Article content What’s new, Bermuda? Recommended Videos Plenty, it turns out, as I discovered during a recent action-packed trip to the picture-perfect, subtropical island located a mere two-and-a-half-hour flight from Toronto. BermudAir started flying direct from Toronto to Bermuda last May and the island’s newest hotel, the 120-room St. Regis Bermuda Resort , is about a 10-minute drive from the airport in historic St.
George’s. And that’s just for starters. Here’s what I was able to check out over four nights: DAY ONE/LIFT OFF: Bermuda’s close proximity means that it takes less time to sink your toes into Bermuda’s famous pink sand and swim in its glorious turquoise waters than driving from Toronto to cottage country on a Friday afternoon.
We fly for the first time on BermudAir with the lovely Hannah Eggen as part of our flight crew. Turns out she’ll come to the rescue when my plus one’s crooked table tray dumps Diet Coke all over her white pants — twice. Eggen moves us up one row to business class, serves my pal Bermuda’s “national drink,” a Rum Swizzle, and gives her a beach bag with towel.
After moving quickly through Customs, we’re taken by our zen-like driver Zita Bean to our first restaurant stop: Munchies By The Sea near St. George’s Town Square. We enjoy Richard’s all beef Jonny Dog — essentially a corn dog, a fish wrap and fresh juices of cucumber and ginger while watching gigantic parrotfish nibble at our leftover fries.
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