Harbour Island is an island and administrative district in the Bahamas. Harbour Island is set off the northeast coast of Eleuthera Island. The principal city is Dunmore Town. Eleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles (80 km) east of Nassau. ...
Harbour Island is famous for its pink sand beaches which completely encircle the island. The island is accessible by boat or by plane through neighboring North Eleuthera Airport.
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The island, which is situated directly east off Miami, Florida, is part of the Bahamas and is so tiny (approx 5.5 kilometres long and 800 metres wide) there's no room for an airport and so secluded that it's very difficult to find on the map.
Views are either of the harbour or onto the garden which is filled with a variety of tropical foliage (palms, casuarina and breadfruit trees, yellow elder, huge white crotans, sea lettuce and poincianas).
HarbourIsland boasts only one village, Dunmore Town, named after the fourth Earl of Dunmore, a Governor of the Bahamas who built a summer home here in the 1780's.
The protection of the natural harbour between the island and "mainland" Eleuthera was auspicious for a rapid and lengthy growth process, while the island's beaches attracted visitors from all over to see sand colored pink from the reddish hue of ancient ground-up shells and coral.
HarbourIsland has something for everyone, from dining at a resort after a game of tennis, to sitting under an oak tree eating a conch sandwich.
HARBOURISLAND is only available by private ferry, either from mainland Eleuthera ($4 one-way), or via the Fast Ferry catamaran Bo Hengy from Nassau for around $100 (Call 242-323-2166 for details and reservations).
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