Information
and Links
Our favourite restaurants and
otherwise.......
Carriage House - St. George - Re-opened
end of March 2011 - very greasy food, but cheap Carlsberg beer.
Wahoo's
- St. George (phone 297-1307) - was Cafe
Gio. Food variable -
waitstaff poor.
Flanagans - Front Street, Hamilton - VERY good. We even get a "frequent flier" discount because they know us!
East Meets West - Bermudiana Arcade, Queen Street, Hamilton - very, very good! The
best Indian food ANYWHERE. Yes, anywhere. Awesome..... GO THERE!
Miles Market - Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton - lunch picks good and take-out stuff such as pies and pasties.
Henry VIII - Southampton - part of Robin Hood Group - very good -
short walk to Gibbs Hill lighthouse.
Mrs. T's Victorian Tea Room at Willowbank - Sandys CLOSES 30th November, 2011
Cafe-Amici
(was Beethoven's) at Ireland Island (Dockyard), now a
pizza/Italian themed place. No draft beer! Pretty $$$
Frog and Onion at Ireland Island (Dockyard) - VERY good. Good beers too.
Bistro 12 - now Plaza
Cafe, Walker Arcade, Hamilton changed hands Now driven out of business by new owners.
Tavern
by the Sea - St. George (near fuel dock). Has improved over last couple of years. Good
coffee and beer.
George and Dragon - St. George - CLOSED. Thank God, it was truly awful!
Robin
Hood
our new
favourite in Hamilton (after East meets West!) . Part
of the same group as Henry
VIII.
Pickled Onion
Front Street, Hamilton - very good for lunch. Burger superb (best ever). I don't normally "do" burgers. Nightclub later in day (!)
Our favourite places
Tarrafal
Railway Trail - especially behind Ferry Reach
St. George [Note! The Town
is called St. George
- the parish is called St. George's]
St. David's Lighthouse
Gibb's
Hill Lighthouse area (the lighthouse is only $5 to go up [pay our German friend in the gift shop], but
make sure it isn't windy).
Hodge Podge - Albouy's Point (Point Finger Road) - talk to
Violet
E. R. Aubreys - Ireland Island (Dockyard)
A. S. Cooper -
Ireland Island (Dockyard) - talk to Mary
Rum Cake Factory and Dockyard
Glassworks - Ireland Island (Dockyard) - talk to Wendy
The Irish Linen Shop - Corner of Front Street and Queen Street
The English Sports Shop - Mangrove Bay, Front Street and Water Street, St. George (moved).
Our favourite web pages
Bermuda
Masterworks
Bermuda Society
of Art
Dan DeSilva
Bermuda Arts Centre at Dockyard
Jill Amos Raine
Bermuda Images
News, etc.
Royal
Gazette - Daily
newspaper
Bermuda Sun -
Weekly newspaper
Bernews - Online
"newspaper" - Video
Channel
Bermuda.com -
information
Bermuda
Government - Main Government Portal
Department
of Tourism - Everything you need to know about tourism
Tourism
Map - Map of Bermuda in detail
DXholiday
- Another
link for VP9GE
Current
conditions - Real time wind, temperature and tide data
Visitor
Information Centres - no longer run by BCoC. They keep
changing
locations, so ask in case this weblink is wrong.
Weather
Bring a good folding,
wind resistant, umbrella for the sun and the
frequent Bermuda showers.
SAVE WATER!!!! Ask a local why. Shower with a friend :-)
BWS: BWS Home BWS Radar BWS CAM BWS Satellite/Lightning BWS Meteoserver
Weather Stations: Railway Museum Magnolia Hall [CAM] Gilbert Hill Knapton Hill Moores Lane (~Sp.Pt) George's Bay Hinson's Island
Tips for transportation
Shop carefully for your bus passes. If you are stopping more than 1
week, buy the one month pass. Always use passes and not money or single
trip vouchers. It is a lot cheaper to buy what you need
(or more), than
to try to pay-per-trip. DON'T RENT SCOOTERS. Driving is bad. The
chances of injury and treatment costs are NOT worth it. Stay at a place
where bus or ferry is easily available. Some details. The "real" bus maps (can't be found online) show every bus stop with a black square.
More
May to October, the island is very crowded with cruise ship
visitors. They overload the buses, the ferries and restaurants. The
buses also run their air conditioning too low at this time of year.
They are freezing!
A great tradition is the Annual
Exhibition
- on the 2nd weekend of April (we are nearly always
there - don't book on top of us!!!!) - 2012 it is on the THIRD weekend
and we will be "on island". What's with the 3rd week??????
We support the Annual
Rubber Duck Derby by buying hats and mugs, etc. This is in the
first weekend of June, Ordnance Island, St. George.
More
There is virtually no electrical noise. LF bands are super. However,
bring noise-cancelling
headphones as most places are hard walled and
tiled, so noise is carried easily and in echoes.
Bermuda
Fish Chowder - ratings by Paul.
- Landfall
Restaurant - Clear View (Hamilton Parish up Crawl Hill) -
awesome, Ruth!
- Black
Horse Tavern, St. Davids. Home made pepper sauce and excellent
recipe. Actually, with their homemade pepper sauce, this is equal to
Ruth's........
- Mrs
T's Victorian Teahouse - Lunch menu [not the High Tea menu later]
(Sandys Parish)
- Flanagans (Front Street,
Hamilton) - good Sherry Pepper and Rum
servings.
- Henry VIII (South Shore Road,
Southampton)
- Carriage
House (St. George) - Re-Opened,
not checked yet
- Robin
Hood (Hamilton, next to ex-American International building)
- Tavern by
the Sea (St. George)
- Frog and Onion
(Ireland Island / Dockyard)
- La Trattoria (Washington Mall/Lane)
- Freeport (Ireland
Island / Dockyard)
- White Horse (St.
George) - awful and Sherry Pepper and Rum aren't
right! Service is also 0 stars.
Others to be reviewed: Bone Fish Grill, Pickled Onion, Barracuda,
Harbourside, Swizzle Inn (Hamilton - Blue Hole Hill), Swizzle Inn
(Warwick).........
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