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Bermuda

Pink sand beaches and pastel harbor towns, a short hop from the Northeast.

Overview

Sailing Bermuda

Bermuda cruises trade the usual one-day port stops for something rarer. Most ships stay docked for two, three, or more days in a row, so you actually get to settle in rather than rush back aboard by sunset. Sailings run round-trip from New York, New Jersey, Boston, or Baltimore, with no repositioning flight needed.

Best time to sail: April – October

Where to Sail

The routes within Bermuda

Bermuda has three possible home ports, and which one you dock at shapes the whole trip.

King’s Wharf (Royal Naval Dockyard)

The main modern cruise port at Bermuda’s West End. Most large ships dock here, close to the National Museum and Snorkel Park Beach.

King’s Wharf, Royal Naval Dockyard

Hamilton

Bermuda’s capital, dockable by smaller and mid-size ships. Pastel storefronts, Front Street shopping, and the most central base for exploring by ferry.

Hamilton

St. George’s

A UNESCO World Heritage old town at the island’s East End. Cobblestone lanes and colonial-era forts, and a quieter side of Bermuda.

St. George’s

Did You Know

Why Bermuda is worth it

1St. George's, founded in 1612, is the oldest continuously inhabited English town in the New World, and you can walk the whole UNESCO-listed old town in an afternoon.

2Bermuda's pink sand gets its color from crushed red foraminifera, a microscopic reef organism, mixed in with the usual white coral sand.

3Horseshoe Bay Beach is consistently ranked among the best beaches in the world, and it's a short bus or taxi ride from King's Wharf.

4Bermuda sits at one point of the mythical Bermuda Triangle, but it's also one of the safest, most orderly places to cruise, with almost no violent crime.

A Closer Look

What Bermuda actually looks like

Horseshoe Bay
The pink sand is real, not a trick of the light, and it's a short bus or taxi ride from King's Wharf.

Front Street, Hamilton
Bermuda's capital, walkable end to end, with pastel storefronts that make it one of the prettiest shopping streets in the Caribbean or Atlantic.

St. George's
The UNESCO-listed old town at the island's East End, with pastel houses stacked above the water and colonial-era forts still standing guard.

Photos: P. Hughes, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · JoeyBagODonuts, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Captain-tucker, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

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