The Bahamas
When
Dec to April
Price
From 3 200€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
5 nights
Ideal length
Harbour Island, a few minutes by boat from Eleuthera, owes its worldwide reputation to a beach over three kilometres long whose sand takes on a distinctive pink hue, caused by the crushed shells of a tiny marine organism called foraminifera mixed with white coral sand. Settled as early as 1648, even before Nassau, the island has retained the atmosphere of a small West Indian village of colourful wooden houses, largely spared the mass hotel development that has transformed other Bahamian islands.
The pink colour of Harbour Island's beach comes from the crushed microscopic shells of a single-celled marine organism called foraminifera, whose reddish-tinted skeleton mixes with the classic white coral sand of the Bahamas. This hue, more visible early in the morning or just after a shower when the sand is damp, remains rare enough worldwide to have earned this beach a regular ranking among the most beautiful on the planet from the international press.
Harbour Island was settled as early as 1648 by English Puritans seeking religious freedom, making it one of the very first European colonies in the Bahamian archipelago, predating the founding of Nassau by several decades. Its only village, Dunmore Town, retains an urban layout inherited from that era and pastel-coloured wooden houses typical of British West Indian architecture, travelled by golf carts rather than cars, the only motorised transport allowed on the island.
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A Pink Beachfront Cottage
A traditional wooden cottage directly on the pink beach, a private terrace facing the ocean, within walking distance of Dunmore Town.
A Dunmore Town Boutique Hotel
A boutique hotel housed in a former colonial residence in Dunmore Town, an indoor tropical garden, golf cart transport included.
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