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Pelican Bay Hotel At Lucaya

Hotel Overview

Village resort on quiet waterway 300 yards from beach

Located on Bell Channel Bay and overlooking two marinas, this intimate resort is reminiscent of a European village. The 138 air-conditioned guestrooms and suites feature private, furnished balconies with bay and garden views. Guests eat breakfast at a floating café, and dine on gourmet seafood by candlelight at a waterside restaurant.

Location

Grand Bahama (Freeport)
Sprawling little Freeport on Grand Bahama is home to about half the island's 50,000 people. Although it has no beach, Freeport makes up for it with its cruise port, resorts, and shopping. Nearby Lucaya, with its pleasant beach, has developed as a complimentary resort community to Freeport.

4265 A Main Street
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
Bahamas

General information

What to expect: Located near the end of a long, narrow waterway called Bell Channel Bay, the hotel overlooks two marinas on one side and the Bay on the other. The beach is 300 yards away, accessible to guests via an agreement with a neighboring resort. The atmosphere at Pelican Bay is that of a European village, and vacationing families and couples enjoy shopping, dining, and the resort's intimate atmosphere.

Amenity highlights: Pelican Bay guests travel by complimentary shuttle boat to a companion marina to enjoy a poolside restaurant. The hotel has two medium-sized pools, one with an eight-person spa tub. A third pool with swim-up bar will open in January 2004. Flagstone sundecks furnished with cushioned lounge chairs surround the pools. Guests have access to Atlantic Ocean beaches, more pools, extensive recreational facilities, and a large spa and fitness center at the Our Lucaya Resort next door (fee).

Insider tip: Port Lucaya Marketplace, adjacent to Pelican Bay Hotel, includes a waterside bandstand and courtyard where live-music concerts are offered most nights. Shops and restaurants in the marketplace remain open well after dark.

Insider tip: One of two golf courses at Our Lucaya Resort lies approximately 2 blocks away.

Property amenities

The Pelican Bay hotel is a European-style village of three-and four-story buildings with peaked red-tile roofs, earth-tone exteriors, and either white or weathered-wood balcony railings. Buildings are located near the end of a long, narrow waterway called Bell Channel Bay and overlook two marinas and the waterway.

Two pools are located at Pelican Bay--a third pool with swim-up bar will open in January, 2004. Another pool is available at a companion marina. A complimentary shuttle boat transports guests to the marina, which also has a poolside restaurant. The marina pool is a two-level affair, measuring 120 by 25 feet on the lower level and 40 by 22 feet on the upper level.

Complimentary alfresco Continental breakfast is served daily at Yellow Tail's Bar and Grill next to the main pool at Pelican Bay.

Policies

Proof of citizenship is required for entry to the Bahamas.
Hotel rates include mandatory tax and gratuity charges.
Listed room rates apply to a maximum number of guests for each room category. A charge is levied for each extra guest age 13 and older. There are no extra-guest charges for children aged 12 and younger.
Rollaway beds and cribs may be available and should be requested at time of booking.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon check-in for incidental charges.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.

• Check-in time is 3 PM
• Check-out time is 11 AM

Dining

Complimentary Continental breakfast is served every morning to all guests at Yellow Tail's Bar and Grill, a floating barge with canopy top moored at the waterfront. Suite guests may have the complimentary Continental breakfast served in their rooms via a pass-through door opening.

The Ferry House Restaurant - Intimate waterside restaurant with air-conditioned dining room and covered open-air seating. White-linen service, candlelit at night. Menu features seafood selections such as Big Eye Tuna sashimi, pan-fried halibut, grilled swordfish, lobster bisque, lobster salad, fettucine with lobster, and grilled lobster. Also, beef tenderloin and duck breast. Dress is casually elegant. Reservations suggested and accepted up to 6 months in advance. Open for lunch and dinner (closed between meals and on Monday evenings).

