Language:	English
Currency:	Bahamian Dollar = $1 US
Ship’s Docking:	Prince George Wharf, near Rawson Square, in the heart of Nassau.

A laidback tropical island with copious amounts of candy-pink colonial (and sometimes funky) charm, Nassau is the capital of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas -- and the largest city on New Providence, one of its smaller islands. In fact, half of the Bahamas' quarter million residents live on New Providence. Two other islands -- Cable Beach and Paradise Island -- are but a stone's throw from downtown Nassau.

A city with a vibrant swashbuckling pirate past, it offers tropical tree-lined streets filled with horse-drawn surreys ruled by policemen in white starched jackets and colorful pith helmets; soft-sanded beaches for kicking back and catching ocean breezes; lavish Vegas-type casinos with attractions to match; dozens of obscenely good restaurants and enough duty-free shopping stops to please even the most jaded of fashionistas.