CLUB MED COLUMBUS
COCKBURN TOWN SAN SALVADOR ISLAND
Telephone: (1) 242 331 20 00
Fax: (1) 242 331 24 58
GMT time difference : -4 hours in summer / -5 hours in winter
Getting to the Resort
Transfer Package
Your Package includes: return flights and transfers to and from the Resort.
For customers who have not purchased the Transfer package. You can book transfer to the Resort, at extra cost: We pick you up at the airport, and take you to the Resort. At the end of your holiday we take you back to the airport. Service to be pre-booked, subject to availability and terms of sale.
Airport/Resort transfer by bus*:
The price given corresponds to private transfer for all members of your party. You can book this service with your main holiday booking, or later on, by going onto your Customer Space.Can be booked up to two days before the start of your holiday.
San Salvador international airport:
Airport at Cockburn Town, 1 km from Club Med. Domestic flight via Nassau airport. One flight per day, takes 45 minutes.
Local transport (optional Extra*):
Bicycle rental at the Resort
Flight times (for information only):
- Paris: 9 hours 35 minutes
- Nassau: 45 minutes
- Montreal:3 hours 30 minutes
- Miami: 1 hour 25 minutes
- Toronto: 3 hours 30 minutes
Passports and visas
A valid passport is essential when you travel abroad. A full 10-year passport is required for holidays to all countries featured on our website. The passport must be valid for at least 6 months beyond your return date with one blank visa page.
Make sure your passport is valid and check with the embassy or the consulate of your destination country if you need a visa for your chosen destination prior to travel. It is vital that the name given when booking your holiday (printed on the ticket and itinerary) is exactly the same as written on your passport. Any child, however old, must have his/her own passport.
Important:
Please note Club Med cannot be held responsible for any issue with regards to passport or visas.
Payment options at the Resort:
Currency: Bahamian dollar, USD.
The Carte Blanche internal payment card allows you to pay for all purchases made at the Resort during your stay (you must first open an account at Reception).
Credit cards accepted:
- Visa
- Club Med Amex
- Amex
- MasterCard
Other means of payment:
- Traveler’s checks in USD or CAD
- Cash (local currency)
- Checks are not accepted
Currency exchange at Reception:
USD and EUR (we advise you to take USD with you)
Cash cannot be withdrawn at the Resort or on the island (there are no cash points).
Hotel facilities and services
To make life easy during your stay, we propose a whole range of services:
- Beach towels
- Club Med Boutique* : Club Med collections, local specialities and everyday items.
- Dry cleaning*
- Hair salon*
- Photographer*
Internet*:
Access points: in the library, the lounges, near Reception, the bar and swimming pool.
Prices: 1 hour: 5 USD, around 4 Euros / 1 day: 15 USD, around 11 Euros / 1 week: 50 USD, around 37 Euros
The indoor areas and rooms are non-smoking areas (electronic cigarettes are included in the no-smoking rule).
*at extra cost
Useful facts for your stay at Columbus Isle Club Med
- Surface area: 13,935 sq km
- Capital: Nassau
- Official language: English, and Creole for the population of Haitian origin
- Currency: the Bahamian Dollar
Bahamian culinary specialties:
Starters: Bahamian conch chowder.
Dishes: stuffed crab, marinated swordfish, peas and rice, conch fritters.
Desserts: Bahamian bread pudding, fresh coconut cake, pumpkin fritters.
Flora and fauna native to the Bahamas:
Flora: rich underwater flora, numerous species of plants and trees: Bahamian mahogany and pine trees, flamboyants, frangipaniers…
Fauna: a wealth of underwater life with reef fish and conches, the emblematic shell fish of the region; marine mammals such as dolphins, barracuda, swordfish and marlin.
Shopping in the Bahamas:
Craftwork: baskets and straw hats, Creole dolls, sculpted wood and coconut.
Spices: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, laurel leaves.
A few useful expressions for your stay in the Bahamas:
- Hello: hello / bonjou in Creole
- Goodbye: goodbye
- Thank you: thankyou / mesi in Creole
- Yes / No: yes / no
- Please: please / souplé in Creole
Places of interest to discover in the area surrounding Columbus Isle Club Med:
- You can do a boat tour of San Salvador Island
- Visit Landfall Park, with its various monuments including a whitewashed cross that marks the spot where Columbus is believed to have landed, a sculpture commemorating the 1968 Mexican Olympics, and a monument to the Japanese foundation that recreated the Columbus voyage
- Visit Father Schreiner’s Grave (the Benedictine monk who, after escaping death in a shipwreck, decided to stay and live on the island).
The climate in the Bahamas:
The Tropic of Cancer runs through the region, giving it a humid, subtropical climate tempered by sea breezes and north-east trade winds. The sea surface temperature makes swimming pleasant all year round: 26 to 27°C in winter and 29 to 31°C in summer.
The driest season, which is the high tourist season, lasts from mid-November to March. April to August is the summer season, with high humidity and more frequent showers. Temperatures can reach the 33°C mark, but there is also more wind at this season.
Météonews provides live weather news for this Resort and forecasts for the next 5 days.
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