Tobacco Bay Beach - St George's Bermuda
Tobacco Bay
-- Lovely Tobacco Bay is an East End family favorite. It's the most popular beach on St. George's Island, especially among those who come for the day to visit the historic town of St. George. With its broad sands, Tobacco Bay resembles a southshore beach. Its pale pink sand lies within a sheltering coral-sided cove just a short walk west of Fort St. Catherine and St. Catherine's Beach. The major disadvantage here is that the beach is likely to be overrun with cruise-ship passengers; when they're in port, you may want to seek more secluded beaches such as St. Catherine's. You can sunbathe here and even go for a swim, but don't venture out too far; the currents are dangerously strong.
Look for the Tobacco Bay Beach House, Naval Tanks Hill, St. George, which has toilets, changing rooms, showers, and a snack bar. At beachfront kiosks, you can rent flotation devices and snorkeling gear by the hour from May to September. Stands also sell cold sodas and sandwiches (tuna, grilled cheese, hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, and the like). Take bus no. 10 or 11 from the City of Hamilton.
St. George's Island--This island makes up St. George Parish, the easternmost parish on Bermuda. It's the site of the island's oldest community and the airport, plus lots of low-lying, sun-blasted scrublands. A single bridge (the St. George Causeway) connects this island to the other, more congested islands of the archipelago. St. George's Island's beaches include Achilles Bay, Tobacco Bay, and St. Catherine's Beach (formerly known as the Club Med beach), all of which are sandy, with clean bottoms. The water on the south shore is a bit rougher than the north shore's.
