Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Mermaid's Dockside Bar & Grill
G4
21
Mine Shaft Cafe
C4
22
Rock Café
G4
23
Thelma's Hideout
G3
Top of the Baths
(see 19)
Drinking
Crawl Pub
(see 4)
Jumbie Beach Bar
(see 7)
Saba Rock Bar
(see 11)
Entertainment
Chez Bamboo
(see 13)
Mine Shaft Cafe
(see 21)
Sam's Piano Bar
(see 22)
Shopping
Pusser's Company Store
(see 7)
Festivals & Events
Spanish Town around the yacht harbor fills with mocko jumbies (costumed stilt walkers
representing spirits of the dead), fungi bands, a food fair and parades for the
VirginGorda
EasterFestival(
www.bvitourism.com
)
, held Friday through Sunday during the Christian
holiday (usually late March or April).
The
BVI Kite Jam (
www.bvikitejam.com
; late Feb-early Mar)
is a weeklong event
packed full of 'freestyle, sliders, big air and wave riding' around North Sound, Necker Is-
land and Anegada. Sir Richard Branson is the cofounder and an active participant.
Getting There & Around
AIR
Virgin Gorda Airport (VIJ; 284-495-5621)
is on the Valley's east side, about a mile
from Spanish Town. At press time, only private charters were permitted to fly in.
AirSun-
shine (
www.airsunshine.com
)
, a commercial carrier with flights from St Thomas, is try-
