The Goombay Smash: The Story Behind the Bahamas' Most Famous Cocktail

Cat Island has an eight-mile pink sand beach and a hand-built stone monastery at the highest point in all of The Bahamas. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the archipelago.

Andros is the largest island in the Bahamas and one of the least visited. The west coast has almost nothing except bonefish, which is exactly the point.

Twenty-five miles east of Freeport, Lucayan National Park contains all six Bahamian vegetation zones, a world-class cave system, and Gold Rock Beach.

Most visitors to the Bahamas see one island. The travelers who return repeatedly are the ones who figured out how to see several without turning the logistics into the main event.

The Bahamas has a reputation for being expensive. That reputation is partially deserved and partially the result of people planning around the wrong things.

The Bahamas is marketed almost exclusively at couples, families, and cruise groups. This guide is for everyone else.

Every bar in the Bahamas serves a Goombay Smash. Most of them are good. None of them are the real thing.

The Bahamas has a rum culture that predates tourism by several centuries. Here's how to drink well in Nassau — from Sky Juice at Arawak Cay to craft rum at John Watling's distillery.

Harbour Island is three miles long, half a mile wide, and has a food scene that outperforms its size.

The Bahamas has more blue holes than anywhere on earth. Here's the geology behind them, the legend of the Lusca, and why Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island draws freedivers from around the world.

Over-the-Hill is the neighborhood where freed Africans built Bahamian culture after emancipation. Grant's Town, Bain Town, the churches, the music — the Nassau that most visitors never see.

There is only one place on earth where Androsia fabric is made: a factory on Andros Island that has been producing hand-dyed batik cotton since 1973. Here's the story, the process, and where to find it.

Nassau's club scene is better than its reputation and runs later than most guides mention. Here is the full map of where to dance in Nassau — and when to actually show up.

Nassau has enough variety along one mile of waterfront to make a proper bar crawl worth doing. Here is the route, the timing, and what to skip

There is a version of Nassau nightlife that happens entirely off land. Party catamarans, harbour evening cruises, and open-bar boat parties — here is how the scene works.

Your ship was supposed to dock at 8 AM. It is now 11. That is not a ruined port day — it is a different port day.

Nassau is not just a port stop. For some itineraries it is where your cruise begins. Embarkation day at Prince George Wharf works differently from a port call.

One mile from Prince George Wharf stands the largest fort ever built in The Bahamas. Most cruise passengers walk right past it.