NAS · Layover Guide
Nassau
Stop in Nassau.
Best layover: 4–24h
LayoverScore™
Base city score. Your route score varies by savings and timing.
Exit realism
Comfortable window
Enough room in Nassau for a real stop. Keep the buffer at the end anyway.
Landside playbook
If time slips
- Drop the last stop. Go straight to the train, taxi rank, or ride pickup you already chose.
- Add 15 minutes to map ETAs for the return leg at rush hour.
- One ticket for the whole trip protects you when the inbound is late. Separate tickets do not.
Worth knowing
- Do not stack three stops. One solid block in the city beats a rushed loop.
- Do not treat one map time as gospel for immigration lines. Pad on your first pass through this hub.
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Places to stay
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Score 64 · Discover 49 · Ease 20
Why Nassau scores 64
Getting there
Taxi $38 · Jitney Bus #10 $1.25
min to center
taxi- 01Taxi to downtown (20 min, $35-40)
- 02Jitney bus #10 (30 min, $1.25)
- 03Hotel shuttle (varies by resort)
- 01Stroll through pastel-colored colonial buildings on Bay Street
- 02Swim with nurse sharks at nearby Pearl Island or Compass Cay day trips
- 03Visit the Queen's Staircase, 65 steps carved from limestone by slaves in the 1790s
- 04Sip a Sky Juice (gin and coconut water) at a Fish Fry shack on Arawak Cay
- 05Explore Fort Charlotte's dungeons and waterless moat overlooking the harbor
Experiences in Nassau
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- Original Patties Bakery~60 min6 min walk
- Bahamas Subs and Salads~60 min8 min walk
- Rum Runners~75 min8 min walk
- Fluid Lounge & Nightclub~75 min8 min walk
- Simply Dave Nassau Tours~90 min1 min walk
- Bahama Life Booking~90 min18 min walk
- Queen's Staircase4.5
- Junkanoo Beach4.2
- Nassau Straw Market4.0
- Pirates of Nassau4.4
- Little Blair Park3.7
Need a room for your layover? Browse hotels near the airport.
Where to stay →Drop your luggage. Don't drag it around the city.
Lynden Pindling International Airport Storage
Arrivals hall, near customs exit
$10/bag
2 min walk
British Colonial Hilton Day Use
Downtown Nassau, Bay Street
$75/day
0 min walk
From the terminal to the good part.
Taxi
Airport to Downtown Nassau
Flat rate to downtown, agree on price before departure
20 min
$38.00
Jitney Bus #10
Airport to Downtown
Local minibus, exact change required, runs 6am-7pm
30 min
$1.25
Uber/Ride-share
Limited availability, taxi more reliable
20 min
$25.00
Nassau Culture Pass
Pirates of Nassau Museum, Fort Charlotte, Queen's Staircase guided tour
Available at visitor center on Bay Street
$45
per day
Getting there
Get an Uber from the airportAt the airport
- 01Graycliff Chocolatier kiosk for handmade Bahamian chocolates
- 02Duty-free rum and local straw crafts in terminal shops
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