Virgin Islands Guide

by | Dec 21, 2015 | Virgin Islands Guide

British Virgin Islands Combined they offer Caribbean charter yacht guests a sublime number of island destinations. You need only sail a short distance from one anchorage to another equally beautiful location and continue your escape from another world. Tortola Tortola is the Caribbean charter yacht capital of the British Virgin Islands. Tortola is definitely busy these days, particularly when several cruise ships tie up at the Road Town dock. Passengers crowd the streets and shops, and open-air jitneys filled with them create bottlenecks on the island’s byways. That said, most folks visit Tortola to relax on its deserted sands or linger over lunch at one of its many delightful restaurants. Protected bays and beaches that carry romantic names like Brandywine Bay, Cane Garden Bay, Brewer’s Bay and Smuggler’s Cove. are never more than a few miles away, and the steep green hills that form Tortola’s spine are fanned by gentle trade winds. Still a British colonial outpost, the island’s economy depends on tourism and its offshore financial-services businesses. With a population of around 24,000, most people work in those industries or for the local government. You’ll hear lots of crisp British accents thanks to a large number of expats who call the island home, but the melodic West Indian accent still predominates. Initially settled by Taíno Indians, Tortola saw a string of visitors over the years. Christopher Columbus sailed by in 1493 on his second voyage to the New World, and Spain, Holland, and France made periodic visits about a century later. Sir Francis Drake arrived in 1595, leaving his name on the passage between Tortola and St. John....

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