Hype for the Future 74J: Attractions in the British Overseas Territories

Introduction

This post specifically refers to the British Overseas Territories of the North Atlantic and Caribbean, including Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, and Montserrat. Each of these territories provides at least a somewhat different experience from the general perspective of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, even though the additional nations are also included.

Attractions

Within the British Overseas Territories, perhaps the most important characteristic is the slower pace of life associated with the United Kingdom in general, especially as the islands are significantly smaller and mostly notable for beach tourism in the Caribbean and for wild activity around Bermuda. Today, however, the vast majority of these island territories contains at least a national museum and/or gallery, with Bermuda also containing an underwater exploration institute directly attached to the island.

Hype for the Future 50J: Additional British Overseas Insights

novaTopFlex has just finished identifying attractions in the British Overseas Territories. Unlike the hustle and bustle of a city like London, not a single territory in the British Overseas can claim such a fast pace of life. The significantly more modest pace of life in an area such as the Cayman Islands or the Turks and Caicos Islands is often further mitigated by the waterfront, of which the Overseas Territories provide plenty of shore as many are insular. Gibraltar, of course, is the exception rather than the rule, since the territory is firmly located within the Iberian Peninsula at the closest point to Africa, which is actually fairly close to Spanish Ceuta.

Hype for the Future 50D: Anguilla

Anguilla 🇦🇮 is a British Overseas Territory at effectively the northern end of the Leeward Islands and the Lesser Antilles. The island territory is located to the north of the island of St. Martin, which is split between the French territory of Saint-Martin in the north and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten 🇸🇽 in the south. Dutch Sint Eustatius is also located fairly nearby, though closer to Saint Kitts and Nevis and using Oranjestad as the capital town.

While Anguilla contains fourteen (14) regional districts, The Valley is the capital district of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla. Blowing Point is home to the ferry service to the French side of the island of Saint Martin immediately to the south.