Eleuthera is mostly about beaches and water — but for an island this size there is more variety than people expect. The headline sight is Harbour Island's Pink Sands Beach, three miles of pale rose-tinted sand on the north-eastern tip. The Glass Window Bridge at the island's narrowest point gives the iconic Eleuthera view: deep Atlantic blue on one side, pale turquoise Bight of Eleuthera on the other.
Beyond the famous bits, the island rewards slow exploration. The Ocean Hole at Rock Sound is a deep inland blue hole connected to the sea, full of fish. The Cape Eleuthera Resort Ruins are an atmospheric reminder of failed 1970s glamour, slowly being reclaimed by the bush. Preacher's Cave in the north is where Captain William Sayle and his "Eleutheran Adventurers" sheltered after a 1648 shipwreck — the founding event of Bahamian Protestantism. The Lighthouse Beach at the southern tip and the Surfer's Beach north of Gregory Town are among the wildest stretches.
For activity, this is excellent water — the Devil's Backbone reef off the north shore, the Current Cut between North Eleuthera and Current Island, and the Atlantic-side breaks for surfers. The annual Pineapple Festival in Gregory Town (early June) is the local cultural highlight.