# Going to Bermuda - suggestions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 19, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993 "2009-01-19T15:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/1 "2009-01-19T15:43:27Z")
My job is sending me to Bermuda for a week and I may even have a chance to do some sight seeing. Any suggestions? I will also take any restaurant suggestions…? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/2 "2009-01-19T16:46:12Z")
Take me with you? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/3 "2009-01-19T19:18:06Z")
Wish I could - the trip would be more fun with a friend ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/4 "2009-01-19T21:44:33Z")
Take a credit card!! It’s the most eyewateringly-expensive place I’ve been, by a long way. This coming from somebody who doesn’t flinch at London prices. There’s no single great ‘must-see’, IMO, but all of the small museums and historical locations are worth a look. If you get a clear day, the view from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse genuinely is great. A rented scooter and a good map is the best way to explore the vast number of beaches and ocean views, but take care, because the local drivers are NOT safe. (The test to get a licence basically consists of driving around one block.) When are you travelling? If later in the year, then diving and such will be an option, but don’t expect much to even be open in winter - it’s the Atlantic, not the Caribbean, remember. I’ve not got the local knowledge for restaurants, I’m afraid (although I can ask around if you’ve got specific preferences) - the one thing I can recommend looking for is sushi, because there’s a combination of endless fresh fish with a foreign-worker visa setup which favours chefs with a particular skill that cannot be supplied locally. Edit: plus, everything you will read about the friendliness of the place is true, 100%. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/5 "2009-01-19T22:15:33Z")
Visit Kilgore Trout’s birthplace. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/6 "2009-01-19T22:19:30Z")
Have a rum swizzle at the [Swizzle Inn](http://www.swizzleinn.com/). I can probably get you a free one just by having you drop my uncle’s name to the owner. My uncle was best buddies with the former owner, the current owner’s father. My uncle worked at the NASA tracking station in Bermuda for most of his adult life. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/7 "2009-01-19T23:00:39Z")
Can’t say I’m a fan of the Swizzle, to be honest - I enjoyed the [North Rock](http://www.bermuda.com/northrock/) rather a lot, though, and the chowder was very good…I seem to remember… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/8 "2009-01-19T23:11:33Z")
Dirty secret about Bermuda: it’s kind of . . . boring. Don’t get me wrong. Beaches are beautiful (but that’s out, for now) and the golf is excellent (but not much help if you don’t love golf). After that – well, there’s a reason the locals talk about getting “Rock fever” after awhile. Hamilton, IME, was a disappointment – a big main street with bars catering to the thousands of cruise ship passengers who are dumped there daily, then some high end (expensive) restaurants for the bankers. (Those are okay, and I second whoever said the sushi’s solid). St. George is nicer than Hamilton. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/9 "2009-01-19T23:16:31Z")
Oh, yeah, escape Hamilton ASAP. Especially if there’s a cruise ship in! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/10 "2009-01-20T00:47:48Z")
Stay left!! We went to Bermuda in 1991 via a cruise ship. We rented scooters and toodled around the island. You can traverse the whole thing in a few hours. We visited a perfumery, a cave, the lighthouse, and a few beaches. In January/February it should be nice but fairly cold (it’s the same longitude as South Carolina, I believe), so don’t expect to swim in the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-suggestions/481993/11 "2009-01-20T01:16:59Z")
Stay clear of any space-time anomalies you may see.