Cove Atlantis created for adults

NASSAU, Bahamas - Atlantis, Paradise Island is known for its water slides and fantastical pink towers. It's consistently rated by travel magazines as one of the Caribbean's most child-friendly resorts.

Now the mega-resort is catering to more grown-up tastes with a new hotel, the Cove Atlantis.

Set apart from three interconnected hotel towers, the Cove has an adult-only swimming pool, a nightclub-inspired cabana area, and sleek interiors with lighting and music that shift throughout the day to capture different moods.

The 600-suite hotel, which opened March 28, is part of a $1 billion expansion and brings the number of rooms at Atlantis to nearly 3,000. Atlantis covers three-quarters of Paradise Island, an 800-acre island just off the capital, Nassau.

The Cove's exterior has the familiar, scallop-like decorations from the original resort, but inside it emphasizes design more than its sister properties. The suites overlooking the ocean range from $735 a night to $15,000 for the penthouse, including a private maid and butler.

Amenities include celebrity chef Bobby Flay's first Mesa Grill restaurant outside the United States.

Playful new additions at the resort, include a swim-with-dolphins attraction and a water park called Aquaventure, keep up the theme of Atlantis as a fantasy land. The park includes a mile-long river ride and a tower with four water slides. *

Atlantis, Paradise Island: www.atlantis.

com or 800-285-2684. The Cove Atlantis: www.thecoveatlantis.com or 877-268-3847.