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bahamas fien de smet sabine van geerestein 3hb derk reijneker 1

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general information about the bahamas capital of bahamas is nassau the area of the bahamas is 13,939 km2 the population is 254,685 the official language is english 2

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short comment bahamas the bahamas counts 700 islands the islands lay in the atlantic ocean north of cuba and near the coast of florida the bahamas are split into two different groups:the little bahama bank and the great bahama bank only 35 islands are inhabitat the islands of grand bahama and new providence with paradise island are great holiday destinations at the bahamas the sun shines all year around and the cooling seabreeze makes for a nice climate nassau new providence is the capital here you will find colonial structures nice markets and differt shopping lanes there is a busy party-scene just outside nassau you ll find beautiful beaches cable beach is by far the most popular along the shore there are many hotels at wich you can practice watersports tennis and golf if you re looking for rest you should visit one of the family islands history columbus probably discouvered the bahamas on his way to azia in 1492 between 300 and 400 b c the islands were populated bij indians from cuba in the 10th century the lucaya indians setteled down when columbus arrived 500 years later het ook the indians to spain to turn them into slaves since the 19the century tourists hace been visiting the bahamas in 1969 the bahamas became colonies of great britain in 1973 the bahamas signed the declaration of independence must-sees museums in the pompey museum of slavery and emancipation in nassau the history of the bahamas is told het pirates of naussau museum in nassau is worth a visit of you are interested in piracy parks the waterpark at paradise island is the biggest see-aquarium of the world it counts more than 50.000 see animals het national park of lucaya is situated on the island grand bahama the park is well known for its mangrovetrees and other extraordinary plants and trees the ardastra gardens and zoo in nassau is a fantastic place to go it s one of the few places on earth were flamingos bread 3

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a trip to the bahamas a trip to the bahamas for a week will cost you 780.60 euros then you have a flight for 2 people including a nice hotel the hotel where you end up is treasure cay hotel resort an excellent hotel for a week for two to stay you can relax on the hotel located 20 meters of private beach and of course has a lovely pool also there are enough to do business such as diving windsurfing golf cycling etc you so nice for a week for two to the bahamas below we have outlined a weekly program monday arrival relaxing at the pool beach tuesday diving 35 euro p.p wednesday cycling rental bike 15 euros p.p thursday golf 15 euro p.p friday wind surf 40 euro p.p saturday canoeing 20 euro p.p sunday relax at the pool beach back home the prices are all added together would amount to 1100 euro happy holiday 4

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