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THE BAHAMAS | CARIBBEAN BOOK IT


Kuoni has seven nights’ all-inclusive at Sandals Emerald Bay Golf Tennis & Spa Resort from £3,099, including flights from Heathrow and transfers, for selected dates in March and May. kuoni.co.uk


Funway Holidays offers a week’s all-inclusive in a Classic Room at Breezes Bahamas in Nassau from £1,529, flying with BA from Heathrow on September 7. funway4agents.co.uk


Carrier offers four nights’ B&B at Rosewood Baha Mar, Nassau, and three at Pink Sands Resort, Harbour Island, from £5,140 in June-October, including American Airlines flights from Heathrow and transfers. carrier.co.uk


which offers all-inclusive luxury on Great Exuma. Set in 200 hectares bordered by a mile-long beach, it has 249 rooms and suites (which include butler service), two large pools, an 18-hole championship golf course and 12 restaurants and bars. There’s plenty to keep guests occupied in and out of the resort, not least ‘Chat ‘n’ Chill’ on Stocking Island, which has been a favourite with locals and visitors for more than 20 years. Reached by water taxi, you can idle away an afternoon over a conch (pronounced ‘conk’) salad and a hog roast, all washed down with a Goombay Smash that packs a (rum) punch.


ELEUTHERA AND HARBOUR ISND About 50 miles northeast of Nassau, historic Eleuthera – christened by English Puritans who settled there from Bermuda in the


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1640s – boasts pristine coral reefs, rocky bluffs and lush greenery, not to mention the world’s sweetest pineapples. A short boat ride away, tiny Harbour Island – it has fewer than 2,000 inhabitants – is the epitome of sophisticated island life, with small luxury hotels, high-end boutiques and fine-dining restaurants to complement its seemingly endless pink-tinged beaches. With just 38 rooms spread over


three tropical hectares, the Coral Sands Hotel in Dunmore Town makes a gorgeous getaway, with interiors designed by Barbara Hulanicki of Biba fame, and plenty of Bahamian charm. Guests pootle around on golf carts, stopping off for lunch at celebrity hotspot Sip Sip to feast on fresh Bahamian fare, including coconut cakes, grilled shrimp and lobster quesadillas. If the best way to help the Bahamas is by visiting, I can think of worse places to start. TW


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