Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Golf
The
Cable Beach Golf Club
( 242-677-4175; Cable Beach; guests/nonguests per nine
holes $75/130) at the Sheraton Cable Beach is the only course currently open to the public;
it's soon to undergo a redesign by Jack Nicklaus's firm.
Horseback Riding
take a trot on a trail with the horses of
Happy Trails Stables
( 242-362-1820; Coral
Harbour, Southern Beaches; per 1½hr $90; Mon-Sat) . Rides take in the woodland and
beach scenery of the southern coastlands, and transfers are also provided.
SAND & SPA
As if lounging on powder-white sand or floating in the warm aqua ocean wasn't
relaxing enough, Nassau spas offer a full menu of beach-inspired pampering
services.
» At Paradise Island's Atlantis (
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)
, the
Mandara Spa
(
www.mandaraspa.com
)
is as opulent as the hotel itself, with a marble-and-ma-
hogany lobby and orchids everywhere. Choose Eastern- or Western-style mas-
sages, Bahamian-flavored body treatments (try the divine lime and ginger salt
rubdown) or an array of salon services. A second location, in the exclusive One
& Only Ocean Club (
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), has private Balinese-style villas, each with its
own garden sitting area. Experience the signature One & Only massage, where
two therapists blend five different styles of massage (Shiatsu, Thai, Hawaiian,
Swedish and Balinese) until you're reduced to a quivering jelly.
» In the Marley Resort (
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), Bob Marley's former Bahamian getaway,
the
Natural Mystic Spa
(
www.marleyresort.com
)
offers Afro-Carib-
bean-inflected treatments inspired by Marley's wife Rita. Try the Jamaican Cof-
fee Scrub or the Royal Rita Bath of orange blossoms, red clay and roses.
» The trendy Compass Point Beach Resort's
Barefoot Retreat
(
www.compasspointbeachresort.com
)
has a long list of reflexology, wrap and
rubdown treatments, including a couple's-only twilight massage.
» For the nonspa types, various operators on Cable Beach and Cabbage Beach
offer ocean-front massages on the spot!
TOURS
Nearly all hotels have tour desks that will offer a selection of choices and make all bookings
on your behalf. Also refer to the recommended boat excursions,
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. Nassau's
quaint horse-drawn surreys (
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) are also a great way to explore downtown Nassau