The largest festival is Junkanoo - a colorful street parade of people in bright costumes dancing to the rhythm of drums, whistles and cowbells. In close proximity to the cruise port are also Saunders Beach, Love Beach, and Jaws Beach.īoat tours from Nassau to Pearl Island (~8 mi / 13 km), Blue Lagoon Island (7 mi / 11 km) and Balmoral Island (6 mi / 10 km) are day excursion packages (US$80-110 pp) inclusive of roundtrip transportation, lunch, segway/walking tour, watersport activities (30-min guided snorkeling tour, seakayaks, paddleboards, trampolines, hammocks, beach chairs, umbrellas, water mats, showers, restrooms).Ĭlose to the cruise terminal are several hotels and resorts (with day pass access), the largest of which are Margaritaville Beach Resort & Waterpark (2 swimming pools, lazy river), Warwick Paradise Island Nassau (pools, tennis courts, bicycles, all food and drinks), Breezes Resort & Spa (on Cable Beach, 3 pools), RIU Palace Paradise Island (adults-only, on Cabbage Beach, 2x pools, buffet food, poolside BBQ), Baha Mar Resort & Waterpark (24 waterslides, lazy river, infinity pool, 3x pools, outdoor casino). The port city is a unique mixture of modern resorts and British colonialism heritage, with numerous historical sites and amazing beaches, the most popular of which are Junkanoo Beach, Cabbage Beach, and Cable Beach. Nassau Cruise Port's day record is February 27, 2023, when were handled a total of 28554 tourists who disembarked from a total of 6 vessels/berthed simultaneously - Carnival Mardi Gras, Celebrity Beyond, Celebrity Reflection, MSC Meraviglia, Harmony OTS, and Wonder OTS. For 2023, the Port had booked a total of 1260 cruise ship berthings. Nassau City was named after William III of England (aka William of Orange, 1650-1702), from the House of Orange-Nassau (European aristocratic dynasty).įollowing the 2-year pause in cruise shipping due to the Coronavirus/global health crisis, in 2022 Nassau had scheduled 1100+ ship calls. The Bahamas is a Commonwealth (UK crown dependency) in which HM Queen Elizabeth II is the reigning monarch and head of state. The Bahamas is the Americas' 3rd-richest country by GDP (USD 9,792 billion / USD 26000 per capita in 2018) and its main industry is tourism. The cruise port handles annually 4+ million cruise tourists. Approx 5 mi (8 km) to the east is Rose Island. Approx 40 mi (65 km) to the northwest of Nassau is Berry Islands' largest island - Great Harbour Cay, and the nearby-located cruise line private islands Coco Cay ( RCI-Royal Caribbean, originally named Little Stirrup Cay) and Great Stirrup Cay ( NCL-Norwegian). Just offshore (opposite Port Nassau) is the world-famous Atlantis Paradise Island (privately-owned resort and residential property). In Nassau are registered most of the cruise vessels (both large and smaller-sized) as The Bahamas is the preferable flag-state for major cruise shipping companies.
The city has population around 275,000 and total area approx 80 mi2 (207 km2). Port Nassau (locode BSNAS) is on New Providence Island's northeastern coast. Nassau is Bahamas' main (largest) seaport as well as the country's capital city - located east of Florida USA.
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