Contact Darley Travel
Bookmark and Share
""Sandy has helped me with my travel plans for the past 15 years.....she has never done me wrong. If you are looking to travel out of the country Sandy is the one to talk to, she is very knowledgable and she works very hard to..."
Denise B.
#

Bermuda Hotels & Resorts

The Fairmont Hamilton Princess
The Fairmont Southampton
Harmony Club
Cambridge Beaches
Elbow Beach Hotel
Surf Side Beach
Grotto Bay Beach Hotel
Coco Reef Bermuda
Ariel Sands Beach Club
Pompano Beach Club
Rosedon Hotel
9 Beaches Resort
Grape Bay Beach Hotel
Clear View Suites
Edgehill Manor
Destination Weddings Vacation Expert
Honeymoons Vacation Packages
Family Vacation and Family Reunion Vacation Expert
Recent Travel Photos and Travel Information
Travel Resources

Things to Do in Bermuda

Bermuda's ocean winds are tempered by the Gulf Stream, but when south winds prevail, the humidity rises and sometimes thunderstorms occur. The highest humidity months are July and August. Temperatures rarely drop below 55 degrees F or exceed 90 degrees F. The lowest air temperature ever recorded was 43.6F. The highest was 94F. Water temperatures during winter months are much the same as the air temperature, ranging from about 66F (in January) through 75F until the late spring.
Think Bermuda and images of tidy pastel cottages, professional gents in ties and shorts, pink-sand beaches, and quintessential British traditions like cricket matches and afternoon tea spring to mind. For once the stereotype matches up to reality.

North Americans visiting the island to be quaintly British; the Brits, on the other hand, tend to consider the island highly Americanised. It is, of course, uniquely Bermudian - a product of nearly four centuries of British colonial history and an equally long reliance on American trade.

You may be somewhat disoriented if you thought Bermuda was somewhere in the Caribbean. The island is, in fact, situated in the western Atlantic Ocean, nearly 600 nautical miles off the coast of North Carolina.

When to Go

Bermuda can be visited year round, but the busiest tourist season is from April through October when the weather is warmest and water temperatures comfortable for swimming and diving. It's also the liveliest time on the island, with plenty of events and entertainment options to keep visitors amused.

The winter season is a bit too cool for swimming, and many tourist-related agencies, like diving companies and boat tours, suspend operations for part of the season. January is the quietest month, so if you're more interested in tennis and golf or seeing the island when it's free of large numbers of tourists, this is the time to come.

The advantage of visiting during the cooler months is that accommodation prices can be up to 40% lower and you can escape the colder winter of more northern climes. So-called 'snow birds' arriving from the US East Coast at the end of the 19th century originally made the winter months the high season in Bermuda. The best conditions for windsurfing also tend to be in winter.

Events

Bermuda has an inordinate number of golf tournaments and sedate events like bowls tournaments and gardening shows aimed primarily at older people but that doesn't mean it lacks oomph.

Gombey dancers strut their stuff on New Year's Day, and the Bermuda Festival is a six-week performing arts spectacular running from mid-January through February. The Bermuda Cat Fanciers Association Championship Cat Show in mid-March sounds like a hoot but is slightly less prestigious than the Newport-Bermuda Race, one of the world's major ocean yacht races held in late June during even-numbered years.

SOCA is a Caribbean music festival that has the Royal Naval Dockyards jumping in late July or early August, while the Bermuda Reggae Sunsplash continues the skanking in mid-August. You can march to a different drummer during the three-day Bermuda Tattoo in early November, which culminates with a grand finale of fireworks.

#
Copyright © 2024 Darley Travel. All rights reserved
Darley Travel is a member of Signature Travel Network Darley Travel is a member of IATA Darley Travel is a member of ASTA Darley Travel is a member of CLIA Darley Travel is a member of Tahiti Tiare
Cunard Cruise Line Certified Expert GI Vacation Consultant Princess Cruise Line Certified Expert
eTAOGroupLLC.com - Complete Travel Industry Web Solutions