hilton british colonial by mosaic_photo on Flickr.
British Colonial Hilton Nassau is a luxury five-star or AAA four-diamond colonial hotel in downtown Nassau, Bahamas, located on the only private beach of Nassau, on the site of the Old Fort of Nassau, near the Christ Church Cathedral and Greek Orthodox Church. The hotel, originally built in 1901 and rebuilt in 1922, is located in a grand white palace-like colonial building and has been described as “the Grand Dame of all Nassau hotels”, “the most elegant and most expensive hotel in town”, and “the most distinctive and pleasant of the island’s large hotels”.The hotel was renovated in June 2009 at a cost of US$ 15 million,has six floors spread over an 8-acre plot and has 288 guest rooms, 20 suites and 47 executive-level rooms and a 300-foot-long. It has a private white sand beach which caters in kayaking and snorkeling
The hotel was used as a filming location for the James Bond films Thunderball (1965) and Never Say Never Again (1983 unofficial remake)
