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ellite TV, desk with modem and power outlet, mini-bar, voice
mail, and more. Business and executive floors are available.
Special Features/Activities: downtown location, small beach,
full health club, dive shop, four restaurants.
Marriott Crystal Palace
PO Box N-8306, West Bay Street, Nassau
Reservations:
800-222-7466
242-327-6200; fax 242-327-6818
www.marriotthotels.com-NASBS
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Cable Beach's largest hotel is tough to miss. The property liter-
ally glows in the dark, with colored lights over each balcony giv-
ing the hotel the look of a seaside candy cane. This is one of the
liveliest nightspots in town, thanks to its super-sized casino
and glitzy revue. (See
Nightlife
, page 119.)
Special Features/Activities: beachfront, casino, fine and casual
dining.
The Ocean Club
Paradise Island Drive, Paradise Island
Reservations:
800-321-3000
242-363-3000; fax 242-363-3703
www.oceanclub.com
$$$
This ultra-elegant resort is the stuff of the rich and famous.
Cindy Crawford married here and the small resort received
worldwide attention, but the well-heeled have been coming
here for many years. The resort has entertained Ronald Rea-
gan, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, Magic John-
son, and many other celebrities. The estate was first named
Shangri-la, purchased in 1962 by Huntington Hartford, heir to
the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company fortune. The estate
had formal Versailles-inspired gardens and statues of Napo-
leon's Josephine, FDR, David Livingstone, and more. Hunting-
ton built a 51-room resort and restaurant and renamed what
was then called Hog Island to Paradise Island.
In 1994, Sun International (the same company that owns
Atlantis as well as South Africa's Sun City) purchased Ocean
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