Marsh Harbour attractions -not only sun & beach
The largest town in the Abacos, and the third largest in The Bahamas, Marsh Harbour lies on Great Abaco Island and is the major gateway to this island group. Marsh Harbour is also a shipbuilding center, but tourism accounts for most of its revenues: A number of good inns are here. Although the town doesn't have the quaint New England charm of either New Plymouth or Hope Town, it does have a shopping center and various other facilities not found in many Out Island settlements. Good water-taxi connections, too, make this a popular place from which to explore offshore cays, including Man-O-War and Elbow. Several hotels will also rent you a bike if you want to pedal around town. Whatever sport you want to pursue -- whether snorkling or a full-day's fishing charter -- the innkeepers at Marsh Harbour can set you up with the right people or equipment. For variety, you can also take the ferry over to Hope Town and check out the facilities and outfitters there. Of the major towns of the Out Islands, Marsh Harbour has some of the least appealing beaches. You can try one of three private beaches, but none is very enticing, and none really want outsiders. The easiest to circumvent is the one at the Abaco Beach Resort, but it's small, not really fabulous, and, again, private. Buy a drink for a local at the hotel bar, and you're in, but that, at best, is a somewhat uncomfortable arrangement. To compensate, beachgoers get into their cars and head south of Marsh Harbour. After 15 to 20 minutes of southbound driving, and at points south of Little Harbour, lots of good beaches begin to appear. The beaches near the hamlet of Casuarina Point benefit from some battered, all-Bahamian restaurants in the vicinity. Some swimmers heading south from Marsh Harbour make it a point to go eastward from the main highway whenever an offshoot road appears, usually at points near Little Harbour or at points south of Little Harbour. Other times, they simply stop their cars wherever they feel like it. None of the beaches on Great Abaco Island has facilities or lifeguards. Guard your valuables and stay alert to be safe. |
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