The tempest that shipwrecked British sailors on Bermuda in 1609 also
inspired the pen of William Shakespeare, who wrote his famous play of
the same name about a deserted, far-away island peopled with spirits,
monsters, and sorcerers. The magic remains today, as the 22-mile-long
island, 650 miles east of the North Carolina coast, continues to glow in
the tropically blue waters of the mid-Atlantic. Thanks to the limestone
bedrock, the light diffuses with unusual clarity, making Bermuda a
favorite of plein air painters the world over. After sundown, it’s the
sky’s chance to blaze with billions of stars free of light pollution.
Anchored by the capital city of Hamilton in the center, the mainland
of Bermuda spreads east to Saint George, the oldest continuously
inhabited English-Speaking settlement in the Western Hemisphere, and
west to the navel port at the tip of the geographical fishhook.
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