For the ideal introduction to Nassau, take a morning or afternoon half-day tour of the city’s urban and rural highlights.

Highlights of your drive through Nassau include:

• The Queen's Staircase, also known as the 66 Steps, which lead up to Fort Fincastle, a tiny castle built in 1796 by Lord Dunmore
• Fort Charlotte, the largest fort in the Bahamas, built between 1787 and 1790 to guard the west entrance to Nassau Harbor
• Government House, the official residence of the Bahamas' governor-general, which was built in 1737 but then rebuilt in 1932 after being destroyed by a hurricane
• Picturesque Gregory Arch
• The Legislative Buildings and Law Courts in Parliament Square
• The Native Market where some 160 vendors sell everything from straw work to woodcarvings and other brightly decorated island handicrafts