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Bermuda Attractions:
A Garden of Earthly Delights
Feast your senses on the beauty and bounty of Bermuda. An abundance of attractions, including museums, gardens, forts, and a zoo will help introduce and acquaint you with the marvels of our 21-square mile subtropical island paradise.
Get a Lift From Going Under
All the excitement of Bermuda is not above ground. The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute is the perfect place to learn more about life underwater, and the great role the sea plays in our daily lives. And the Bermuda Maritime Museum will introduce you to the colourful maritime history of the region, and the many storied wrecks and relics resting on the bottom.
The Heritage Passport
Now you can enjoy Bermuda's top eight cultural attractions for one low price. $25 for adults and $15.00 for children 6-16 years of age. The Heritage Passport allows unlimited admission for 7 consecutive days to the Bermuda Maritime Museum, Bermuda National Gallery, and Bermuda National Trust featuring the Globe Hotel and Tucker House Museum, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Bermuda Aquarium Museum & Zoo, and Fort St. Catherine. The Heritage Passport can be purchased by calling Axiom at 441-294-4907. You can also purchase online at our Activities Reservations page.
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Here is a list of Bermuda's many great attractions. No matter where you're staying, you're never far from a delightful day's adventure.
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ)
Flatts Village. The theme here is islands of the world, with a mission to inspire appreciation and care of island environments. See more than 100 species of indigenous Bermuda fish in ocean and reef environments, including the spectacular 145,000-gallon North Rock exhibit. Visit the new Natural History Museum, which is an interactive haven for visitors of all ages. See animals from the Caribbean, Australia, Asia, Madagascar, and Galapagos in the zoo.
Phone: 441-293-2727
Admission: Adults $10, Children (ages 5-12) and Seniors $5, free under 5 years
Bermuda Maritime Museum
The Bermuda Maritime Museum is set within the Keep, a sprawling six-acre fortress at the edge of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Bermuda's West End. Eight historic buildings, including old munitions warehouses and the newly restored and award-winning Commissioner's House, contain a great variety of exhibitions on Bermuda's rich history. Whether taking in some local history, stunning views from the ramparts, or exploring Bermuda's largest fort, there is plenty to see and learn at this important cultural attraction.
Location: The Keep, Royal Naval Dockyard
Phone: 441-234-1418
Hours of Operation: Open daily, 9:30 am-4:30 pm, except Christmas Day
Admissions: Adults $10, Seniors $8, Children $5 (ages 5-15)
Bermuda National Trust Museum in the Globe Hotel
Built by Governor Samuel Day, the building dates from c.1700. It is one of the oldest stone buildings in Bermuda. The offices of the Confederate agent, Major Norman Walker, were housed here during the American Civil War (1861-1865), which makes this significant historic building a most appropriate site for the exhibit "Rogues & Runners--Bermuda and the American Civil War". Be sure to see the video presentation, Bermuda: Centre of the Atlantic, featuring rarely seen paintings and documents and telling the story of Bermuda and the forces which shaped her history. Also located here is a Trustworthy Gift Shop.
Location: 32 Duke of York Street, St. George's
Phone: 441-297-1423
Hours of Operation: Mon-Sat, 10am-4 pm
Admissions: Adults $5, Children $2 (6-18 years)
Combination Ticket of all three Trust museums: $10
The Bermuda Perfumery
The Bermuda Perfumery is located on the beautiful grounds of Stewart Hall in St. George's. Since 1928, we manufacture our perfumes on our premises. Visitors are invited to come to see how perfume is made and aged, and to test our eleven fragrances. During the summer of 2005, the Perfumery will open a small museum to retrace its history from Bailey's Bay to Stewart Hall, St. George's. Visitors are also invited to walk around the property and to visit our beautiful gardens. We promise you a very pleasant olfactive experience.
Location: Stewart Hall, 5 Queen Street, Town of St. George
Phone: 441-293-0627
Fax: 441-293-8810
1-800-527-8213 toll free U.S. and Canada
Hours of Operation: Monday to Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Admission is free
Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute
Pembroke Hall. The Ocean Discovery Centre is a unique and exciting way to uncover the mysteries of the ocean. Exhibits feature one of the world's most impressive shell collections gathered from the deep ocean surrounding Bermuda and from around the world.
Location: 42 Crow Lane, Pembroke
Phone: 441-292-7219
Hours of Operation: Open 9 am-5 pm weekdays, 10 am-5 pm weekends
Admission: Adults $10.50, Seniors $8.40, Children $5.50 (ages 7-16), free under 6 years
Botanical Gardens
Paget. Here's the ultimate experience for your senses. For a heavenly scent of Bermuda, follow your nose to the Botanical Gardens. This is a fragrant haven for the Island's exotic subtropical plants, flowers, and trees. The impressive grounds are the best place to enjoy and identify our Island's delightful flora. Some of the highlights of this 36-acre paradise include a palm garden with native palmetto trees, a subtropical fruit garden, a garden for the blind that features scented plants, a ficus collection, and a flowering hibiscus garden. In addition, there are greenhouses with orchids, bromeliads, a miniature forest, an aviary, and a variety of flowering houseplants. The white house on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens is Camden, the official residence of Bermuda's Premier. Tours are given at 10:30 am Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, weather permitting. For more information, call 441-236-5902. Admission is free.
Burnt Point Fort
One of the oldest forts on St. George's Island. It was built in 1688 to defend the western approach to St. George's Harbour from enemy ships and prevent illegal trading by Bermudian vessels.
