{"id":3614,"date":"2013-03-11T11:45:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2020-06-22T17:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T21:36:40","slug":"bahamas-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/bahamas-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a Vacation in the Bahamas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Here are 13 Reasons to Fall in Love with Nassau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I just returned from my first <a title=\"Bahamas Vacation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/vacations-packages_bahamas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bahamas vacation<\/a> in Nassau, where I spent four nights at the <a title=\"Breezes Bahamas Resort &amp; Spa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/vacations-packages_00_03_5B_breezes-bahamas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breezes Bahamas Resort &amp; Spa<\/a>. It&#8217;s difficult to find words to adequately explain the sheer beauty of this destination.<\/p>\n<p>Since they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this post will illustrate the many reasons I&#8217;ve come to adore the Bahamas. I guess you could say this post is worth 13,000 words.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The view from the plane was spectacular in and of itself&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3619 aligncenter\" title=\"bahamas from plane 3\" alt=\"The Bahamas view from the plane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-3.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3620 aligncenter\" title=\"bahamas from plane 9\" alt=\"Bahamas view from plane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-9.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-9.jpg 524w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-9-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bahamas-from-plane-9-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We arrived at the hotel&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3615 aligncenter\" title=\"Breezes Bahamas\" alt=\"Breezes Bahamas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-Lobby.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3631\" title=\"Breezes Bahamas Lobby\" alt=\"Breezes Bahamas Lobby\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-Lobby.jpg\" width=\"506\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-Lobby.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-Lobby-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-Lobby-300x356.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And were awe-struck by the lobby\/bar view&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Poolview-Breezes-Bahamas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3616\" title=\"Poolview Breezes Bahamas\" alt=\"Poolview Breezes Bahamas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Poolview-Breezes-Bahamas.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Poolview-Breezes-Bahamas.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Poolview-Breezes-Bahamas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We were very happy with our room&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Room.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3651\" title=\"Breezes Room\" alt=\"breezes room\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Room.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Room.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Room-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And even happier with the view from our balcony&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-room-view1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3617\" title=\"Breezes Bahamas room view\" alt=\"Breezes Bahamas room view\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-room-view1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-room-view1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Breezes-Bahamas-room-view1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where we watched massive cruise ships come and go several times a day&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Cruise-ships-Bahamas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3618\" title=\"Cruise ships Bahamas\" alt=\"Cruise ships Bahamas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Cruise-ships-Bahamas.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Cruise-ships-Bahamas.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Cruise-ships-Bahamas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The beach was beautiful&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>With plenty of boats, kayaks and other water activities&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bahamas-beach-boat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3629\" title=\"Bahamas beach boat\" alt=\"Bahamas beach boat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bahamas-beach-boat.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bahamas-beach-boat.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bahamas-beach-boat-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Including para-sailing&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3633 alignnone\" title=\"para-sailing\" alt=\"para-sailing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing2.jpg\" width=\"195\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing2.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing2-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing2-300x437.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3630 alignnone\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal;\" title=\"para-sailing\" alt=\"para-sailing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/para-sailing-300x322.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In the evenings before dinner, we&#8217;d enjoy a game of pool and ping pong&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Billiards.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3642 alignnone\" title=\"Billiards\" alt=\"Playing pool\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Billiards.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Billiards.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Billiards-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Billiards-300x338.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ping-pong.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3643\" title=\"ping pong\" alt=\"ping pong\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ping-pong.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ping-pong.jpg 484w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/ping-pong-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We took the bus to downtown Nassau&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nassau-downtown.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3647\" title=\"Nassau downtown\" alt=\"Nassau downtown\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nassau-downtown.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nassau-downtown.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nassau-downtown-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And of course we visited the famous Straw Market&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Straw-Market-Nassau.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3648\" title=\"Straw Market Nassau\" alt=\"Straw Market Nassau\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Straw-Market-Nassau.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Straw-Market-Nassau.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Straw-Market-Nassau-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>After a long day of exploring the city, it&#8217;s back to the beach&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beach-spa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3652\" title=\"beach spa\" alt=\"beach spa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beach-spa.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beach-spa.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beach-spa-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These are the 13 reasons I fell in love with the <a title=\"Bahamas Vacation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/vacations-packages_bahamas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bahamas<\/a> on vacation last week. What are some of your reasons for loving the islands? Leave a comment below to share your thoughts on the Bahamas, or to ask me questions about my trip to Nassau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 13 Reasons to Fall in Love with Nassau I just returned from my first Bahamas vacation in Nassau, where I spent four nights at the Breezes Bahamas Resort &amp; Spa. It&#8217;s difficult to find words to adequately explain the sheer beauty of this destination. Since they say a picture is worth a thousand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[3617],"tags":[],"modified_by":"Amanda Stancati","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3614"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22250,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3614\/revisions\/22250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tripcentral.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}