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Putting together a self guided walking tour for our group, looking for any must stop places, and any tips for any of the places. So far plan to go to Queen's Staircase/Fort Fincastle, John Watlings Distillery, and Tiki Hut/Junkanoo Beach.

 

Also, if you bought any cool or interesting souvenirs and where you got them in Nassau.

 

TIA for any info.

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We did the walking tour last year. We enjoyed it but we are easy to please. It rained on us off and on but it was warm so not a problem. It was our 4th time there so we wanted something low key.

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Frommer's has a good walking tour here: https://www.frommers.com/destinations/new-providence/walking-tours

 

And here is the map to go with it: https://www.frommers.com/images/destinations/maps/jpg-2006/251_walkingtour:historicnassau.jpg

 

If you're going to John Watling's distillery, it is near #13 on the map.

Thanks for this! I am looking at doing the walking tour on our own too and this tour and map are perfect!

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Putting together a self guided walking tour for our group, looking for any must stop places, and any tips for any of the places. So far plan to go to Queen's Staircase/Fort Fincastle, John Watlings Distillery, and Tiki Hut/Junkanoo Beach.

 

Also, if you bought any cool or interesting souvenirs and where you got them in Nassau.

 

TIA for any info.

 

Regarding souvenirs, we focus mostly on food/drink items in Nassau. We purchase Amber Rum from Watlings (you can't get it in the states), some lovely and tasty chocolates from Graycliff Chocolatier, and several types of rum cakes. I also found a Christmas ornament I liked at a kiosk at the port made with a shell and bearing a ribbon with "Bahamas" printed on it.

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Just a quick question I am going on a Bahamas cruise October, 2019, when you are retired you have time to look into things. Is John Watling Dist free with free samples of rum and you have rums that you can purchase and does Gray Cliff charge $25. I do not mind paying but that I thought what I outlined above and did more research and located tours to these two places with an pirate for $75 each person. which I think is high just for samples knowing that most likely you will purchase either rum chocolates or both, This is about the only place that I will be going other than their island for an hour or so since if I want to go to Florida/WDW it will be for a week and not a couple of hours

 

Thank You for any input

 

Sam

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Frommer's has a good walking tour here: https://www.frommers.com/destinations/new-providence/walking-tours

 

And here is the map to go with it: https://www.frommers.com/images/destinations/maps/jpg-2006/251_walkingtour:historicnassau.jpg

 

If you're going to John Watling's distillery, it is near #13 on the map.

 

Thank you. This is exactly what we were looking for.

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Hello fellow cruisers! I'm headed to the Bahamas next month (first time) and have been gleaning these boards for ideas on self-guided walking tours of Nassau and interesting stops along the way. So here's what I've come up with.

 

Would love feedback from those of you familiar with Nassau...I've never been there and have simply put this plan together using google maps. LOL

 

First stop, 11:30am tour at Pirate Republic Brewing

 

Lunch at Crabs & Tings (Junkanoo Beach)

 

Tour John Watling Distillery

 

Tour Graycliff Chocolate Factory

 

See Nassau Pirate Museum

 

Walk out to Queen's Staircase and Fort Fincastle

 

Maybe stop at Straw Market before getting back on ship (depends on time and whether we feel like shopping for cheap souvenirs, LOL)

 

Dinner on board

 

Map: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Nassau+Bahamas+Cruise+Terminal/Pirate+Republic+Brewing/Crabs%26Ting,+Nassau,+The+Bahamas/John+Watling's+Distillery,+Delancy+Street,+Nassau,+The+Bahamas/Graycliff+Chocolatier,+West+Hill+Street,+Nassau,+The+Bahamas/Pirate+Museum,+George+Street,+Nassau,+The+Bahamas/Fort+Fincastle,+Nassau,+The+Bahamas/Straw+Market,+West+Bay+Street,+Nassau,+The+Bahamas/Nassau+Bahamas+Cruise+Terminal/@25.0759701,-77.3484163,16z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m61!4m60!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d0f898ca2b3:0x4b52b564c26fe5d6!2m2!1d-77.3402242!2d25.0793429!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d04e20f3383:0x2f8e8ba0de1de131!2m2!1d-77.342044!2d25.078799!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d196566132b:0xc8e18a118fa357f2!2m2!1d-77.3503492!2d25.0787672!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d1c41380a5f:0xbb69f09798099186!2m2!1d-77.3491412!2d25.0741003!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d1c85bf7813:0xe5345a1ae4dd8014!2m2!1d-77.3463484!2d25.075721!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d1b489dde27:0x55a7be2346149f0a!2m2!1d-77.34458!2d25.0773915!1m10!1m1!1s0x892f7ce546d4bd2d:0xf10fbc5cdc90cf7e!2m2!1d-77.33852!2d25.0735953!3m4!1m2!1d-77.3401914!2d25.0765967!3s0x892f7d0468489817:0xedd3ec99811b9d8d!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f6321140b93cf:0x61c54bcad60e3aed!2m2!1d-77.343405!2d25.0782758!1m5!1m1!1s0x892f7d0f898ca2b3:0x4b52b564c26fe5d6!2m2!1d-77.3402242!2d25.0793429!3e2

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Couple in our 60s.  We were in Nassau last month.  4 ships in port.  Extremely crowded and noisy.  We used a walking tour we'd found online, only reversed since we had some specific shopping we wanted to do first.   Never felt threatened in any way but the walk itself was pretty tough at times.  Getting to the Queen's Staircase, for example, was quite a climb.  As you might expect, everything from the piers inland is uphill.  Also, watch when stepping off curbs - some of them are quite steep.

 

This was our first time in Nassau.  Our habit is to just wander the ports the first time.  Should we ever return we'll not do that again.

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On 12/5/2018 at 6:52 PM, atruetexan said:

We will be sailing in Feb to Nassau.  This post has given me hope that I can see the city without a tour guide.  Only thing, hubby can’t walk as much or as far, so we may have to take a taxi.  

 

I had knee surgery last year and DW had a cortizone shot a couple weeks before.  We found walking to be a bit rough in spots.  Too late we noticed the horse 'n buggies for hire.  I have no idea how much they are but the folks we saw in them seemed to be enjoying the ride.  Also, a couple of times we saw them parked with a "Hired" sign while their fares were shopping or visiting some site. 

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On 11/22/2018 at 11:39 AM, Luv2cruz4life said:

How safe is walking (2 women) on one of these tours?  I know that Carnival usually releases a security advisory for Nassau.

I walked by myself (30’s woman) from the main cruise terminal to the Queen’s Staircase to Greycliff Chocolatiers to John Waitlins Distillery then the Straw Market before returning to the ship. I felt perfectly fine the entire time. 

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