Hey friends! I had plans to share this post yesterday, but life happened, and this post didn't! I'm seeing lots of posts of people gearing up to travel for Spring Break and wanted to share our experience in the Bahamas last year. I wasn't blogging then and it was a truly amazing trip, so I don't mind going down memory lane for today's post. I had so many beautiful photos from this trip, I'll try not to go crazy here!
We have done quite a bit of travel with the kids, however, most has been up and down the East Coast, as we typically visit my in-laws in Florida a couple times a year. We have added on fun other adventures during those trips, but this was really the first what I would call "big vacation" for our family.
The team at Mix & Match Travel had been amazing in planning some previous trips for us, so I did not hesitate to reach out for help with this one. I had some good conversation with the team at Mix & Match Travel around Atlantis or Baha Mar and we ultimately decided on Baha Mar. Now I have not been to Atlantis, but we all fell in love with Baha Mar!
We arrived in Nassau and were picked up by a limo service and taken to the hotel.
The view of that water from the plane is truly unmatched!
There are 3 different hotels on the property to choose from and we stayed at the Grand Hyatt. This was the most family friendly. I would say the SLS was for a younger crowd (not kids) and had more of a club vibe with a DJ at the pool during certain times. The Rosewood was beautiful, and I would recommend that for a couples vacation or a trip with friends. All three have several restaurant options that are available regardless of which hotel you are in.
We had a spacious room with two queen beds and a balcony that offered daily views of the sunrise.
The resort has several pool options, including one with a cliff jump, a water park, beach area and so much more for fun in the sun. We all loved the water park and the lazy river was amazing! You can grab beach chairs and spend the day at the beach. There is beach chair service for beverages and often some of the locals selling their items along the beach.
They also have kayaks, paddle boards and water mats available.
Ice cream stand in the water park was a win!
As for the resort, all of the food we had was amazing, but I will also say it was on the pricier side. It is not an all-inclusive, so you are paying for everything. In my opinion, the quality of food, drinks and selection was worth it. We enjoyed everywhere we ate. I think there are over 40 restaurant options to choose from on property. Every morning, Paul and I would be up earlier than the kids and go grab coffee. There are two Starbucks on property, both very busy in the mornings. I really wish this was my coffee view every morning!
On our third day we found Cafe Madeline. Also busy, but it moved quickly. The cutest little Parisian inspired cafe with a pastry case to die for and great coffee!
Paul loved the guava pastry...it was his daily breakfast. We would find a spot by the water to enjoy our coffee and start the day.
The kids loved that the Starbucks was right outside the elevator, so they would sleep in, grab Starbucks and meet us down by the beach.
There were lots of lunch options and cute little food trucks on the beach. My daily lunch was the Poke Bowl. I still dream about it!
There was a big variety of places to eat, from Marcus Samuelsson's restaurant, seafood, Mexican, Mediterranean, Asian, Pizza, so many options! Here's a few pics of our dining experiences.
While the resort was amazing, the highlight of our trip was our excursion to the Exumas. This was set up for us through Mix & Match Travel and was it officially a core memory for us!
We took about an hour boat ride out to Exuma and had an epic day!
Our first stop was to a little island to feed some iguanas. With a grape on a stick, they were all happy to see us!
The water was just unreal!!!
Stop number 2 was some snorkeling around Pablo Escobar's sunken plane.
Our next stop we got to spend some time with a few friendly sharks.
But the highlight of the trip was to see the swimming pigs!!
As our boat approached, these massive pigs started swimming towards us. It was the most fun and bizarre an amazing thing!
Once on the island with the pigs, there was a whole pen of baby pigs and I'm pretty sure Ella wanted to take one home!
After the pigs, we stopped for lunch at a super remote island. There was a restaurant serving up an authentic Bahamian lunch in very rural setting.
The dock spot for lunch also offered the chance for an epic jump into the crystal blue waters.
Absolute core memory for us!
Back at the resort, with a few more highlights. They have a lot of green space for kids to hang out, play or toss a football.
Twice a day the flamingos come out for a walk. You can also sign up to take a flamingo yoga class!
Lots of fun photo ops throughout the property.....
And the cutest little bathrooms I have ever seen!
So thanks for coming along with me as I reminisce about this trip. I highly recommend Baha Mar... it brought the most amazing memories.
See you back here tomorrow for Friday Favorites. There is always room for one more at our family table.
xoxo
Genevieve
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