| Cat Island ,the sixth largest island in Bahamas located | | | | he/she lived in is left intact for the spirit to live there. |
| at about 300 miles away from Miami, and 120 miles | | | | The island is also very known in bahamas for the |
| S-E from Nassau covers an area of 48 miles long and | | | | Obeah or Obi culture that is some kind of a middle |
| 4 miles wide of secluded beaches. With a population | | | | form of white witchcraft or voodoo. Nowadays locals |
| of only 1.678 people , the island must not be | | | | living derive especially from farming,the traditional |
| confused with Cat-Cay, a small island in The Biminis, | | | | slash-and-burn farming method.Cascarilla bark is |
| Bahamas. | | | | gathered and shipped to Italy, where it is a main |
| Like the others islands in Bahamas , Cat Island has its | | | | ingredient in medicines, scents, and the italian aperitif |
| own history. It is considered to be the first Loyalists | | | | called Campari. |
| settlement built in 1783. Locals lived from plantations, | | | | Another income could be , but a lower point the |
| some of their ruins remained even in our times.The | | | | deep see fishing industry.One of the most visited |
| most known plantation is considered to have been | | | | settlements is Port Howe, named after Admiral |
| located in Port Howe,a village built by Colonel Andrew | | | | James Howe, the first English commander during the |
| Deveaux who recaptured Nassau from Spain in 1783. | | | | American Revolution where Greenwood Beach |
| Anyway the name Cat Island was given if we take | | | | Resort can offer you some of the tranquillity |
| one source after the famous pirate Arthur Catt who | | | | atmosphere that some of you might look for. There |
| used this island as his perfect hide place and the | | | | are so many activities you can take part in that it is |
| other source after the hordes of wild cats the english | | | | possible to not have enough time for all. |
| encountered when they arrived on these lands in | | | | You can even explore Bahamas island and find |
| 1600.For centuries the island where Columbus first set | | | | yourself driven right into the past between those |
| in October 12'th 1492 had different names, one being | | | | cotton plantations and wrecks, you can rest on the |
| San Salvador. | | | | beach , go snorkell or scuba diving through the coral |
| One of the most interesting places in the island is | | | | reefs or just stay in a hammock drinking a tropical |
| "The Hermitage," a monastery built on the top of Mt. | | | | cocktail or serving a local cuisine. Greenwood Beach |
| Alvernia on a cliff named Comer Hill at about 206 | | | | Resort is owned by a german family and consists of |
| feet distance of see level in 1940s by monsignor | | | | twenty rooms lying on 8 miles on the coast of the |
| Jerome Hawkes an architect coming to Bahamas to | | | | Atlantic Ocean . All have their private bath, king sized |
| repair Anglican Churches. The purpose of the top of | | | | beds and ceiling fans right opened to the fantastic |
| the cliff church was to become a sanctuary for | | | | pink sandy beaches. |
| meditation. Being an architect he built someother | | | | Despite other islands in Bahamas, Cat Island has no |
| churches: 5 on Long Island and took part in the | | | | casinos or golf courses, not even a bank. So as a |
| design of St. Augustines College in New Providence | | | | form of payment shops owners will take cash |
| .After his death , Jerome was burried on Mt. Alvernia | | | | ,cheques and credit cards. Local cuisine might be a |
| and by visiting his tomb you can see from these high | | | | real interest to visitors couse it is influenced by many |
| cliffs,a marvelous view consisting of forested hills and | | | | cultures from South America, Britain, Africa and Spain. |
| 60 miles of deserted white and pink sand beaches. | | | | Delicious dishes made by seafood and tomato sauce, |
| Locals are renowned for their ingenuity of using | | | | native fruits are combined with rum and served in |
| anything nature provides to build something they | | | | cocktails or desserts, an last but not least the |
| need. A good example are the musicians who | | | | Bahamian Kalik-Beer, Rum-Mixdrinks, Bahama Mama |
| combine a piece of wood with a fishing line and a | | | | and Goombay Smash. |
| worn tin tub to create the bass instrument . In the | | | | So, wether you dive , snorkell or you are just passing |
| Cat Island lie many of the folklores, myths of the | | | | by through Bahamas, you shouldn't miss a day or |
| Bahamas islands, here when someone dies and the | | | | two in the pleasent and familiar style of Cat Island. |
| person is the last of his/her generation , the house | | | | |