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Club Med-Columbus Isle Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Location 3km (2 miles) north of Cockburn Town, Around the Island
Phone 800/CLUB-MED (258-2633), 242/331-2000
Fax 242/331-2458
Web site www.clubmed.com
Room Information 240 units
Prices Winter US$1,450-US$3,328 (£725-£1,664) weekly per person double occupancy; off-season US$1,350-US$2,450 (£675-£1,225) weekly per person double occupancy. Weekly rates include all meals, drinks during meals, and most sports activities
Credit Cards AE, DISC, MC, V
In Room Amenities A/C, TV, fridge, beverage maker, hair dryer, iron, safe
Kids Not recommended for children under 12

Frommer's Review

This is one of the most ecologically conscious, and one of the most luxurious, Club Meds in the Western Hemisphere. Set at the edge of one of the archipelago's most pristine beaches, about 3km (2 miles) north of Cockburn Town, this is the splashiest resort in the Southern Bahamas. Its promoters estimate that more than 30% of the island's population works here.

Most of the prefabricated buildings here were barged to the site in 1991. The resort is built around a large free-form swimming pool. The public rooms are some of the country's most lavish and cosmopolitan, with art and objects imported from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, and assembled by a battalion of adept designers. Bedrooms each contain a private balcony or patio, furniture that was custom-made in Thailand or the Philippines, sliding-glass doors, midsize bathroom with a shower stall, and feathered wall hangings crafted in the Brazilian rainforest by members of the Xingu tribe. Rooms are large (among the most spacious in the entire chain), and most have twin beds, though you might be able to snag one of the units with a double or a king-size bed if you're lucky. Dozens of multilingual GOs (guest relations organizers, or gentils organisateurs) are on hand to help initiate newcomers into the resort's many diversions. Unlike many other Club Meds, this one does not encourage bringing children and deliberately offers no particular facilities for their entertainment.

The main dining room, where meals are an ongoing series of buffets, lies in the resort's center. Two specialty restaurants offer Italian and grilled food. Nonfat, low-calorie, and vegetarian dishes are also available. Nightly entertainment is presented in a covered open-air theater and on a dance floor behind one of the bars.

Facilities:
3 restaurants; 2 bars; disco; pool; 10 tennis courts; health club; watersports equipment/rentals; laundry service or coin-operated laundry; nonsmoking rooms

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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