Towering over the entrance to the Dockyard, this limestone edifice used to be Bermuda's prison until the early '90s. The prison was originally a military barracks for the Royal Marines, built in the 1830s; convicts were shipped here from Britain to work and lived in squalid conditions aboard prison ships. The National Museum of Bermuda is currently renovating the building to use for exhibitions in the future.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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If you only see one museum in Bermuda, make it this. Taking up the entirety of the Dockyard's 19th-century fortifications, it's divided into two main…
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When the British were no longer able to use ports in their former American colonies, they chose this site as their 'Gibraltar of the West'. In addition to…
Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI)
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The hands-on exhibits at this educational and entertaining place initiate visitors into the mysteries of the deep. The tacky-but-fun diving capsule…
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The most impressive of Bermuda's 91 forts was originally built on this rocky promontory in 1614 and expanded five times since. A drawbridge leads inside…
Cooper's Island Nature Reserve
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Bermudians were granted access to this 77-acre nature reserve made up of woodland, unspoiled beaches, salt marsh and rocky shores when the US Navy pulled…
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Imagine a vast expanse of pristine white sand, cerulean waters and swaying palm trees. Elbow Beach is it, and it's one of Bermuda's loveliest, with nary a…
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A minute's walk through the dunes from the west end of Warwick Long Bay, this gorgeous cove is framed by a horseshoe of jagged cliffs. The swimming hole…
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Small but beautifully formed, these two caves are one of the island's biggest attractions, and justifiably so. Entertaining 45-minute tours lead you down…
Nearby Bermuda attractions
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In a state of genteel disrepair and lined with palmetto palms, this Victorian victualing yard is where the Royal Navy stored its food and drink supplies,…
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When the British were no longer able to use ports in their former American colonies, they chose this site as their 'Gibraltar of the West'. In addition to…
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This small, manmade beach in the Dockyard typically heaves with families and snorkelers. The shallow water is good for kids and the on-site Hammerheads…
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If you only see one museum in Bermuda, make it this. Taking up the entirety of the Dockyard's 19th-century fortifications, it's divided into two main…
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Popular with picnicking and card-playing locals, this tree-fringed park sits on the tip of a promontory at the entrance of the channel to Hamilton Harbour…
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This peninsula juts out to the west of Somerset Village and comprises two beautiful beaches, one of which forms a half-moon around a tranquil lagoon…
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With expansive views of Dockyard and the Great Sound from its lofty hilltop location, Fort Scaur was built in the 1860s and used throughout the 1920s. You…
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Upstairs inside the City Hall, Bermuda's premier art gallery stages regularly changing exhibitions by contemporary Bermudian artists. Paintings,…