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Voykit pocket guide · Bermuda
Hamilton
Hamilton is a weekday morning city with a harbour: do Front Street and City Hall early, use the ferry terminal as your hub, and remember that visitors cannot rent standard cars and that most shops close on Sundays.
Hamilton is Bermuda's capital, a small grid of streets on a harbour, with the bus terminal and the ferry terminal on the water. Trips here go wrong when people treat it as a beach base (the pink-sand beaches are on the south shore, a bus ride away), arrive on a Sunday when shops are shut, or plan to hire a car, which visitors cannot do. Four small areas cover a first visit; buses and ferries reach the rest of the island from one kept bed.
- Country
- Bermuda
- Best months
- Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Dec
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Bermuda
- Stay
- 2 days: Front Street, City Hall and Victoria Park; a ferry ride
Checked 2026-09. Prices, hours and rules change; anything marked (check) is not confirmed.
Essentials
- Currency
- BMD
- Money
- Cards work almost everywhere. The Bermudian dollar is at par with the US dollar, and US dollars are accepted. Check whether a service charge is added to restaurant bills.
- Daily spend
- Budget Bd$100–160 excl. bed · Mid Bd$160–320 excl. bed · High Bd$320+ excl. bed (estimate; check)
- SIM and data
- One Communications and Digicel sell prepaid SIMs; US plans often roam at extra cost — check.
- Emergency
- Police, fire, ambulance 911 · Hospital King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Paget · Marine rescue Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre, VHF 16 or +1 441 297 1010
- Plugs
- Types A, B · 120 V · 60 Hz · Same as the US.
- Tipping
- Restaurants: Usually 17% added; check the bill.; Taxis: 10–15%.; Hotel: Service charge often included; extra for porters.
- Water
- Tap water comes from rooftop rainwater tanks or desalination; generally safe but many buy bottled — ask your hotel.
- Toilets
- In hotels, restaurants, ferry terminals and some beaches.
Get in
By air
- L. F. Wade International Airport (BDA)
- BDA to Hamilton: one licensed airport taxi, 25–40 minutes — the risk is not the ride but a hotel desk that is closed when you arrive.
Get around
Walk inside the centre; bus or ferry between areas; taxi at night.
- Passes
- A transport pass pays back after two or three bus or ferry rides a day; buses need exact change or a pass.
- Late at night
- No rail. Bus and ferry services thin out after 19:00–21:00 (check the official timetable); use a taxi late.
See and do
01Barr's Bay Park
A small waterside park on Pitts Bay Road: sunset here, then a taxi or a walk east along the lit road.
02City Hall and Arts CentreCity Hall
The civic building that also holds the national art gallery: an indoor 45–60 minutes for the hottest or wettest hours.
03Front Street and the harbour frontFront Street
The waterfront street and ferry terminal that is the hub of the island's ferries: walk it at 09:00 and check the ferry timetable for the day.
04Victoria Park
The city's public park, with shade and benches: a rest stop of 20–30 minutes between the harbour and the shops.
Hours and prices are desk estimates (checked 2026-09); anything marked (check) is not confirmed. Coordinates open in any map app.
Eat
- The Hog Penny
- A pub lunch or dinner in the centre: go at 12:00–14:00 or after 18:00; hours and the current menu are not verified.
Sleep
- Church Street area guesthouses
- Cheaper rooms in the middle of the grid, a five-minute walk to the ferry and bus terminals.
- Pitts Bay Road hotels
- First-timers: a harbour-side hotel a short walk from Front Street, with a staffed desk and a car drop at the door.
Language
English with a local accent and vocabulary; greetings matter more than in most places.
- 'Good morning' before any question; 'Bye' as you leave a shop.
Etiquette, safety and scams
Etiquette
- Greeting: Good morning / good afternoon to everyone, including bus drivers; avoid: Starting with a question
- Dress: Cover up off the beach; avoid: Swimwear in shops or on buses
- Queues: Wait patiently; avoid: Rushing people
- Cup Match: Join the festivities if invited; avoid: Expecting business as usual
Red lines
- Cover up away from the beach.
- Greet people with good morning or good afternoon before asking anything.
- Do not bring cannabis.
Scams (Bermuda page)
- Lookalike arrival-card sites: Use the official link from gotobermuda.com or gov.bm.
- Unmetered taxi fares: Taxis must use the meter; ask before you ride.
- Scooter damage claims: Photograph the scooter before riding off.
One and two days
1 day
The first day of the timed plan.
Day 1 — Front Street and City Hall, a 12:30 lunch table
- 09:00Front Street and the harbour front
- City Hall and Arts Centre (optional)
- 12:30Lunch table 12:30 (Front Street)
- Hotel or AC café 13:00–15:30; a ferry ride on the harbour if the day is dry.
2 days
The first two days of the timed plan.
Day 1 — Front Street and City Hall, a 12:30 lunch table
- 09:00Front Street and the harbour front
- City Hall and Arts Centre (optional)
- 12:30Lunch table 12:30 (Front Street)
- Hotel or AC café 13:00–15:30; a ferry ride on the harbour if the day is dry.
Day 2 — Victoria Park and an early dinner
- 09:30Victoria Park
- The Hog Penny
- Evening: walk Pitts Bay Road at sunset; take a taxi back after 21:00.
Sources
Written by Voykit; facts cross-checked against these sources, last desk check 2026-09. Prices, hours and rules change: check on the day.
- Bermuda Tourism Authority (official): www.gotobermuda.com/
- UK FCDO travel advice: Bermuda: www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bermuda
- Wikivoyage — Hamilton (Bermuda): en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Hamilton_(Bermuda)
Pocket card
Cut along the border and keep it in your wallet. Show the local-script lines to a driver.
Hamilton
My hotel (write the name and address in the local script)
Take me to
- City HallCity Hall and Arts Centre
- Front StreetFront Street and the harbour front
- Police, fire, ambulance911
- HospitalKing Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Paget
- Marine rescueBermuda Maritime Operations Centre, VHF 16 or +1 441 297 1010
Voykit · checked 2026-09
Printed from Voykit (/hamilton-bermuda). Written by Voykit; checked 2026-09. Estimates only: confirm prices, hours and entry rules on the day.