Discover one of the globes most storied and iconic hotels inThe Ocean Club, the definitive tome on the Bahamian property founded by notorious supermarket heir Huntington Hartford in 1962. A favorite haunt of Slim Aarons and the jet-set crowdand the location of two Bond moviesthe resort, now celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, continues to set the standard in singular and star-studded tropical luxury.

Featuring the remains of a twelfth-century Franciscan monastery imported from France and regal terraced gardens in the style of Versailles, the hotel opened with a gala, the legendary Bal du Paradis, covered all around the world and attended by Zsa Zsa Gabor, five United States senators, and Europeans most glamorous prince and princesses. Over the years, the Ocean Club would continue its legacy-building, hosting the Beatles, a career-making performance by Whitney Houston, the wedding of Cindy Crawford to Casamigos creator Rande Gerber, and, most memorably, two Bond movies, 1965s Thunderball, starring Sean Connery and 2006sCasino Royale.

DIMENSIONS

W 10.5 x L 14 x D 1 in

PAGE COUNT

180 pages