Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2016 | Page 126

THE BRITISH VI
Four Main

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-inspiring 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.

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