Bahamas – Polmart https://www.polmartonline.com Apple Vacations Platinum Agent! Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:50:17 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Nassau https://www.polmartonline.com/destination/apple-vacations-nassau/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:23:51 +0000 http://t8.nmgsol.com/?post_type=destination&p=145 Catch the spirit in Nassau, the heart and hub of the Bahamas since the days of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. Drenched in history, Nassau seduces visitors with its tropical splendor combined with glamorous shopping, gourmet dining and lively nightlife. Visit in late December and you can join in the festivities of Junkanoo, with traditional street parades and all night parties, where you can dance until dawn to local music punctuated by cowbells, watch elaborate floats, and see costumes created by tiny shreds of colourful crepe paper.

Travel Facts about Nassau:

  • Relax on the internationally celebrated sugar-white sands of Cable Beach.
  • Wander the charming Straw Market downtown and shop for local art and handcrafted wares.
  • Let the friendly casino staff deal you an evening of fun.
  • The Gulf Stream and trade winds maintain a temperature range of 68-86°F during the day, and 62-70°F at night, year round. Water temperature ranges from 73°F to 82°F.
]]> Grand Bahama https://www.polmartonline.com/destination/apple-vacations-grand-bahama/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 01:43:43 +0000 http://t8.nmgsol.com/?post_type=destination&p=133 Only a 52 minute flight from Miami, Grand Bahamas Island generously offers all you expect from a tropical destination and much more. Grand Bahamas Island is more than just the excitement of Freeport/Lucaya, more than just casinos, all-inclusive hotels and world-class entertainment. Outside the city is an entire island filled with natural wonders, and incredible diversity of marine life. There are small towns that seem to sleep in time, and they hide a history unlike any other in the Caribbean.

Travel Facts about Grand Bahamas:

  • Stroll endless miles of spectacular beaches, find your own secluded cove, dance the night away in cosmopolitan Freeport or escape civilization and explore one of the world’s largest underwater cave systems.
  • The “discovery” of Grand Bahamas was a result of Ponce de Leon’s quest for the “Fountain of Youth” in 1513. Just a short vacation here will convince you that it has indeed been found.
  • It is believed that the Spanish explorer described the areas around the Little Bahamas Bank as being “baja mar” (literally ‘shallow sea’). From this, the name, Gran Bajamar, or ‘Great Shallows,’ evolved. Those shallows concealed for years the oldest archaeological artifacts of the Lucayan Indians, dating to the 12th century.
  • Trade winds give the Bahamas a warm, pleasant climate throughout the year. Temperatures average from 70°F during the winter, to 86°F in the summer.
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