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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Bahamas

18 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in the Bahamas

Updated March 15, 2023

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Unusual Attractions in Bahamas

Big Major Cay, Bahamas

Pig Beach

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

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Dean's Blue Hole

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

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Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.

Nassau, Bahamas

Ocean Atlas

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

North Bimini Island, Bahamas

Bimini Road

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

Andros I, Bahamas

Subsurface Bahamian Caves

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

Nassau, Bahamas

Queen's Staircase

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

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Glass Window Bridge

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.
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