Naval shipyard dock?

[jamon]

Is there a town you can walk to when you dock at the naval shipyard dock?? Anything else to see in this area? Also, if not going to any of the beaches, what kind of site seeing is there???

[Charles4515]

1 hour ago, jamon said:

Is there a town you can walk to when you dock at the naval shipyard dock?? Anything else to see in this area? Also, if not going to any of the beaches, what kind of site seeing is there???

 

The Dockyard is a touristy  area with shops and restaurants that cater to cruise passengers. There is also a good maritime museum. If not going to the beaches there are ferries to Hamilton and St. George. The St. George ferries don't run on the weekend. St.George is a World Heritage Site. I recommend the tourism website as an  introduction. 

 

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Edited June 25, 2022 by Charles4515

[princeton123211]

1 hour ago, jamon said:

Is there a town you can walk to when you dock at the naval shipyard dock?? Anything else to see in this area? Also, if not going to any of the beaches, what kind of site seeing is there???

As Charles said, there are options there but they are touristy and geared entirely to the cruise passengers. The Dockyard is not my favorite spot on the island-- it feels like a mall to me. He is correct about the Maritime Museum-- it's might be the only thing there that I find worthwhile. 

 

Hamilton is the main city on the island and has lots of nice restaurants, bars, etc to visit. St Georges is much smaller than Hamilton but has a number of options as well and is worth seeing just for the history. Get on the ferries and get out of the Dockyard. 

 

Going to Bermuda and staying only at the Dockyard is like going to New York City and only spending time in Times Square. Go check out Hamilton and St Georges if you want hang out in actual towns. 

[nzdisneymom]

We are scheduled to arrive late one afternoon, spend the whole next day and night, and leave mid-afternoon on the following day.  So we've scheduled a ship excursion for the first morning that is a mini-bus tour of the island so we can see the area and hit the highlights.  Then in the afternoon we plan to go to the National Museum of Bermuda (https://nmb.bm/) that is right there near the ship.  The following morning, we have booked another tour of the island only this time with a local tour guide so we can "re-see" the island from a more personal basis.  Of course we're going in September, so who knows if we'll get actually stay the whole scheduled time, or even make it to Bermuda.  But we knew we wanted to see more than just the area where the ship docks.