Things to Do in Bermuda

About Bermuda

A note of geography first: Bermuda is not in the Caribbean. It sits 650 miles east of North Carolina, in the North Atlantic — about the same latitude as Savannah, Georgia. The water is noticeably cooler, the winters genuinely chilly, and the flora more subtropical than tropical. It's grouped with the Caribbean for travel purposes because of cultural affinity (British Overseas Territory, similar pace, similar rum-based cocktails), but a February trip to Bermuda is not a February trip to Barbados. What Bermuda does have is pink-sand beaches: crushed coral gives the sand a genuine pink tint, especially wet. Horseshoe Bay in the south is the famous one. The Royal Naval Dockyard at the western tip is an old British fortification turned tourist quarter. Inland, the Crystal Caves are the most impressive show caves in the region.

Don't Miss

• Horseshoe Bay

  The island's most famous pink-sand beach.

• Royal Naval Dockyard

  Old British fortification at the west end, now a tourist quarter with museums and shops.

• Crystal & Fantasy Caves

  The region's most impressive show caves, with crystal-clear underground lakes.

• Tobacco Bay

  Sheltered cove with excellent snorkelling around rock formations.

• St. George's

  UNESCO-listed 1612 colonial town, the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in the Americas.

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