With this summer’s travel plans curtailed globally, we – like many people – have been looking to vacation (or staycation) closer to home. Luckily we live in just the right spot! This past weekend was a three-day weekend and the perfect time for us to ‘get-away’. Even if it was literally just down the road! In over 5 years of living on Virgin Gorda, I had never once been to…
For a long time, Brandywine Estate Restaurant has been a firm favourite of Tortola residents and visitors alike. An institution on the fine dining scene in the British Virgin Islands, they serve up delicious Mediterranean classics with beautiful views across the channel. Frustratingly though, often charter guests found it difficult to get there. Faced with a potentially pricey taxi ride from one of the marinas on island, frequently they were…
Did you know that when you leave the British Virgin Islands the beautiful memories of your holiday, your Soggy Dollar t-shirt and your souvenir trinkets aren’t the only things that you can travel with? The islands have lots of adorable puppies and kittens looking for homes, that with a little bit of advanced planning could be accompanying you back to the United States! You can adopt your very own island…
Without a doubt the best way to enjoy all that the British Virgin Islands has to offer is by boat! How else will you get to visit all the islands in one trip? Or explore the hidden beaches – many of which are only accessible from the water? And how better to see all of the sea life? Imagine the open ocean stretching out ahead of you, the wind to…
2019 is shaping up to be a pretty exciting year for Virgin Gorda with two fantastic new recent restaurant openings happening in April and a few more favourites looking to re-open later this year. For today’s post I selflessly took a trip over to the newly opened Marina facilities at Oil Nut Bay for a chance to check out Nova restaurant and the beautiful pool and lounge areas. I knew…
