| British Colonial Hotel | |
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  Location within Bahamas | |
| General information | |
| Location | 1 W Bay St, Nassau, Bahamas |
| Coordinates | 25°4′42″N 77°20′44″W / 25.07833°N 77.34556°W |
| Opening | January 7, 1924[1] |
| Owner | China State Construction Engineering Corporation |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 288 |
| Number of suites | 20 |
The British Colonial Hotel is a historic resort hotel in downtown Nassau, Bahamas, located on the only private beach in Nassau, on the site of the Old Fort of Nassau. The hotel, originally opened in 1924, has been described as "the Grand Dame of all Nassau hotels",[2] "the most elegant and most expensive hotel in town",[3] and "the most distinctive and pleasant of the island's large hotels".[4]
- ^ "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York on December 2, 1923 · Page 64". newspapers.com. 2 December 1923. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Porter, Darwin; Prince, Danforth (10 November 2006). Bahamas For Dummies. For Dummies. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-471-96250-2. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Agate, Nicky; Guides, Rough (29 October 2002). Rough guide to the Caribbean. Rough Guides. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85828-895-6. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Henderson, James (1 October 2005). Caribbean & the Bahamas. New Holland Publishers. p. 791. ISBN 978-1-86011-212-6. Retrieved 24 April 2011.