FOR MORE THAN six decades, The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Bahamas has been known as the most storied resort in the Bahamas, long celebrated as a playground for celebrities, a film backdrop, and a symbol of island glamour. Set on 35 acres along a pristine stretch of white sand on Paradise Island, just across the waterway from Nassau, the retreat has long been a sanctuary for artists, aristocrats, and tastemakers—including Slim Aarons and the jet-set crowd he photographed—seeking barefoot elegance with impeccable service. The resort’s legacy began in 1959, when Huntington Hartford II purchased the former estate of industrialist Axel Wenner-Gren and reimagined it as Paradise Island. Determined to create a destination rivaling the French Riviera, Hartford spared no expense—recruiting staff from the Hotel du Cap, commissioning European gardens and cloisters, and enlisting legends Gary Player and Pancho Gonzales to helm golf and tennis. In 1962, he unveiled The Ocean Club with the legendary “Bal du Paradis,” welcoming more than 1,000 guests—including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and interna-
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