BEST BEACH VILLA - SLEEPS 2 - 8 + FREE TOYOTA MINIVAN FOR 8

Coral Sands Beach House, its beach on Hoopers Bay and location near George Town, Exumas make it a perfect setting for a family vacation. Our famiy of 5 adults and one child enjoyed the spaciousness, amenities and views from the Beach House. The owners, Betty and Peter introduced us to the best of boat captains, restaurants, stores and taxi service.

Every year one member of our extended family of Eleven has the pleasure of choosing a vacation destination, and this year was my turn. We live in California, so the first thought was to go to Hawaii due to flight costs, but I was excited to learn that we could fly to the Bahamas at a similar price. I did hours and hours of extensive research to find the best vacation rental in The Bahamas that was affordable, and I found it! Coral Sands is a clean and tastefully furnished large house, on a beautiful deserted beach, with warm turquoise water that laps gently on to the white silky sand. Peter Oxley, the owner greeted us on our arrival and showed us around the house. He then sat down and described all the best restaurants and places to explore and was a very gracious host. The house has every amenity that you will need to make your stay comfortable. We spent many evenings relaxing with a cocktail on the expansive decks and gathering together to cook dinners in the large great room. The house is only a few miles from town which was very convenient for getting supplies and general shopping.
After two days of relaxing we rented a boat from Minns Water Sports, This is something that I would highly recommend as we had so much fun visiting Stocking Islands restaurants, and snorkeling spots, with the freedom of having our own boat.
The people of Exuma must get a mention. They are the most friendliest and good natured people that I have had the pleasure of meeting while on vacation. There is a rare innocence to life on the Island and hardly any crime, so you will always feel safe and relaxed during your stay.
Very close to Coral Sands are a group of modest bars and restaurants inside small huts where you can eat some great barbecued food and at "Charlies" we spent a wonderful evening singing Karaoke. Charlie is warm and friendly character who makes the best rum cocktails on the Island!!
On our last day we took a boat excursion that visited Thunderball Grotto, Pig Island, the sunken plane and the sand bar. I highly recommend taking this trip.
To conclude, after driving all over Exuma and visiting Stocking Island, I was so pleased to learn that Coral Sands on Hoopers Bay, was the best choice that I could have made! If you are looking for tranquility on a beautiful beach but also the opportunity for a bit of adventure , I could not think of a better location than Coral Sands on Exuma.

My husband and I rented the studio apartment in Coral Sands. I chose this rental in the internet mainly for the beach (looking at comments and photos) and for the location in the island. We had travel to most of all the islands in the Caribbean and found this beach on Hooper’s Bay one of the most beautiful we have ever seen. The location is perfect near George Town, to all stores, marina, banks, etc and to the airport but still in a nice and quiet area of the island. Once we arrived we found that we chose the perfect place to stay, no regrets at all, the house is beautiful, the views are breath taken (we had 7 perfect sunsets in a row!!), lushly tropical gardens, clean and very well equipped apartment, few steps from my room to the beach (white sand, crystal blue water, calm ocean, perfect breeze, no slopes entering the water, no seaweed, quiet, and very private), and it was just perfect. And mostly the service at Coral Sands, Peter, the owner of the house, he made us feel at home, any information or any thing we needed he helped us with. He does not bother you at all if you want to be alone, if you need him, he lives nearby and can call him, and he will help you right away. We felt like this was our house to enjoy for the week. We were able to tour the whole house since we want to come back with the family; the house has everything you may need and more. It is decorated very tropical, still elegant, the views are perfect, even from the master room you could see the sunset w/o getting up.
We also rented the car from Peter, saved money and it was exactly what we needed, he accommodated us to our needs so we were comfortable and enjoyed his property to the max. I really want to come back soon with my big family, we are already recommending this place to our island lover friends. We did something always wanted to do in an island, we only could have done here, to bbq fresh fish on the beach at night and have a wonderful time. I got the BBQ grill from Peter, the fish from fresh catch from a fisherman near Santana ( just ask around and anyone can help you with that information), charcoal from the lumber store a couple of minutes drive from the house, some beers, Habana Club rum, and a Cuban cigar from the liquor store next to Smitty's.
Great Exuma is not known by many and it is a hidden treasure in the Caribbean, please keep these gifts to us clean and safe so we can all enjoy its beauty for many year