At Grand Lucayan, Bahamas, sugar sand beaches will replace blankets of snow for a white Christmas island style. Just 55 miles from the Florida coast, the award-winning resort is planning delectable holiday menus and a host of Christmas and New Year’s festivities, all infused with a laidback, authentic Bahamian vibe.
On Christmas Eve, resort guests and local residents alike are invited to Willy Broadleaf’s, Grand Lucayan’s imaginatively decorated, internationally themed restaurant, for a Christmas Eve Buffet with Bahamian notes from 5 to 10 p.m. Featuring creamy conch chowder with cilantro; carved roast bottom round of beef with Yorkshire pudding; blackened mahi-mahi fillet with cranberry chutney; seafood paella; and pasta, pizza, and Asian stations, the Christmas Eve Buffet is available for just $34 per person for adults and $15 per person for children ages 5 to 12.
Willy Broadleaf’s will also host a Christmas Day Buffet with favorites including warm apple cider punch with cinnamon sticks; cinnamon eggnog with vanilla bean ice cream; pumpkin and winter squash bisque with nutmeg cream; whole stuffed cider baked tom turkey station with giblet and sausage stuffing; maple and peppercorn-crusted smoked ham with a Dijon reduction; plus fajita and dessert stations from 5 to 10 p.m. Priced at just $34 per person for adults and $12 per person for children ages 5 to 12, this is a holiday feast that guests will not want to miss.
Saving the best for last, Grand Lucayan, Bahamas will ring in 2014 with an unforgettable New Year’s Eve bash, complete with a live performance by The Temptations, featuring Dennis Edwards. The celebration will start off with a delectable New Year’s Eve Buffet at Willy Broadleaf’s, for just $48 per person. Dancing will follow at 10:30 p.m. in the resort’s majestic Grand Ballroom, where the legendary moves and sounds of The Temptations, featuring Dennis Edwards, will ramp up the party atmosphere. Midnight will bring a Champagne toast. Tickets for The Temptations start at $75.
In addition, Churchill’s, Grand Lucayan’s fine dining eatery with Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, will present its New Year’s Eve Gala Menu by Michelin Star Chef Gianfranco Chiarini. Starting off the meal with a complimentary glass of Champagne served on arrival, the prix-fixed menu includes saltimbocca from salmon and prosciutto di Parma over a nest of artichoke hearts and saffron sauce perfumed with balsamic vinegar and honey reduction; saffron dough ravioli filled with smoked pumpkin and asparagus over zucchini and scampi sautéed in an orange butter sauce; pan seared Chilean sea bass over a rosemary and butter-sautéed porcini mushroom nest with white truffle cream sauce; and guinea fowl timbale filled with organic bacon, gorgonzola and wild mushrooms over a delicate smoked provolone and white truffle cream sauce. For dessert, Chef Chiarini will prepare asparagus ice cream served over brunoise from cherries and tossed with a delicate orange and chamomile sauce. Churchill’s New Year’s Eve Gala Menu is priced at $80 per person inclusive of gratuities. Reservations are required.
Grand Lucayan will also offer family-friendly holiday activities throughout the month of December including a Santa’s Nature Walk, Saint Nick’s Scavenger Hunt, a snowman competition, Christmas Trivia and a Junkanoo parade. For couples looking for some alone time on New Year’s Eve, Grand Lucayan will also offer complimentary babysitting service with activities and snacks for the kids.
For more information visit GrandLucayan.com.
About Grand Lucayan, Bahamas
Located on Grand Bahama Island, Grand Lucayan, Bahamas has 542 guestrooms and suites and is situated along an expansive 7.5-acre beach with views of the turquoise Caribbean Sea. Just 55 miles off the coast of Florida, Grand Lucayan, Bahamas offers some of the finest amenities in the Caribbean. Guests enjoy spacious accommodations, a selection of restaurants, three swimming pools, four tennis courts – all offering Grand Slam surfaces, a 25,000 square-foot Senses Spa & Fitness Center, 18-hole championship golf course – The Reef Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., and 90,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space and a Las Vegas-style casino. To find out more about Grand Lucayan, Bahamas please visit their website, and find them on Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
