versailles gardens and french cloister

好漂亮、好安静。在地面上走走是件很开心的事情。我建议在沙丘餐厅里用餐,沙丘餐厅是沙滩俱乐部里唯一的一家餐厅,早点去那里,你可以四处走走逛逛。

来这里散散步,很值得。一到这儿,就可以看到美丽的小径,是拍照的完美之选!公园景色令人惊艳不已,记得要去马路对面看看那儿的修道院!

能在巴哈马看到一个老的法国修道院是件奇特的事情,是一些很有钱的人从法国买来然后一块一块石头的在当地重建的。在这个修道院能看到漂亮的海景,是拍照的好背景。修道院的对面是凡尔赛花园,作为法国人,我觉得,考虑到它的位置、大小以及名字,它有点好笑。但是这个小花园被打理的很好,你能看到一些来自不同地区和时代的雕塑。整个画面漂亮,我们在那里拍了许多照片。

如果你在巴黎,那么计划一天,甚至更长时间去凡尔赛宫殿和花园赏玩。宫殿如此宏伟壮丽,让人屏住呼吸。一定要计划好,乘穿梭车去看那些花园和其他的历史建筑,包括玛丽·安托瓦内特(法王路易十六的王后)寓所。宫殿里有咖啡厅和饭店。价格很高而且座位有限。有许多人去公园里骑车,或者在公园里走,或者在公园的地上野餐。花园的香气与外放的法国音乐,会让你体会到一种似乎年头很久远的感觉。这次旅行非常值得!

A short walk from Atlantas. We walked here from Nassau. Beautiful spots but strangely enough both places had private property signs up??? We disregarded the signs and walked around anyways.

I had a delightful half day visit in mid-January to Paradise Island which included walking to the Versailles Gardens and Cloisters, walking along the shores of Cabbage Beach, and then accessing the Atlantis site via this beach. We arrived by cruise ship in Nassau and then took the very accessible water ferry (turn right as you leave the cruise pier exit, $4 one way for a 15 minute ride) over to Paradise Island. The ferry has a pier under the bridge. Using my Google map print out, I walked about 13 minutes on excellent sidewalks, past lovely landscaped resorts with clipped lawns, palms, and flowering hedges, before seeing the gardens on both sides of the roadway called, Paradise Island Drive. The gardens are located about a half a block past the One and Only Ocean Club driveway. The gardens are signed, but, when I saw the distinctive columns of the Cloisters, I knew we had arrived at the attraction. They are a public park, not part of any resort complex.The Cloisters is a lovely narrow green landscaped park that features the white marble columns from a European cloister as its central focal point. Since the cloisters sits on a raised piece of property there were several sets of stairs to climb going up to the cloisters. Each terraced area is attractively marked with purple flowering clipped bougainvillea hedges. In the center of the cloisters was a marble statue set amidst clipped plants. This structure forms a small square and is neither large nor tall. It is quite intimate, in fact, even though it appears in this spacious setting with its long vistas out to the water. The arches formed by the white columns and grey brickwork formed windows which framed the view out to the harbor or across the road to the Versailles Garden and the ocean beyond. Very beautiful and peaceful; no bustling crowds here. The colors of green, purple, grey, and blue still stand out in my mind. Across the Cloisters is the Versailles Garden. It, too, is a narrow garden with a central walkway that leads up to a lily pad pond and bronze statues. Probably allow 30 minutes to walk around both gardens as they are more of a photostop than a place to linger for long. We walked around the the Ocean Club Resort pool towards Cabbage Beach and strolled the white sandy shoreline past the Riu Resort towards Atlantis where we exited the beach. We could have played in the ocean water or rested on the beach sand had we taken along our swimsuits and towels, but didn't, so I can't comment on the accessibility of public showers and change rooms at this beach. The walkway at the edge of Atlantis is open for non-Atlantis guests to use and it was just grand to get a glimpse of this resort with its pools for sharks, sting rays, waterfalls, and patios. This resort was terribly busy, crowded, and not my idea of a place to relax. We exited through their casino, marvelling at the gorgeous light fixtures, walked through Marina Village, and returned to the water ferry for our ride back to the cruise ship for lunch. A most delightful time at this cruise port all for $8. I gave the gardens a 3 star, but the time spent on Paradise Island as I have described it was a 4 star experience.

Take a stroll through the cloister and enjoy a little quiet away from the hustle of the resorts.Its nicely laid out and landscaped and you can imagine the work that went into the original stone work back in France.

The gardens and cloister is part of the One and Only resort on Paradise Island, and is about a 15-20 minute walk from Atlantis. We walked to it one morning and enjoyed our time on the grounds. We then continued down the road where we could access the eastern end of cabbage beach. We got an ice cream at a little store before entering the beach, then walked the beach back to Atlantis and got back before lunchtime.

The cloisters was very small, 1 structure only. Garden was a little bigger but again, nothing there. Its a good place to visit if you're on Paradise Island. Both places are very well manicured.

Good for a quick visit and do some photography, plus it's free so that always helps. Wouldn't spend more than 30 min here.

An excerpt from Fodor's Review of Versailles Garden:Fountains and statues of luminaries and legends (such as Napoléon and Josephine, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, David Livingstone, Hercules, and Mephistopheles) adorn Versailles Gardens, the terraced lawn at the One & Only Ocean Club, once the private hideaway of Huntington Hartford. At the top of the gardens stand the Cloisters, the remains of a stone monastery built by Augustinian monks in France in the 13th century. They were imported to the United States in the 1920s by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst. (The cloister is one of four to have ever been removed from French soil.) Forty years later, Hartford bought the Cloisters and had them rebuilt on their present commanding site. At the center is a graceful, contemporary white marble statue called Silence, by U.S. sculptor Dick Reid. Nearly every day, tourists take or renew wedding vows under the delicately wrought gazebo overlooking Nassau Harbour. Although the garden is owned by the One & Only Ocean Club, visitors are welcome so long as they check in at the security gate.If you find yourself nearby, it is worth a stroll through the gardens...adjacent to the One and Only Resort and a short walk from Paradise Island Beach Club, Riu and Atlantis and other hotels and resorts on PI.Those considering nuptials, it is a very pretty location. I don't know who you'd contact to obtain permission....

place is decent, nothing to go out of your way to see, we were staying down the road so on our last day we took a walk and stopped by. overall its a nicely manicured park, some old statues and old structure but overall nothing amazing....if you are staying at Atlantis, RIU, Comfort Suites stop by its only a few min walk but definitely not worth going out of your way for it....

This free public gardens is a fun short outing from most of the hotels on Paradise Island. It's a great place to shoot some photos and the history of the property is pretty interesting. The property is part of the now One & Only Ocean Club. It was once owned by American businesman Huntington Hartfold. He spent a fortune on the place and liked to entertain American royalty there back in the day.Kids will be bored (as will some adults). But I enjoyed visiting the grounds and seeing the statues, which include Franklin Roosevelt, whom Hartford admired.

I am a big fan of gardens and this is a free public garden that is within walking distance to Atlantis. It doesn't get the visibility and attention that other fee attractions have while on location in Nassau.To be clear, there is no formal entrance; it borders on a private beach complex residence and you will know where the boundary is. The highlight of the garden is toward the bottom where there is a traditional water and statute feature. The rest of the garden is random and could use some sprucing up.

A beautiful open air free tour. The local transfer bus took us from the Royal Towers to the Ocean Club and we stayed there taking photos all afternoon.