Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Taxi
A taxi to/from the ferry dock from Treasure Cay is $15. Call
Hart's Taxi Service
(
242-475-0572) .
Spanish Cay
On your way to Spanish Cay you will pass
Cooper's Town
, a center for commercial citrus
farms. Spanish Cay, a 3-mile-long sliver of land 3 miles off the northern tip of Great Abaco,
was once owned by Queen Elizabeth II. Four beautiful beaches line the eastern shore. Most
of its 185 acres are covered in palm groves and tropical forest, with a few homes of the
international gentry hidden in their midst.
Spanish Cay Resort & Marina
HOTEL $$
( 242-365-0083;
www.spanishcay.com
;
r $215-295, villas $375-875; ) Accessible
only by boat or private plane, Spanish Cay is owned by a Texan yacht builder who has a
home on the island's far side. Accommodations range from dingy duplexes to luxurious
condos, though extreme isolation and lack of swimming beaches mean few traditional tour-
ists. Most guests are passing yachties or local lobster fishermen. The marina offers 82 slips
and full facilities, including a restaurant, bar and provision store.
Little Abaco
Great Abaco finishes 5 miles northwest of Cooper's Town at Angel Fish Point, where SC
Bootle Hwy swings west over a bridge onto Little Abaco island.
The population lives in four small and relatively poor settlements: Cedar Harbour,
Mount Hope, Fox Town and Crown Haven. There's a post office, small hotel and police
station in Fox Town. There are a few modest beaches and the bonefishing on the south side
of the island is said to be excellent. The only reason most visitors would come this way
would be to catch the ferry from Crown Haven to Grand Bahama (
Click here
).
Grand Cay
Near the top of the Abacos chain, Grand Cay is divided into the larger, box-shaped, virtu-
ally uninhabited isle of that name and, to its east, Little Grand Cay and Mermaid Cay, both
with small settlements. There are several beaches; the most spectacular is Wells Bay, which
runs the 2-mile west shore of Grand Cay. The bonefishing here is superb.
If you should find yourself here overnight,
Rosie's Place
( 242-353-1223;
242-353-1355;
www.rosiesplace.com
) has no-frills cottages and a restaurant. You'll need a
private boat to get here.
