Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Two Days
Pick a direction: east to
Trellis Bay
lets you check out
Aragorn's Studio
, learn to
windsurf
and chow down at
De Loose Mongoose
. Or you could veer off at
Josiah's
Bay
to surf and have dinner at
Secret Garden
. Or you can go west and ramble
around
Sopers Hole
, then steer up the coast to
Bomba's Surfside Shack
, the
North Shore Shell Museum
, ending with dinner at the
Sugar Mill Restaurant.
Getting There & Around
AIR
Terrence B Lettsome Airport (EIS; 284-494-3701)
is on Beef Island, connected to
Tortola by a bridge on the island's East End. It is a 25-minute drive between the airport and
Road Town. All flights from the USA, Canada and Europe connect through a hub (usually
Puerto Rico or St Thomas, but also Antigua). Main airlines include:
Air Sunshine(
www.airsunshine.com
)
Via St Thomas.
American Eagle(
www.aa.com
)
Via San Juan.
Cape Air(
www.flycapeair.com
)
Via San Juan.
LIAT(
www.liatairline.com
)
Via Antigua.
Smaller airlines with regularly schedule service to/from Caribbean destinations include:
BVI Airways(
www.gobvi.com
)
Antigua, St-Martin/Sint Maarten and Dominica
WinAir(
www.fly-winair.com
)
Antigua and St-Martin/Sint Maarten
BOAT
Tortola is a ferry hub to the rest of the Virgins. The two main ports of entry are at Road
Town and West End; a smaller dock at Trellis Bay on Beef Island has boats to Virgin
Gorda's north-end resorts. See the
BVIWelcomeGuide(
www.bviwelcome.com
)
for cost
and schedule details. Most ferries do not operate after 5pm. See the Transportation chapter
(
Click here
) for more information on the main ferry routes.
CAR
Public transportation is nonexistent and taxi fares add up in a hurry, so rent a car if you
want to do much exploring of the island and its beaches. However, driving can be a bit
tricky: the roads are narrow and twisty, and they go up and down Tortola's mountains via
