Flying into Governor's Harbour Airport in Governor's Harbour keeps the region at your fingertips, with pink sand beaches and island villages just a short drive away. Governor's Harbour sits midway along Eleuthera, a long, skinny island in the Bahamas with the Atlantic on one side and the calm Caribbean side on the other. It is one of the oldest settlements in the country, with pastel houses climbing a hill above a quiet harbor.

Simple pleasures around Governor's Harbour: - Walk among the colonial-era houses and churches on the hill above the harbor - Join the Friday night fish fry, the town's weekly gathering - Spend a morning on French Leave Beach and its soft pink sand - Learn about native plants on the trails of the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve - Order fresh conch salad with lime, onion, and hot pepper - Swim in the clear shallows of Ten Bay Beach to the south - Explore the caves near Hatchet Bay - Snorkel the reefs off the Atlantic side on a calm day

The Queen's Highway runs the length of Eleuthera, so the whole island is easy to reach from Governor's Harbour. Gregory Town, home of the Pineapple Festival each June and the waves at Surfer's Beach, is about 45 minutes north, and the Glass Window Bridge, where the deep blue Atlantic meets the turquoise Bight, is a little further. Rock Sound and its giant Ocean Hole lie about an hour south. Water taxis from North Eleuthera cross to Harbour Island in minutes. Come in spring, when the water is warm and the island moves at its gentlest pace.