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GREAT ABACO ISLAND
Marsh Harbour, the bustling capital of Abaco, and
Treasure Cay, offers a wide range of small family run hotels and villas.
Restaurants are plentiful and nightlife varied.
The outlying cays, nestled around Marsh Harbour and
Treasure Cay are made up of picture perfect villages, with quaint, white
clapboard houses, trimmed in jewel tones. Elbow Cay is a short, 20 minute
water taxi ride from Marsh Harbour.
Its main town, quaint New England style Hope Town,
is situated on an almost landlocked harbor. The town is overlooked by a
120 foot candy striped lighthouse, perhaps the most photographed sight in Abaco.
Hope Town is dotted by a number of small hotels and
villas.
No worries about traffic jams here, but be sure to
watch out for a bicycle or golf cart whizzing by. Green Turtle Cay ranks
with Elbow Cay as one of the two most important destinations. It's reached
by water taxi from Treasure Cay. The main town of New Plymouth is another
New England look-alike with pretty clapboard houses surrounded by white picket
fences.
More than anything else, Abaco is synonymous with
sailing. Marinas abound throughout the cays, and many are the permanent
home to numerous luxurious yachts.
In addition to sailing, fishing and diving are
popular activities in Abaco. Deep sea fishing generally takes place off
the Abaco cays, where the drop off from the reef to the Atlantic is steep and
the shallow marshy flats to the west of great Abaco are ideal for bone
fishermen. Deep walls, reefs and a multitude of ship wrecks provide
excellent diving territory right around the Abaco cays. Several excellent
dive operations are located in Abaco, including Walker's Cay Undersea
Adventures, home of the Shark Rodeo.
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