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Eat· Grand Bahama· Bahamas — North

Port Lucaya Marketplace

26° 30.8′ N · 78° 38.5′ W

The waterfront heart of Lucaya: the largest open-air shopping, dining and entertainment complex in the Bahamas, with dozens of shops, straw markets, about eleven restaurants and eleven bars around Count Basie Square, all on the marina edge.

Practical

Position from OpenStreetMap (Seahorse Road). Restaurants on the waterfront include Flying Fish Seafood (daily noon to 9 pm, per OpenStreetMap), Sabor, Agave, Zorba's, Rum Runners and Bones Bar; the tourism board also names Cocktails on the Bay, Fair Play, the Coconut & Fruit Daiquiri stand and Daddy Brown's Conch stand. Oasis Drug Store and Pearl Mart convenience are in the complex. Reach it by GBYC's free ferry across Bell Channel. Lucaya Beach is across the road.

Best for

Dinner ashore, souvenirs and a night out