British Colonial Hilton Resort Hotel, Bahamas Vacations, Honeymoons and Travel Package

 

• Serving as the island’s social and business hub, this beachfront hotel is minutes from duty-free shopping and historical attractions.
• The 291 colonial-style guestrooms are updated with Internet access, cable channels, movies, and video games.
• Evening entertainment includes dancing, live Caribbean music, karaoke, and a stylish jazz and R&B club.

British Colonial Hilton Resort Hotel, Bahamas General Information

What to expect: Located on the site of Fort Nassau, built in 1695 to guard against pirates, the hotel dates from 1898. (A fire destroyed the original wood building.) For generations, the British Colonial Hilton has been Nassau's social and business center. Featuring a marble lobby under a 1.5-story vaulted, translucent ceiling, the hotel attracts business and leisure travelers.

Amenity highlights: Bordered by a garden, a heated, 55-foot-wide, irregularly shaped pool and a sundeck furnished with cushioned lounge chairs provide year-around swimming/sunbathing. A 75-yard-long private beach furnished with lounge chairs and thatched sunshades fronts the resort. Use of kayaks, snorkeling gear, and floats is complimentary. Sundeck and beach offer views of cruise ships moored nearby and the western tip of Paradise Island 300 yards off shore. 
 
Insider tip: A seaside dining village known as Arawak Cay Fish Fry is 500 yards west of the hotel and contains numerous restaurants and cafés.

Portofino Italian Café - Air-conditioned dining room. Breakfast buffet. Sunday brunch. Lunch buffet and á la carte menu. Á la carte dinner menu includes pizza, pasta, Italian classics, steaks, seafood, ribs, sandwiches. Dinner buffets Friday, Saturday nights.
Patio Grille & Pool Bar - Casual poolside spot with bleached-wood ceiling serving tropical drinks and lunch choices such as conch fritters, conch chowder, burgers, sandwiches, salads. Live music Friday-Sunday afternoons.

Blackbeard's Cove - Casual bar/lounge with big-screen TV. Lunch/dinner menu of appetizers, soups, sandwiches.

Palm Court Lounge - Air-conditioned lounge with crystal chandelier, tall columns, plump seating, dance floor. Bahamian/Caribbean band Wednesday-Sunday nights.

Blue Note Lounge - Second-floor jazz/R&B/dance club open nightly. Clubby ambience of dark woods, semi-private booths with leather loveseats, overstuffed seating, pale-blue walls, sheer curtains.

Deluxe City View -

Deluxe Ocean View - One king or two double beds. Ocean and beach views. Caribbean style-decor. Air conditioning. Oversized desk, two telephones with voice mail, data port for modem Internet access. Cable TV. Coffeemaker and minibar. Electronic safe. Bath and shower.  

A health spa offers massage, reflexology, body wraps/scrubs, hydrotherapy, facials, waxing, and hair/nail care. A 24-hour, complimentary fitness center contains free weights and cardio and weight machines. The British Colonial Hilton's business center includes Internet-connected computers. In addition, guests can rent a cabinet containing a laptop computer with a wireless Internet connection and remote printing capability, a telephone (calls charged to room), and office supplies; all of this can be wheeled to the pool deck or to the beach. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas.

Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.