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Hotel Information: Converted in 1974 into a hotel with contemporary amenities, Graycliff has a storied history. It was built in 1740 as a residential compound by Capt. John Howard Graysmith, an English pirate who preyed on Spanish ships. What is now the Main House's wine cellar was a jail for his prisoners.
Graycliff served as an American base during the U.S. Revolution in 1776, opened as a French inn in 1844, and served again as an American outpost during the U.S. Civil War. In the 1920s, when owned by a companion of mobster Al Capone, it again became an inn.
European royalty and government leaders such as Winston Churchill came during the years leading up to WW II. Later it became a private residence for a wealthy Canadian couple and then England's Lord and Lady Dudley, who entertained the Duke and Duchess of Windsor here.
Evidence of Graycliff's long life can be found throughout the compound and its tranquil gardens that include ponds, bougainvillea, bamboo groves, and ancient palm trees. An international clientele, including sports and entertainment celebrities, come here for the Graycliff Hotel's history, privacy, fine dining, and award-winning wine list.
Amenity highlights: Gardens include a 65-ft, four-lane lap pool and a 30-by-15-ft pool, both flanked by sunbathing decks. Open to hotel guests only for breakfast and to the public for lunch and dinner, Graycliff Restaurant, with a 275,000-bottle wine cellar, serves Nassau's government, business, and social elite. Humidor Churrascaria, a Brazilian-style tableside-service restaurant, provides an option for dinner.
Insider tip: A seaside-dining village known as Arawak Cay Fish Fry is one mile west of the hotel and contains numerous restaurants and cafés.
Rooms
Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant offers 20 air-conditioned guestrooms with high ceilings in one- and two-story buildings (no elevators), that include the Main House with a brocade-seating parlor and buildings such as a former bakery and slave quarters that were converted for hotel use. Rooms are individually decorated and furnished with antiques in Victorian style; they are named not numbered. Asian area rugs cover tile or wood floors. Direct-dial telephones have data ports; local calls are complimentary. Complimentary high-speed Internet access is available. Televisions offer U.S. cable channels; VCRs are available on request. Minibars and in-room safes are provided. Bathrobes, slippers, hair dryers, and designer bath amenities are supplied, along with turndown service. |
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Pay movies
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Voice mail
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Massage - available in room
- Slippers
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Television
- Window opens
- Desk
- Rollaway beds
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
- High-speed (wired) Internet access - complimentary
Recreation
The Graycliff Hotel's gardens include a 65-foot, four-lane lap pool and a 30-by-15-foot pool, both flanked by sunbathing decks. A complimentary air-conditioned fitness center contains free weights and cardio and weight machines. For surcharges and on request, outside instructors come to the hotel and provide aerobics, pool aerobics, tae bo, Tai chi, and Pilates classes.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Personal watercraft nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Swimming on site
- Motor boating nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction on site
- Tennis nearby
- Aerobics on site
- Scooter/Moped Rentals nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Mountain biking nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Bird watching on site
Property Amenities
A health spa with complimentary sauna, steam room, and eight-person spa tub offers spa services on request. Within the Graycliff Hotel's compound is a factory that produces internationally distributed Graycliff-brand cigars. Adjacent to the factory is a cigar lounge with overstuffed leather seating. A gift shop sells Graycliff cigars, cigar humidors, and handbags fashioned from Graycliff cigar boxes as well as leather goods and exotic liquors.
Ground transportation:
Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available. They can be reserved during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Spa tub
- Full-service health spa
- Sauna
- Concierge services
- Fitness equipment
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Parking (valet)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Parking (free)
- Event catering
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Banquet facilities
- Business services
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of rooms: 20
- Security guard
- Number of floors: 1, 2
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Tour assistance
- Beauty services
- Dry cleaning service
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Caters to couples
- Caters to seniors
- Caters to groups
- Wedding services
- Concierge desk
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wireless Internet access - complimentary
- High-speed (wired) Internet access - complimentary
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access - wireless
- Medical assistance available
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (secure)
- Self parking
- Shopping on site
- Umbrella
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Pets not allowed
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Know Before You Go
This property caters to couples.
Dining
Graycliff Restaurant - Internationally acclaimed fine-dining restaurant frequented by Bahamian government, business, and social elite as well as visiting celebrities seeking private dining in a wine-cellar room. Five dining rooms, including gazebo with bleached-wood ceiling overlooking gardens. Pink tablecloths with crocheted white tops. Award-winning wine cellar containing 275,000 bottles, including numerous 19th-century vintages.
Breakfast service only for hotel guests. (Guestroom and poolside breakfast service, also.) Open to public for lunch and dinner. Wine luncheon (four-course meal paired with wines and wine-cellar tour) available for a surcharge Monday–Friday (except holidays); reservations required.
Lunch choices include conch chowder, grouper, rack of New Zealand lamb, and grilled salmon with lemon-caper-butter sauce.
Dinner choices such as lobster morsels in Spanish-saffron cream sauce; escargots with wild mushrooms in wine-cream sauce; caviar selection; foie gras with black truffles; lobster-foie-gras terrine; smoked seafood with watercress sauce; stone-crab claws; warm salad with shrimp and smoked duck; chicken breast stuffed with prosciutto and spinach; double center-cut pork chop with calavdos; mussels and Madagascar scampi in garlic coulis; grilled yellowfin tuna with Roquefort; rack of venison for two in wine-wild-mushroom sauce; dry-aged U.S. prime-grade steaks; and dry-aged Angus steaks.
Dinner also available in the wine cellar or at the chef's table in the kitchen.
Humidor Churrascaria - Casual-dining, Brazilian-style restaurant. Unlimited grilled and skewered meats; banquet-style buffets; salads; bean dishes; vegetables; fresh fish; Brazilian specialties; beverages; and desserts.
Address
8 Thru 12 West Hill Street
Nassau, New Providence Island
Bahamas
Nearest major airport:
Nassau, Bahamas (NAS-Nassau Intl.)
Area:
Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas
