Versailles Gardens & French Cloister
Versailles Gardens
Stepped French-style gardens on Paradise Island, with cloister remnants of a 14th-century Augustinian monastery shipped over from France.
Versailles Gardens lies within the One&Only Ocean Club resort on Paradise Island and was built in the mid-20th century by the wealthy Huntington Hartford. Terraced gardens lead along an axis lined with statues and fountains, and at the top stands the cloister of a 14th-century French Augustinian monastery. Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst bought the cloister, had it dismantled and shipped to America, and it was later moved here and reassembled, with views over Nassau. The Beatles film “Help!” was shot here. The gardens are part of the resort grounds, so non-guests need prior permission or must dine at the resort restaurant to enter.
Opening hours
Depends on resort arrangements
Nearby sights
- Cabbage Beach
- Fort Montagu
- Atlantis Paradise Island
- Potter's Cay
- Queen's Staircase
- Fort Fincastle
- Parliament Square
- Nassau Straw Market