Hotels near Bandanaira

A stunning group of small islands that half a millenia ago made history changed its course. The original spice islands, the only place in the world where nutmeg could be found, where people from all over the world traveled far and dangerously for untold wealth promised by the precious nutmeg. A group of islands that was the beginning of Europe's colonization of the world. A group of island that was actually what Christopher Columbus had been looking for when he stumbled upon a new landmass.....which we would later call America. Today, the history is still very much felt and alive in the islands, in the form of restored and ruined fortresses, colonial houses, and the nutmeg plantations. History aside, the Banda islands offer idyllic island life, with powder-soft, white sand beaches, amazing underwater sceneries, and that palpable feeling of remoteness.