Parishes of Pembroke, Devonshire, Paget, Warwick and Southampton, Around Hamilton Harbor Attractions
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The central area of Bermuda offers diverse attractions. The South Shore includes the island's most beautiful beaches. Visitors can observe Bermuda and the small surrounding islands from the top of the Gibb's Hill Lighthouse.The Hamilton Harbor area, though mainly residential, has pleasant views and areas to explore via Hamilton's ferries.
Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute probes the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle and the elusive Giant Squid and also exhibits a shell collection and artifacts from Bermuda's shipwrecks. Bermuda's ecosystem can be explored through interactive video and computer simulation.
Paget Marsh
A natural wetland, which includes a boardwalk and interpretive signs. The pond attracts many species of water birds, including the Great Blue Heron, Yellow Crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper and the Belted Kingfisher.
Bermuda Botanical Gardens
This 36ac/14ha area contains palm, subtropical fruit and hibiscus gardens, and a garden for the blind that features scented plants plus greenhouses with orchids and bromeliads.
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse
The 117ft/35m high Gibbs Hill Lighthouse is the second oldest cast iron lighthouse in the world. Photographs and drawings are displayed on the way up the 185 very steep steps.
WindReach Recreational Village
A site for visitors with special needs, this fully accessible 9ac/3.6ha site features a multi-purpose activity centre, sensory trail, raised gardens, playground, petting zoo, and an equestrian center.
Admiralty House Park
This 16ac/6ha park has well-maintained walking paths, sea caves, an enclosed cove for swimming and picnic grounds.
Bermuda Arboretum
A good walking area with 19ac/7.5ha of woodlands, meadows, shrubs, conifers and palms.
Bermuda Lectures and Tours
Walking tours accompanied with information on Bermuda's architecture, history and ecology.
Black Watch Pass
A deep path cut through solid limestone named after a detachment of the Black Watch Regiment.
Cobb's Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church
The first organized church for Free Blacks and slaves in Bermuda was completed in 1827, 10 years before Bermuda's Emancipation.
Devonshire Marsh
A haven for birds as no footpaths penetrate this 36ac/14ha marsh which features some of Bermuda's last indigenous vegetation.
Elbow Beach
Elbow Beach is one of the calmest shores in Bermuda due to the coral formations that protect it.
Horseshoe Bay Beach
Good swimming and walking are enjoyed on this family beach along with cave-like formations for exploring.
Palm Grove Park
Manicured gardens including a map of Bermuda set in a small pond, an aviary and citrus groves are contained on the private estate known as Palm Grove.
Palmetto House
This Bermuda National Trust property is a good example of 18th C Bermudian architecture.
Waterville Gardens (Bermuda National Trust Headquarters)
Family artifacts from Waterville's owner John Trimingham II can be viewed along with rose gardens at Bermuda National Trust Headquarters.
Old Devonshire Church
This candle-lit church dating from 1716 is one of Bermuda's oldest.
