I have been to Nassau many times. But I began avoiding it as it was not safe or cruise passenger friendly. The last time was about 10 years ago, so when I saw the new port area I was impressed.
It’s clean, fresh with stalls/stores as you exit. There is a taxi kiosk if you want to go to paradise island, cable beach etc. farther afield. Use this for safety and a guaranteed fare price.
A straw market building just outside the port fence is still packed with vendors but few selling anything with straw. It’s much cheaper here for t shirts and hats. So within a 5 minute walk you can shop til you drop. However for a little bit of culture walk for 5 minutes up to king street to Christ church. It free and quite beautiful inside.
walk another 5 minutes up the hill to the government building and turn right at the lights. You will see a sign post with Graycliffe hotel. You can’t miss the street with the colourful umbrellas overhead. There is the hotel with security but they let me walk in and look around. There is also a winery and chocolate factory and shops and restaurants. It’s a cute, safe area, but with the better quality goods more expensive.
I then walked back down to the main shopping street just one street up parallel to the port. It’s a flat area with many different types of shops. It’s worth a bit of window shopping but the best prices are at the straw market… haggle the vendors down to 65% of their first price.
I spent 3 hours doing this at a slow pace talking to locals, enjoying the church and, graycliffe area. All of the locals I came in contact with were friendly and quite humorous.
Hope this helps
Marcia
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