5377 x 3585 px | 45,5 x 30,4 cm | 17,9 x 12 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
24 luglio 2014
Ubicazione:
One Bay Street, Nassau, The Bahamas
Altre informazioni:
The 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 in Nassau, on the site of the Old Fort of Nassau, near the Christ Church Cathedral and the Greek Orthodox Church. The hotel, originally opened in 1923, is located in a grand 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." In 1900, the land was purchased by Henry M. Flagler, responsible for the Breakers Hotel in South Florida. He built an enormous wooden hotel on the site, the Colonial Hotel, which opened in 1901.[4] In 1922 the hotel was gutted by fire. The government purchased the land and the New Colonial Hotel, [6] a new seven-story grand hotel, was built on the site within six months and completed in 1923. In 1939, the hotel was purchased by Sir Harry Oakes, along with the Nassau Airport and golf course. Oakes renamed the hotel the British Colonial Hotel. He was a powerful man and a friend of the Duke of Windsor. He was later murdered in 1943 under mysterious circumstances (the mystery remains unresolved), which was called the "murder of the century". Since the hotel reopened in 1999 it has been managed by Hilton Hotels as the British Colonial HIlton Nassau.