The Crystal Caves of Bermuda
Wilkinson Avenue. Discovered in 1905 by two young boys during a game of cricket, the Crystal Cave is one of Bermuda's prized attractions. This silent world of delicate splendour with its magnificent crystal stalactites and stalagmites surrounds a deep lake of azure blue that extends to depths of 55 feet. Spring 2001 marked the celebration of the opening of Crystal's sister, Fantasy Cave. Developed as a show cave in 1907, Fantasy Cave has been exquisitely re-illuminated and all the pathways rebuilt. Visitors may now follow the same exciting pathways travelled by those of long ago. Visit Crystal Cave, then follow the yellow brick road to Fantasy Cave. Guided tours are offered throughout the day. Stairways lead you 120 feet below the surface into these fascinating 'Wonderlands'. Also located on the premises, you will find the Café Ole and Fiddlestix Gift Shop--an excellent way to round off your Cave visit.
Phone: 441-293-0640
Hours of Operation: 9:30 am-4:30 pm, daily except New Year's Day, Good Friday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day (26th December)
Admission: Adults $14, Children $8 (5-12 years), free under 5 years
Combination Tour: Adults $20, Children $10
Dolphin Quest
Ireland Island. A unique, educational, interactive programme with dolphins for adults and children 5 years and older. Join Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins in a very special encounter. Touch, play, and learn about these fascinating creatures in their lagoon located at the Bermuda Maritime Museum at the Royal Naval Dockyard. Call 441-234-4464, or visit www.dolphinquest.org for more information.
Ferry Island Fort
During the American Revoluntionary War it was suggested that if Bermuda was attacked, the population should retreat via ferry to St. George's, where a stand would be made. A battery was erected at the top of Ferry Island in the 1790s, which was replaced by the fort you see today in the 1870s.
Fort Hamilton
Happy Valley Road. This fort, built to protect Hamilton Harbour, has panoramic views. A peaceful place with well-tended lawns, a garden moat, dungeons, and never-used, 18-tonne artillery pieces relocated here from Fort Langton.
Phone: 441-292-1234
Hours of Operation: 9:30 am-5 pm, daily
Admission is free
Fort St. Catherine
15 Coot Pond Road, St. George's. A significant part of Bermuda's military history. Although there has been a fortification at St. Catherine's Point for almost as long as there has been a Bermuda, the present fort dates from the 19th century. Inside and out, from the powder magazine to the gun platforms, the story of Bermuda's history is well told.
Hours of Operation: 10 am-4 pm, daily and most holidays except New Year's Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
Admission: Adults $5, Children $2 (children must be accompanied by an adult)
Gates Fort
Standing at the edge of Town Cut, the shipping passage to St. George's Harbour, Davers Fort as it was initially known, was first shown on a map published in 1626. Rebuilt in the 1790s, the keep served as a barracks in the 1800s, and was home to a local family from 1870 until 1922, when the property was returned to the Bermuda Government.
Martello Tower
Bermuda's only martello tower was built during the 1820s of hard Bermuda stone. The only access is by drawbridge, which crosses the ditch to the barracks on the second level. To the north of the tower is a magazine; its walls are reinforced by flying buttresses and the roof is structurally weaker so that in the event of an explosion, the roof would be blown off leaving the walls intact.
The Old Rectory
This charming old Bermuda cottage was built by Captain George Dew in about 1699, and later became the home of Parson Richardson nicknamed "The Little Bishop" hence its name. Architecturally, the house shows many similarities to buildings of the same period in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Location: Broad Alley, Town of St. George
Phone: 441-236-6483
Hours of Operation: Nov-March only, Wednesday 12 pm-5 pm
Admission is free
The Royal Naval Dockyard
Ireland Island North. Built by slave and convict labour, the Dockyard became a strategic outpost for the Royal Navy. In 1869, the world's largest floating dry dock was installed here. Thanks to an imaginative redevelopment programme, many of the historic old naval buildings have been converted into restaurants with character, shops with Victorian elegance, and arts and crafts workshops. The "flagships" are undoubtedly the Clocktower Centre, and the Bermuda Maritime Museum, set in the body of the fort. It is easy to explore all the Dockyard attractions on foot.
Tucker House Museum
Tucker House, located on Water Street in the heart of St. George's was built in the 1750s and celebrates its most famous inhabitants, the Tuckers. Henry Tucker, President of the Governor's Council, moved into the house in 1775; his family remained there until 1809. A magnificent collection of Tucker family silver, china and crystal, antique English mahogany and Bermuda cedar furniture, family portraits by Blackburn, and exquisite hand-sewn quilts are just some of the treasures on view. It is thought that a free black man from South Carolina named Joseph Rainey operated a barbershop in or near the kitchen. Rainey lived in Bermuda from 1862-1866. Following the Civil War he returned to the Carolinas where he became the first black member to be sworn into the U.S House of Representatives. The cellar houses a permanent archaeology exhibit providing intriguing glimpses into the daily lives of the building's occupants over the centuries and chronicles the family's connection to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
Location: Water Street, Town of St. George
Phone: 441-297-0545
Hours of Operation: Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm, closed New Year's Day, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
Admission: Adults $5, Children $2 (6-18 years)
Combination tickets to all three Trust museums: $10
Unfinished Church
Construction of the church started in 1870s. The magnificent Gothic structure was meant to be a replacement for the St. Peter's Church. Following a series of problems, including parish infighting, financial difficulties and a damaging storm, it was abandoned on the eve of its completion. Today, the picturesque ruins are a protected historic monument and part of St. George's World Heritage Site.
Location: Top of Duke of Kent Street, Town of St. George
Hours of Operation: Daily
Admission is free
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