Mostly, it caters to private planes and its 3,000-foot runway can accommodate most of them. From there, if glitz beyond the best of Las Vegas is the objective, the pampered traveller can be whisked cross-island to Atlantis. Here too are the cordoned quiet alcoves for very serious poker, blackjack, baccarat, which easily rival the Old Worldliness of Monaco's casinos. Atlantis provides fine dining, Vegas-style revues, pools, beaches, a cavernous aquarium that puts the observer up close and personal with sharks, lumbering sea turtles, sullen groupers, and myriad lesser sea creatures. Service is as one would expect.
Excellence is taken for granted.
Also on Paradise Island, a walk if you wish from Atlantis, is the island's most exclusive resort, the Ocean Club. Small and secluded, the club features nine tennis courts and a full-time pro. The Ocean Club hosts two major pro tennis tournaments annually, attracting many of the top seeded tennis professionals. The Ocean Club is surrounded by thirty-five acres of formal gardens and terraced waterfalls. The gardens were designed by Huntington Hartford, original owner of Paradise Island.