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Compass Point Hotel

Address - West Bay Street Nassau .

  Boutique resort with sandy coves and stylish cottages
  • This resort offers 18 brightly colored cottages on a hillside next to an uncrowded 1.5-mile beach.
  • The custom-decorated, air-conditioned rooms feature ocean-view porches or balconies, CD players, bathrobes, and ceiling fans.
  • The resort's ocean-view pool has a shallow children's section and sundeck with plush lounge chairs.

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    DRIVING DIRECTIONS AND ATTRACTIONS
    The Olde Towne Mall at Sandyport - 5 miles
    Cable Beach Golf Club - 10.5 miles
    Ardastra Gardens, Zoo & Conservation Centre - 13.5 miles
    Botanical Gardens - 14.5 miles
    Prince George Wharf (cruise ships) - 15.5 miles
    Downtown Nassau - 16 miles
    Paradise Island - 17.5 miles

    Nassau International Airport (NAS): Approximate driving time is 5 minutes and distance is 2 miles.

    Driving directions from Nassau International Airport: Exit the airport to the roundabout. Turn right and continue to the next roundabout onto JFK Dr. Turn left onto Blake Rd. At the end of Blake, turn left onto West Bay St. Hotel is on the right.

    Getting there: There is no regular shuttle service from the airport so the easiest way to get to the hotel is by taxi. Fare is $5–$15 USD for the first 2 passengers plus $3 USD for each additional person. Rental cars, Town Cars, and limousines are more than $36 USD. Fees subject to change without notice. Rental cars are available online.

    Getting around: The easiest ways to get around are by taxis and public buses, also known as jitneys. The #10 bus comes by the front door and heads to downtown shopping and tourist sites for fares of less than $5 USD. Water taxis cross from behind the Straw Market in Nassau to Paradise Island, for return fares of $5–$15 USD. Fees subject to change without notice. Water taxis and jitneys stop running at dusk. Scooters are also a popular way to tour and rent for more than $36 USD. Fees subject to change without notice. Bicycles are not recommended because downtown rental sites normally cannot deliver them to the hotel but bikes can be rented once downtown for $16–$25 USD a day. Fees subject to change without notice. Driving British-style (on the left) along narrow streets and through roundabouts is daunting for most visitors so if going longer distances, taxis may be best. Island-hopping is possible through Bahamas Ferries which runs catamarans to out islands including Eleuthera and Harbour Island from Potter’s Cay between the old and new Paradise Island bridges. Or visitors can travel as the locals do, on mailboats which leave for the out islands from Potter’s Cay or Prince George Wharf, but passage can run on “Bahamas time” (slowly) and cargo can include livestock. Return fares for both ferries and mailboats are more than $36 USD. Fees subject to change without notice.

    On ocean beach

    ROOMS
    The resort offers 18 wood cabanas, huts, and cottages terraced into a hillside above the ocean and painted in the bright colors featured in the annual Bahamian winter-holiday Junkanoo festival. All rooms include ocean-view porches or balconies with rocking chairs and picnic tables. Inside, rooms feature platform beds, Bahamian-pine floors, and peaked wood ceilings. Louvered windows and ceiling fans provide cooling alternatives to air conditioning.

    Guestroom amenities include wet bars, refrigerator/minibars, coffeemakers, and toasters. Rooms have televisions with U.S. cable channels and CD players with complimentary music libraries. VCRs are available on request, and video movies can be rented at the front desk. Guests write comments in each unit's memory book.

    Telephone
    Television
    VCR
    Smoking rooms
    Refrigerator
    Iron/ironing board
    In-room safe
    Hair dryer
    Air conditioning
    Bathrobes
    Cable/satellite TV
    CD player
    Ceiling fan
    Climate control
    Clock radio
    Coffee/tea maker
    Desk

    DINING
    Compass Point Restaurant & Bar - The Compass Point serves three meals a day in its air-conditioned dining room and on an open-air veranda overlooking the ocean. The dining room is casually elegant, with white table linens and stained-glass sconces complemented by ceiling fans, tropically colored wooden tables, and a marble bar. The restaurant is lit by candles and tiki torches after dark. The breakfast menu features American-style dishes such as eggs, French toast, pancakes, and fresh fruit. Lunch choices include soups, conch salad, pizza, pasta, seafood wraps, burgers, and specialties such as grilled lobster and jerk chicken. For dinner, guests may choose dishes such as gnocchi, crab sushi rolls, beef carpaccio, stone-crab claws, rack of lamb, and steak.

    SERVICES
    What to expect: Compass Point is one of several boutique resorts developed by Chris Blackwell of Island Records. The clientele is mostly romantic couples, with occasional celebrities and families. Designed by Biba-clothing founder Barbara Hulanicki, the resort buildings are terraced on a 1.5-acre hillside and painted in the rainbow of bright colors characterizing the Bahamas' annual Junkanoo festival.

    Amenity highlights: Large rocks and small, sandy cove beaches, one 75 feet long and the other 25 feet, flank the hotel's dock over turquoise Atlantic waters. To the west, accessible by a 50-yard walkway, Love Beach curves 1.5 miles around a point. Situated behind a whitewashed stone wall 10 feet above the ocean, the hotel's swimming pool has a shallow children's section and a deck with cushioned lounge chairs.

    Insider tip: A thatched shelter on the end of the hotel's 100-foot dock provides a tranquil spot for enjoying sunsets, contemplating the ocean, and watching stars at night.

    Flowering gardens, thick hedges, and palm trees surround the resort's cottages and cabanas, which are painted in vivid tropical colors. Guests seeking sand and turquoise waters can bask in Compass Point's own small coves or head to neighboring Love Beach, popular with snorkelers. The resort also has an oceanfront restaurant and bar and a freshwater pool. Compass Point Studios, a legendary recording facility, is next door.
    24-hour front desk
    Audio-visual equipment
    Babysitting or child care
    Bar/lounge
    Caters to couples
    Complimentary newspapers in lobby
    Conference room(s)
    Wake-up calls
    Video library
    Turndown service
    Swimming pool - outdoor
    Swimming pool - children's
    Suitable for children
    Security guard
    Room service (limited hours)
    Rollaway beds
    Restaurant(s) in hotel
    Poolside bar
    Parking (free)
    Maid service daily
    Limo or Town Car service available
    Gift shops or newsstand
    Dry cleaning service
    Cribs available


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