Rental cars are readily available at the Nassau airport and other locales. If you have an American Express credit card, use it to charge the rental if possible. In case you’re in an accident and your insurance won’t cover it, Amex will. Driving around Nassau and Paradise Island can be VERY confusing. First, there’s the driving on the left side...

Lynden Pindling International Airport (NAS) is 2.5 hours by air from New York, about 3.5 hours from the Midwest, and only 30 minutes from Miami. Air Canada, American Airlines, Bahamasair, Continental, Delta, JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines, US Airways, and a number of charter airlines provide service from the U.S. to Nassau’s international terminal. A new $198 million U.S. departures terminal...

The best Bahamas vacations combine the bustle of Nassau/Paradise Island with the time-stopped, utter relaxation of the Out Islands. That is why I have included overviews of most of the major Out Islands. For each of the Out Islands I’ve listed, I have included air carriers and travel time within the listing. Sea transport is the slower way to go,...

Two bridges span the narrow channel between Nassau and Paradise Island, each going one way. You can walk or bike the arched high bridge for free. The toll to cross by car is $1 each way. Under the bridge, on the Paradise Island side, you’ll find two boat terminals, one for the public ferry, the other more fancy one (with...

Before there was Arawak Cay, Potter’s Cay was THE place to get your freshly chopped conch salad and other Bahamian seafood dishes and fresh fish. Arawak Cay stole some of its thunder with its pretty-for-tourists setting, but Potter’s Cay, under the Paradise Island bridge, is still the locally colorful place to find that and more — fresh seafood and produce from...