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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
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Things to do in Royal Naval Dockyard

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on Royal Naval Dockyard

For a century and a half this walled yard of grey limestone, at the far western end of the island, was the Royal Navy's base in the western Atlantic. It is now the cruise terminal and the museum quarter, with the national museum in the Keep and shops in the old storehouses. The fast ferry from Hamilton takes about twenty minutes and is the better way to arrive, since the road runs the whole length of the island to get here.

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  1. Bermuda Craft Market

    Bermuda Craft Market

    Market · 30 min

    On a quiet weekday you can browse the island's largest market of local crafts. On cruise days and from Friday to Sunday, the Dockyard's glassworks and rum cake company open as well.

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  2. Clocktower Mall

    Clocktower Mall

    Market · 30 min

    Half an hour here is a cool, dry break between the ferry and the museum. Small shops and galleries share one air-conditioned floor behind walls nearly a metre thick.

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  3. National Museum of Bermuda

    National Museum of Bermuda

    Museum · 2.5 hr

    Give it half a day and bring lunch: one hall holds more than 1,500 objects from the earliest wrecks, and the ramparts carry guns from three centuries.

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  4. Ireland Island

    Island · 2 hr

    Walk out of the Dockyard along Malabar Road for the calmest two hours at this end of Bermuda: a naval cemetery in a sheltered valley, and a mangrove park where herons and egrets roost.

  5. Snorkel Park Beach

    Beach · 2 hr

    Easy family swimming is the reason to come, with gear hire and a bar on the beach. Do not come for Bermuda's best snorkelling: the reef water is often cloudy from the ships berthed next door.

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