Dunmore Town, Harbour Island
Dunmore Town
One of the oldest towns in the Bahamas, with candy-coloured colonial wooden houses, white picket fences and flower-lined lanes, ideal for exploring by golf cart.
Dunmore Town sits on the western harbour of Harbour Island. Named in the late 18th century after colonial governor Lord Dunmore, it was once the Bahamas' second-largest town and a centre of shipbuilding and sugar. The town still has many pink, yellow and blue New England-style wooden houses, and the white-steepled St. John's Anglican Church is one of the oldest Anglican churches in the Bahamas. Bay Street runs along the harbour, lined with seafood stalls, boutiques, galleries and bars. In the evening you can watch fishing boats return to the dock and eat fresh conch salad. The island is only about 5 km long, so you can see all of it by renting a golf cart or on foot.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island
- Queen Conch
- Glass Window Bridge
- Devil's Backbone Reef
- Preacher's Cave
- Sapphire Blue Hole
- Spanish Wells
- Current Cut