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Three or four kilometres beyond the airport, FOUL BAY is the largest beach on this section of the coast. Access isn't signposted; look out for the large Methodist Church beside the road in the small village of Rice and a right turn 100m further on takes you right down to the beach. It's a long, wide white-sand beach with a handful of fishing boats normally pulled up on its eastern side and few tourists (and no food and drink facilities). The long cliffs give the place a rugged feel but it's not particularly pretty. Back on the main road, the Crane Beach Hotel lies half a kilometre beyond Foul Bay, commanding a superb site above Crane Bay. A house was first erected here in 1790 and today forms the east wing; during the 1880s the place was converted into a hotel, whose early guests included "Wild Bill" Hickock. More recently, developers have decided that a timeshare development is the best way of reaping tourist dollars from the site, and the hotel is now backed by a couple of large and brightly coloured apartment blocks. In spite of the development it's a fetching place and worth a look even if you're not staying. A long Roman-style swimming pool runs alongside the main hotel building at the top of the cliff and, beside the panoramic restaurant, two hundred steps lead down to a pretty beach.
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