

This mix of locality, cerulean sea, and ultra-private intimacy makes Rosewood Baha Mar the easiest place to stop in to for winter sun without becoming a total beach bum or one of the hoardes-although if you're into it, there's easy access to a vast casino in the Grand Hyatt, golf and tennis courts, and hopping SLS hotel nightlife. He heads up Baha Mar’s creative space, where a selection of local artists craft bags and clothing in a large studio on the property’s first floor. In fact, it’s likely guests will meet the affable Cox while here. For a satisfying glimpse of art, stroll the complex, where the 2,500-piece collection including stained-glass sculpture and photography is all local and curated by John Cox, formerly of the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. It also pulls off something exceedingly rare for its genre: It captures the destination in a way that goes beyond conch-fritter shacks off the beach path (which we also love). The year-and-a-half-old Rosewood Baha Mar, with its 237 rooms overlooking Nassau’s waters, nails all of the above on a smaller, more intimate scale. A Rolodex’s worth of restaurants and bars means what you want to eat is always available. There’s a pool for every type, from child-free to swim-up-bar to infinity. Water toys-paddleboards, overwater trampolines, jet skis-are fun and plentiful. There are a few givens we look forward to with beachside mega hotels. If it all feels too…big, there’s the Reserve, a hotel-within-the-hotel, with a dedicated entrance and check-in desk, a private lounge, and butler service. The 30,000-square-foot spa is run by ESPA, leader in luxury wellness. There are more than 30 dining options, ranging from poké bowls, to hot dogs from an Airstream trailer on the beach, to hand-pulled Chinese noodles, to award-winning Mediterranean fine dining.
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The 1,800 comfortably sized rooms (including more than 230 suites with various numbers of bedrooms) all have floor-to-ceiling windows, and full or Juliet balconies. Clock the beach right in front, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf course, premium tennis facilities, six swimming pools, a wildlife sanctuary, luxury shopping, art center with the largest collection of contemporary art in the Bahamas, and the largest casino in the Caribbean-with more than 100,000 square feet of the latest gaming equipment and entertainment venues.

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar is one of the resorts that has so much going on, there’s no need to leave.
