Shopping & Services
George Town Straw Market
Don’t miss the downtown George Town Straw Market with its lovely straw handicrafts that are a Bahamanian icon. (Photos by ExploreExuma)
The straw vending industry began in the 1940s when Bahamian women looked for a means of creating an income after the sponge industry died. They began to braid and decorate dried palm and sisal plant leaves and from which they fashioned baskets, hats, handbags and totes, and dolls.
These beautiful items were extremely popular after the Second World War when large numbers of vacationers began to visit the Bahamas. Soon organized markets grew up in places such ...Full story
Sandpiper Arts and Crafts
Sandpiper is your one-stop destination in George Town for local arts and crafts, resort wear and island clothing, books about Exuma, guides, maps and charts.
For a unique shopping experience when you are visiting George Town, Diane Minns invites you to visit Sandpiper Arts and Crafts right across from Club Peace and Plenty. When you step through the doorway into this beautiful shop you will know you have truly arrived in the Bahamas.
Sandpiper was established in 1980 by Diane, a seventh-generation Exumian whose ancestors arrived on the island in the mid-1700s. She grew up among the island’s straw ...Full story
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