Yellow Tail's Bar and Grill - Located next to Pelican Bay's main pool. Casual floating café with open-air seating and marina views. Bar stools and umbrella tables. Salads, sandwiches, conch fitters, burgers, and tropical drinks. Serves complimentary Continental breakfast for guests. Open every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Lucayan Marina Village Bar & Restaurant - Located poolside at companion marina, 5 minutes away by complimentary shuttle boat. Features light meals including burgers, salads, sandwiches, seafood, and conch fritters. Pelican Bay guests have signing privileges at the restaurant and bar. Open for breakfast and lunch.

Recreation

For a fee, Pelican Bay Hotel guests are granted access to four enormous pools and a 7.5-acre, half-mile-long beach at Our Lucaya Resort, located across the street on the turquoise Atlantic Ocean. Guests can rent snorkeling gear, windsurfers, kayaks, Hobie Cat sailboats, and Jet Skis. Instruction and equipment are also available for waterskiing, parasailing, knee-boarding, banana-boat rides, and snorkeling, scuba-diving, and kayaking excursions (fees apply). A 25-foot trampoline is anchored off the beach in shallow water.

The Our Lucaya Resort has two golf courses. The Lucayan Course features elevated tees, winding fairways, and numerous bunkers. The Reef Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., and site of a PGA Senior Tour event, features links play. The Butch Harmon School of Golf has indoor and outdoor training facilities, computerized swing-analysis video equipment, and classes ranging from 1 hour to three days. Our Lucaya Resort's tennis center offers four lighted courts of different surfaces (natural or artificial grass, hard court, and artificial clay).

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

Rooms

The resort offers 138 air-conditioned guestrooms and suites in low-rise European-style buildings overlooking a waterway and two marinas. Rooms are spacious and feature tropical decor, tile floors, ceiling fans, and light wood furnishings. All have private verandas or balconies with views of the surrounding resort or waterway. Amenities include satellite TV, coffeemakers, and minibars.

Room amenities

• High-speed Internet connection
• Cable/satellite TV
• Air conditioning
• Climate control
• Ceiling fan
• Voice mail
• Telephone
• Modem Internet access
• Coffee/tea maker
• Bathrobes
• Hair dryer
• Iron/ironing board
• In-room safe
• Television
• Clock radio
• Non-smoking rooms
• Smoking rooms

Superior room
One king or two double beds. Private veranda or balcony with bay or marina view, furnished with two teak or rattan chairs and cocktail table. 640 square feet. Large entry/dressing area. Tile floor, yellow walls, pale-wood furniture. Two-chair dining set, reading chair. Wet bar, compact refrigerator. Tub/shower combination.

Deluxe room
One king or two double beds with duvet(s). Private bay-view veranda or balcony with two teak or rattan chairs and cocktail table. 640 square feet. Large entry/dressing area. Tile floor, yellow walls, antiqued green-wood armoire and large headboards. Two-chair dining set, reading chair. Wet bar, compact refrigerator. Tub/shower combination.

Standard room
One king or two double beds. Private garden-view veranda or balcony with two teak or rattan chairs and cocktail table. 640 square feet. Large entry/dressing area. Tile floor, yellow walls, pale-wood furniture. Two-chair dining set, reading chair. Wet bar, compact refrigerator. Tub/shower combination.

Luxury One Bedroom Suite
One king or two queen wrought-iron, four poster beds with duvets, five pillows (goose-down and non-allergenic). Private veranda or balcony with two weathered-rattan, cushioned lounge chairs and bay or marina view. 750 square feet. Polished-resin floors, recessed lighting. Living/dining room with natural-fiber, wide-paddle Indonesian ceiling fans, tropical-wood furniture, high-back overstuffed couch, matching wing chair, dining set, desk set, hand-sculpted lamps, Brazilian paintings, dual-line telephone. Kitchenette with hammered-copper sink, microwave oven, compact refrigerator, espresso machine, minibar. Mexican-tile bathroom with overhead rainfall shower, twin-sink vanity, oversized towels. Pass-through door opening for delivery of complimentary Continental breakfast and newspaper.