in the New World, is almost impossibly pristine, home to some of the best snorkeling and diving on earth.  And it’s also filled with untouched, uncrowded white-sand […]

The Ultimate Caribbean Scuba Diving Destination

First there was Christopher Columbus, met by the waters of Guanahani in 1492.  And then, 530 years later, there was SpongeBob.  SpongeBob is a 25-pound Nassau Grouper that calls Long Bay home, the most famous current resident of a bay that was the first landfall of Columbus and his crew on Oct. 12, 1492.  Today, […]

Caribbean Moment: Sunset in San Salvador, The Bahamas

It’s the most relaxing, beautiful island you’ve never heard of. This is San Salvador, the island made famous by Columbus’ first landfall in the New World, today a remarkably beautiful, endlessly serene, impossibly laid back island at the far eastern edge of The Bahamas.  That means ray-filled sunsets like these, even with clouds, where it’s […]

Club Med’s Bahamas All-Inclusive Resort Reopens This Week 

For years it was arguably the signature all-inclusive resort in The Bahamas: the Club Med Columbus, the beach resort on the remote island of San Salvador.  And now, for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, the property is reopening, welcoming back its first guests on Oct. 22.  The resort (formerly known as […]

The Best All-Inclusive Hotels in The Bahamas 

The Bahamas doesn’t have an overwhelming number of all-inclusive hotel options, but what the archipelago nation lacks in quantity it more than makes up in variety. Basic to high-end, intimate to extravagant, the Bahamas has an all-inclusive to match almost any budget and interest, including resorts on private islands and others smack in the middle […]

Bahamas Eyes Partner to Operate, Update Airports on Seven Islands

The Bahamas is looking for a private partner to update, operate and maintain a portfolio of eight airports across the country.  The country is set to launch a Request for Pre-Qualifications for The Bahamas Airport PPP Program.  In a statement, the government said it was “focused on the development of sustainable and resilient airport infrastructure […]

San Salvador Beach Villas List for $4.1 Million

A boutique villa community on the island of San Salvador in The Bahamas has hit the market, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The Guanahani Beach Villas, a collection of four beachfront bungalows (with a total of four bathrooms) on the island of San Salvador, has been listed with Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty for $4.1 million.  […]

Crystal Is Adding More New All-Inclusive Cruises to The Bahamas

Crystal Cruises is adding three more cruises to its popular Bahamas-focused itineraries, Caribbean Journal has learned.  This fall and winter, the luxury cruise line will kick off three new itineraries, beginning with a cruise from New York City to The Bahamas on Nov. 26.  That cruise will call on a host of Bahamian destinations, with […]