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Seven Days
Best of the BVI
Split your time between mountainous Tortola and prosperous Virgin Gorda, and day trip to
the smaller isles by public ferry or charter boat.
Road Town
makes a fine base for exploring
Tortola
if you want easy access to soph-
isticated eateries, gelato shops, pubs and boats. Fan out from there to inspect the island's
beaches, such as
Apple Bay
, home to a world-famous, ramshackle surfers' bar, and
Cane
Garden Bay
, the island's live music hot spot. To escape Tortola's 'crowds' head to
Jost
Van Dyke
for a day. Fewer than 200 people live on the jovial little island, where yachters
and rock stars like to drop by for drinks. Who can blame them? Jost is a rare, unspoiled
oasis of green hills and blinding white sand. It even has a signature drink: the rum-bombed
Painkiller. Ferries ply the route often from Tortola's
West End
.
From central Road Town, it's also easy to hop over to your next base on
VirginGorda
.
SpanishTown
is the gateway from which you can poke around the boulder-studded Baths,
view-worthy Gorda Peak, and other national parks. Sea dogs can hail water taxis around
