Tour San Salvador

San Salvador's many attractions include the archaeological site where its earliest inhabitants, the Lucayan Indians, lived; five monuments at Landfall Park commemorating Columbus' arrival here, one underwater; the hand-operated Dixon Hill Lighthouse (only three of its type are in The Bahamas); Watlings Estate, the ruins of a late 18th-century Loyalist plantation house and other historical ruins; the New World Museum, with a display of artifacts from the time of the indigenous people and the life of Christopher Columbus; and the Bahamian Field Station, a center for research in archaeology, biology, geology and marine sciences. A few companies provide escorted tours by bus and car to visit the attractions and outlying settlements. One also offers a sightseeing tour by scooter.