More than being home to the capital of the British Virgin Islands, Tortola is the central entertainment to enjoy the Caribbean. The island serves as a popular base for chartered sailboats, diving bait to the pristine reefs and attract surfers from around the world for the perfect wave traveling to the northern coast.

When visitors came out of the dry sea fun, they can explore the lush volcanic island characterized by steep, hilly road with twists and turns enough to make people dizzy. And with almost every opportunity, another beautiful white, crescent-shaped beaches disappear.

Tortola, which means “land of turtle dove” in Spanish, only the northeastern United States Virgin Islands, that the shape of the British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands archipelago. The land is inhabited by pre-Columbian Indians in 600 BC After Columbus stumbled upon them, they were then occupied by the Dutch, followed by the British. This area became a self-governing British territory in 1967.

Tortola serves as the backbone of the northern Sir Francis Drake Channel, a patch of water that cuts the long chain of British Virgin Islands. With the islands on each side of the channel for the simple buffering, this area became sailing paradise.

Visitors usually come to Tortola by ferry from the Virgin Islands or through the air, especially through San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hotel and rental boats about 15 to 45 minutes by taxi from the point of arrival, with most charter British Virgin Islands was arrested on base like Nanny Cay Tortola, which is naturally protected marina with restaurants, boutiques and provisioning.

Before starting at the foot of the sea, sailors have the opportunity to luxuriate in the Nanny Cay Village marina, which offers a luxury villa resort is perfect. The Nanny Cay Hotel offers a more modest accommodations.

Favorite destination sail around Tortola including natural wonders in The Baths Virgin Gorda, where the granite rocks forming large caverns and caves along the coast.

Jost Van Dyke, the most popular day-trip destination island, famous for its beach bars, such as Foxy’s, and casual feel that the opposite of the Caribbean make arrangements.

Bay, a bay at Norman Island, is a popular port, once a hideout for pirates champ and now home to the Willy T, a floating bar / restaurant. Caves nearby where visitors can snorkel or dive.

Long been known for some of the most beautiful reefs and shipwrecks of the most famous in the Caribbean, Tortola offers many valuable berth great for diving. One of the best sites are the ruins of the Royal Mail Ship Rhone, which sank in a fierce storm of Salt Island in 1867. At that time, it is customary to rope in passengers to prevent them from falling out of bed, so that everyone perished, except for one lucky Italian and several crew members.

The ship still make amazing views, spread over an area of a football field with inlaid colorful bows, crow’s nest and even the italian’s “lucky” all the windows are filled with boats of fish. Blue Water Divers tour guides from the accident site.

Another favorite dive site is the Santa Monica stone near Norman Island, with the top ledge and play home to eels, octopus, crabs and large elegant eagle rays. Near the angelfish Reef, where you can see the elusive seahorse and almost every other creature in the Caribbean waters imaginable. Fort Recovery Beachfront Villas and Nanny Cay Village is more convenient to use for diving.

For another special live in Tortola, the head of the north coast and two attractive hotels in Apple Bay, the heart of surfing. Sugar Mill is a beautiful hotel set the 17th century amid the ruins of sugar estates with gorgeous accommodation at a price that is not strange. Sugar Factory restaurant is also one of the best in the Caribbean, featuring the West Indies and Caribbean fare in a romantic stone-walled setting.

At the end of the road is Sebastian’s on the Beach Hotel & Restaurant, which has an easy charm along parallel with the regular people to surf the 35 unit hotel.

North shore of the island also offers several restaurants and the liveliest nightlife. Bomba Shack by Sebastian famous full moon parties that attract hundreds of unique beach bar, where the patron donated underwear hanging from the ceiling. Near is Cane Garden Bay, the beach beautiful home and a popular beach restaurant / bar like Myett and Quito’s. Or many visitors make the short trip to Jolly Roger at the west end of Tortola, which is always hopping.

The capital, Road Town, is not suitable for tourists and is not aimed more at businesses such as offshore banking has been the subject of the economy of the British Virgin Islands. Some of the places visited, yet. French Bistro in town, Le Cabanon, offers fine dining, and Sky Bar, a quarter mile above the city, providing views of beautiful sunsets.

Other highlights in Tortola including hiking in the Sage Mountain, a national park that displays the highest peak on the island (1716 feet) with a great view and watch the birds; visit the Callwood Rum Distillery in Cane Garden Bay, where rum is produced as much 200 years previously; and swim with the dolphins at Dolphin Discovery near Road Town.