Accessible: Freeport Island Treasures

OVERVIEW

This excursion is for guests that use a cane/walker, have limited mobility issues or for companions of those guest that have booked mobility equipment tour.

Those guests that are fully dependent on their mobility device please book: FPO_A2 ACCESSIBLE FREEPORT ISLAND TREASURES - Mobility Equipment User.

Tour includes step-free routes, shorter distances and no stairs. Accessible restrooms with wide doors for wheelchairs are present along the tour route. Vehicles are adapted with an access ramp (or lift where available) to accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs and/or mobility scooters. Guides are not allowed to push wheelchairs; therefore, guests needing special assistance must be accompanied by an able-bodied.

Browse a museum and a market for a look at Freeport past and present before relaxing on one of the most beautiful beaches on Grand Bahama. The open-air Farmers Market will present a genuine slice of daily life as the locals go about their business, shopping for fresh produce in particular. History is the focus of the Maritime Museum, where you will be free to peruse exhibits on topics as wide-ranging as the early Lucayan free-divers, the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and the treasures that the Spanish fleet once carried from the Bahamas. Artifacts recovered from the shipwrecked galleon Maravillas, which sunk in the Bahamas Channel in 1656, are especially revealing. Free time on Pirate’s Cove Beach will follow, during which you can relax however you please. Options include doing nothing more ambitious that basking in the sun and unwinding with a cool tropical drink in hand.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Wander about the bustling Farmers Market for a genuine look at daily life.
• Browse the Maritime Museum, whose exhibits include treasures from shipwrecks.
• Spend free time relaxing as you please at Pirate’s Cove Beach

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing with a swimsuit underneath.
• Bring and towel and sunscreen.
• Wear flat comfortable walking shoes.