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Abaco Island

Boomerang-shaped chain of islands of Abaco (Abacos) is the third largest in the country and includes the main islands of Great and Little Abaco, and a group of reefs Abaco Casey, a necklace of tiny islands surrounding the main island. The island’s capital Marsh Harbour is the third largest town of the country and a major center of tourism in Abaco. Founded in 1784 by Loyalists, Marsh Harbour has long been a logging center and shipbuilding. Nowadays, tourism has replaced the logging, as the main source of income, and marina town is now lined with expensive yachts and luxury houses are surrounded by rich American. Marsh Harbor in the end turned into a very quiet place where you can find a few excellent restaurants and cultural institutions, and the rest of the resort life is in many resorts guesthouses near the harbor where the ferry brings tourists traveling on the Loyalists-Cave (sometimes referred to as this island groups). The only architectural landmark is an exotic yellow building, known as Seaview Castle, built by Evans in 1944 Kottmanom nearby Bay Street, running along the harbor and built up a small private houses, which are often used by resorts and hotels, leading to the area of ​​Dundas Town populated by immigrants from the African continent and the Haitian immigrants. Don McKay Boulevard is the main street of the city, place where are located the number of shopping centers and cafes, including a few of these restaurants Bahamian cuisine.

Abaco Island

Also deserves attention a green reef Elbow Cay, which lies 10 km east of Marsh Harbour, where there is one of the most visited villages in the Bahamas – Hope Town, famous for its lighthouse height of 37 m, a historical museum, sculpture Malone, a tiny museum of whales and many beautiful old houses. Reef Walk Cay, lapped by the Gulf Stream is one of the main centers of sport fishing in the Bahamas, and its overgrown with pine forest, coast is good for bird watching and hiking. On the reef Great Juan are magnificent beaches of fine sand and a well-known restaurant Native Pork Rost. Reef Tresch Cay has ultra-modern resort with first class golf course. And on the reef Green Turtle, despite its tiny size, is historical museum and art gallery.

Abaco Island Bahamas