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Granite boulders at The Baths, a Rockefeller resort and the North Sound sailing basin.
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Open the offersVirgin Gorda is the third-largest British Virgin Island, famed for The Baths, where granite boulders up to 40 feet across form pools and grottoes on the southwest shore. Most visitors fly to Beef Island on Tortola and cross by ferry (about 30 minutes to Spanish Town, or by resort boat), while the North Sound at the island’s east end is one of the Caribbean’s great sailing anchorages.
6.91-acre park established 1990 of house-sized granite boulders, up to 40 feet in diameter, formed from magma that cooled underground; a mile from Spanish Town. Quietest 8 to 10 am and 3 to 5 pm.
Stay nearby: Rosewood Little Dix BayHorseshoe bay reached by a 15-minute trail through the boulder field and pools from The Baths car park.
Stay nearby: Rosewood Little Dix BayHalf-mile crescent of white sand where Laurance Rockefeller opened his resort on 18 January 1964; rebuilt after Hurricane Irma and reopened as Rosewood on 7 January 2020.
Stay nearby: Rosewood Little Dix BayThe island’s highest point at 1,370 feet, with a trail through one of the Caribbean’s last dry forests to a lookout tower.
Sheltered basin on the east end, the BVI’s sailing hub, ringed by Bitter End Yacht Club (rebuilt after Irma, reopened 2022 with a 25-slip dock) and Saba Rock.
Stay nearby: Oil Nut BayOne-acre islet in North Sound rebuilt after the 2017 hurricane and reopened 15 October 2021 with seven rooms and two suites; reached by ferry from Gun Creek or Leverick Bay.
Low-density villa resort on the eastern tip of North Sound, reachable only by boat or helicopter; about 300 to 400 hilly acres.
Stay nearby: Oil Nut BayLong, often empty beach on the west coast with reef snorkelling coves; usually deserted in shoulder months.
19th-century ruins of a copper mine on the island’s southeastern tip, now a national park.
Flat coral island north of Virgin Gorda ringed by Horseshoe Reef, about 18 miles long and among the largest barrier reefs in the Caribbean; known for grilled lobster at beach restaurants and Loblolly Bay.
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Best months are December to April (driest, February to April best); October is wettest. Tell us your dates and we will say honestly whether they work.
EIS Terrance B. Lettsome International (Beef Island, Tortola), then ferry; small aircraft to VIJ Virgin Gorda. We arrange transfers to the hotel as part of the booking.
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