Friday, December 5, 2008

Bermuda recommended places to visit

If you are in Bermuda for your holiday, plan your itinerary so as not to miss out anything. Even though Bermuda is small there is much to see and explore. So plan your stay and visit accordingly.

Some of the recommended places to visit and things to do during your vacation in Bermuda:

• A walking tour of historic St. George Town.

• A walking tour of the City of Hamilton, Bermuda's largest city and the seat of its government.

• A fascinating ode to Bermuda's nautical heritage housed in a 19th-century fortress: the Bermuda Maritime Museum, at the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island in Sandys Parish.

• The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo, a wonderful complex along North Shore Road across Flatts Bridge in Hamilton Parish.

• A guided tour of spectacular Crystal Caves, including crystal-clear Cahow Lake, in Hamilton Parish.

• The 18th-century mansion known as Verdmont in Smith's Parish. It stands on property once owned by the man who left Bermuda to found South Carolina.

• Fort Hamilton is a massive Victorian fortification overlooking the City of Hamilton and its harbor.

• The Botanical Gardens, a Shangri-La in the mid-Atlantic, on South Road in Paget Parish.

• Gibbs Hill Lighthouse in Southampton Parish, the oldest cast-iron lighthouse in the world.

• Southampton Parish's Horseshoe Bay Beach, the most photographed of the island's pink sandy beaches.

• Paget Parish's Elbow Beach, Bermuda's top stretch of sand for beach activities.

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