Pirate walk
The Nassau is the capital of Bahamas and the old days the hideout for pirates. We start our walk from the old fort and continue to the queens staircase which was built for gateaway from the fort. We continue to the governments house and the museum of pirates at Nassau. We walk at Bay Street to find the parliaments square and Prince George wharf. Walk the coast line and head to the Antlantis hotel where you can visit the pools and swim with dolphins. Keep in mind that everything in Nassau close around 17:00.
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Fort Fincastle is a fort located in the city of Nassau on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. It was built to provide protection to Nassau. The fort was built in 1793 by Lord Dunmore to protect Nassau from pirates. Built on Society and Bennet's Hills, the fort overlooks the city of Nassau and the Queen’s Staircase, and is often accessed that way by visitors on foot. — Wikipedia
The Queen's Staircase is a walkway of 66 steps (102 feet in Nassau, the capital city of The Bahamas. It was carved out of solid limestone rock by 600 slaves between 1793 and 1794 to create an escape route from the fort above and is a major landmark of Nassau. The stairs are located at Fort Fincastle Historic Complex near Bennet's Hill in Downtown Nassau next to Princess Margaret Hospital and Grosvenor Campus of the University of the Bahamas. — Wikipedia
Government House is the official residence of the Governor General of The Bahamas, located in Nassau. It was built in the colonial days and was the residence of the Governor of The Bahamas. It later continued in the role of official residence and office of the Governor General following political independence from the United Kingdom in 1973. Built on a hill known as Mount Fitzwilliam and completed in 1806, this imposing stuccoed-coral-rock building on Duke Street is the Bahamian archipelago's foremost example of Georgian Colonial architecture.It is built in the European style of architecture, and is universally considered the best building of the kind throughout the West Indies". — Wikipedia
The Republic of Pirates was the base and stronghold of a loose confederacy run by privateers-turned-pirates in Nassau on New Providence island in the Bahamas during the Golden Age of Piracy for about eleven years from 1706 until 1718. While it was not a republic in a formal sense, it was governed by an informal pirate code, which dictated that the crews of the Republic would vote on the leadership of their ships and treat other pirate crews with civility. — Wikipedia
The Senate and Supreme Court meet in this square, which serves as the center of government. A statue of Queen Victoria was erected in the center in 1905. In 1815, escaping British loyalists from the newly established America built the buildings. The Flamingo Pink and white Georgian-style buildings are lovely. Located directly on Bay Street, it is a short walk from your cruise ship.
Prince George Dock, located in the heart of Nassau, is one of the most popular cruise ship destinations in the world, and many of the world's cruise liners dock here. This harbor was dredged twice, once in 1966 and once in 2009. Until 1966, large ships would anchor outside the harbour's entrance and ferry their passengers to the dock.
Atlantis Paradise Island is an ocean-themed resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. It is built around Aquaventure, a 62-hectare (154-acre) waterscape. — Wikipedia
