O’Neal Botanic Gardens, Mount Healthy, Sage Mountain and Shark Bay. It is a five-mile drive southwest of Road Town. The ruins are intact and are the oldest historical landmark in Tortola. It is a two-mile walk or drive southwest of town.įort Recovery was built in the 1640s as a military gun post. The foundations and magazines remain of this historic ruin rebuilt in 1776. Burt was originally built on a hill overlooking the harbor to defend the town. Shark Bay is a nature preserve and the territory’s first coastal park.įorts Burt and Recovery are near Road Town. and British Virgin Islands at 1,719 feet and offers expansive views of the area.

Sage Mountain is the highest point in the U.S. Mount Healthy features the remains of a thickly walled stone windmill that used to be part of an 18th century sugar plantation. O’Neil is a 3-acre park in the middle of Road Town. Historic sites in Road Town include Britannic Hall, Her Majesty’s Prison, Old Government House, Sir Olva Georges Plaza and Virgin Islands Folk Museum. Road Town is small enough that cruise visitors can reach most of the shops, restaurants and attractions on foot. The Tortola cruise port has a modest number of tourist attractions. The Baths at Virgin Gorda are a popular attraction. Cane Garden Bay has the best beach Attractions and Shore Excursions.Top attractions include a Dolphin Discovery.Cruise ships dock at Road Town on Tortola island.It also is the main cruise port.Īs the largest island in the chain, Tortola has the most to do in terms of attractions, accommodations and restaurants. The capital of the British Virgin Islands is Road Town, located on the island of Tortola. Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke are the largest islands in the group. The BVI chain, which is made up of more than 50 islands, attracts nearly 400,000 cruise visitors and about as many who stay at hotels and resorts.Ībout 15 of the islands are inhabited. The British Virgin Islands, located in the heart of the eastern Caribbean, are an equally popular destination for cruise lines and overnight visitors. The Tortola BVI cruise port is known for Cane Garden Bay Beach, Dolphin Discovery and the Baths at Virgin Gorda.

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