Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2016 | Page 55

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Conch Mounds, Anegada

Main
Islands
of the British Virgin Islands
TORTOLA

The capital island is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands. Here you’ll
find government offices and the financial sector. Road Town is the capital of Tortola and home
of the J.R. O’Neal Botanic Gardens, Sage Mountain National Park, Virgin Islands Folk Museum
and other historical places of interest.

VIRGIN GORDA

The third largest of the four main islands. One of its main attractions is The Baths, located at its
southern end, “a geological wonder comprised of awe-ins piring granite boulders, which form
sheltered sea pools on the beach’s edge.” (www.bvi.gov.vg) Another attraction is the Old Copper
Mine, remnants of the housing area of the Cornish miners who worked and lived there with
their famiilies in the 1860’s.

ANEGADA

This is the only coral island in the Virgin Islands’ chain which boasts miles and miles of white
sand beaches. It is known for its many shipwrecks, large salt ponds, beautiful fauna and
Caribbean flamingos

JOST VAN DYKE

The smallest of the four main islands and considered to be a sailor’s haven.

Read more about the British Virgin Islands at bit.ly/1RH0BSR
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