Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Telephone
BaTelCo
East St ( 242-323-6414; 7am-10pm) ; John F Kennedy Dr (
242-323-4911; 7am-10pm) Has public phone booths for international calls. The East St
branch is a half-block south of Bay St.
Toilets
There are public toilets on Bay St (on the west side of the Straw Market) and on the north
side of Rawson Sq. Apart from those two, public toilets are as rare as hen's teeth. Just pop
in and use the facilities at big hotels as everyone else does!
Tourist Information
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
(
www.bahamas.com
)
; Welcome Centre (
242-323-3182, 242-322-7680; Prince George Wharf); Airport Arrivals Terminal (
242-377-6806)
GETTING THERE & AWAY
For information on international flights to the Bahamas and Nassau please refer to
Click
here
. For travel information between Nassau and other Bahamian islands, please refer to
those destinations.
GETTING AROUND
Historic downtown Nassau is 10 blocks long and four blocks wide and faces north toward
Paradise Island and Nassau Harbour. The Paradise Island bridge is about a mile east of
downtown, while Cable Beach begins about 3 miles west of downtown. The island's main
drag, Bay St, traverses the entire north shore of the island, passing right through downtown
Nassau.
To/From the Airport
Lynden Pindling International Airport
(
242-377-7281) lies 10 miles west of down-
town.
There are no buses to or from the airport, as the taxi-drivers' union has things sewn up. Bus
12 does come to the airport's outskirts, but not to the terminals - if you're hell-bent on tak-
ing the bus, ask a local where to stand. A few hotels do provide shuttle services, and taxis
also line the forecourts of hotels and the area outside the arrivals lounge of the airport. Call
the day ahead to book a
taxi
( 242-323-5111/4555) . Rates are fixed by the government
and displayed at the airport on the wall by the taxi-rank; all destination rates are for two
people with standard luggage (each additional person costs $3).
