New Providence Travel Guide

New Providence could almost be England -- but for the weather, that is, and for the staunch sense of Bahamian nationalism. The shops might draw a lot more business than the museums, but no city in the Bahamas is as rich in history as Nassau. You can climb up the 18th-century Queen's Staircase to Fort Fincastle or discover Arawak artifacts at the Pompey Museum. It's an intoxicating, laid-back city, one that offers a good dose of British colonial charm, where tropical foliage lines streets and horse-drawn surreys trot by.