Bermuda

Best things to do in Bermuda

1. 

   1

   1. Hamilton and the Cathedral

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Couples
   • No car needed
   • Rainy day

   Bermuda's capital and port city, its financial and commercial centre and a popular tourist destination, with a population of just 854 in 2016. The Gothic Revival Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity stands on Church Street; the current building was designed in 1885.

   11,513 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Hamilton, Bermuda
   • Wikipedia, Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity, Bermuda

2. 

   2

   2. St George's

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Couples
   • No car needed
   • Rainy day

   Settled in 1612, the first permanent English settlement on Bermuda and described as the oldest continuously inhabited British town in the New World. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with its fortifications. St Peter's Church is the oldest surviving Anglican church in continuous use outside the British Isles.

   3,741 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, St. George's, Bermuda
   • Wikipedia, St. Peter's Church, St. George's

3. 

   3

   3. Royal Naval Dockyard and the National Museum of Bermuda

   • Half a day
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Families
   • Rainy day
   • Couples

   The dockyard was the Royal Navy's principal base in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. The National Museum of Bermuda, covering the island's maritime and island history, is in the former dockyard's fortress Keep on Ireland Island at the western end of Bermuda.

   The sources read give no opening hours or ticket details; check with the museum.

   2,112 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
   • Wikipedia, National Museum of Bermuda

4. 

   4

   4. Somerset Village and Somerset Bridge

   • 2 to 3 hours
   • No booking needed
   • Couples
   • No car needed

   Somerset is a small village on Mangrove Bay with a ferry station and regular ferries to Hamilton and the Dockyard. Nearby Somerset Bridge is reputedly the smallest working drawbridge in the world, opened by hand to leave a 32-inch gap for a sailboat mast.

   748 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Somerset Village, Bermuda
   • Wikipedia, Somerset Bridge, Bermuda

5. 

   5

   5. Spittal Pond Nature Reserve

   • 1 to 2 hours
   • No booking needed
   • Families
   • Active
   • Couples

   Bermuda's largest wildlife sanctuary, 60 acres on the Atlantic coast of Smith's Parish, around the third largest pond in Bermuda. It is a Ramsar wetland site with seasonal shorebirds and mangroves, and the water can turn pink in warmer months.

   560 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Spittal Pond Nature Reserve
6. 6

   6. Gombey dancers

   • 1 to 2 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Gombey Pulse listed for Saturdays in March and April
   • Families
   • Couples

   Bermuda's iconic folk tradition of masquerade, dance and drumming, reflecting African, Caribbean and British cultures. Troupes usually have 10 to 30 dancers and each is recognised by its own beats, dances and costumes.

   Gombey Pulse is listed on the Go To Bermuda site for Saturdays in March and April; check dates and venue before planning around it.

   518 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Gombey
   • Go To Bermuda, official tourism site

7. 

   7

   7. Horseshoe Bay Beach

   • Half a day
   • No booking needed
   • Families
   • Couples

   A well-known beach on the south coast in Southampton Parish, famous for pink-hued sand made from tiny red foraminifera mixed with fine white sand. In summer there is a lifeguard station, a cafe, toilets and showers.

   502 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda

8. 

   8

   8. Bermuda Railway Trail

   • 1 to 3 hours per section
   • No booking needed
   • Active
   • Couples

   About 18 miles of the old railway's 22-mile route, open to walkers, hikers and cyclists; motor vehicles are not allowed. A national park since 1986, it is split into sections and is not continuous because busy road intersections interrupt it.

   The trail is interrupted by road intersections and some older bridges and steps must be crossed on foot. At Hog Bay Park the beach at Black Bay goes fully underwater at high tide, so check the tides.

   481 readers a month

   Sources

   • Go To Bermuda, Railway Trail National Park
   • Wikipedia, Bermuda Railway

9. 

   9

   9. Crystal Cave and Fantasy Cave

   • 1 to 2 hours
   • Check entry rules before you go
   • Families
   • Rainy day

   A cave in Hamilton Parish about 500 m long and 62 m deep, discovered in 1905 and a tourist attraction since 1907, known for stalactites, stalagmites and deep clear pools. A visit also includes the neighbouring Fantasy Cave, which is deeper, with 88 steps down.

   The sources read give no opening hours or ticket details; check locally. The cave involves steps.

   372 readers a month

   Sources

   • Wikipedia, Crystal Cave, Bermuda

10. 

    10

    10. Gibbs Hill Lighthouse

    • 1 hour
    • Check entry rules before you go
    • Families
    • Active
    • Couples

    A cast-iron lighthouse made in 1844, one of the first in the world built from cast iron. It stands on one of the island's highest hills and has 185 steps to the top in eight flights. It remains a popular tourist attraction.

    The sources read give no opening hours or entry details; check locally. The climb is 185 steps.

    301 readers a month

    Sources

    • Wikipedia, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse

Just missed the list: Fort St. Catherine (11th by readers; a coastal fort at the north-east tip of St George's Island); Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (12th by readers; in Flatts Village)