Bermuda Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Hamilton (See more on SIMPLYYELLOWPAGES.COM)
Official language: English
Currency: dollar
Continent: North America
Indeed, the home of shorts
The Bermudas are British overseas territory and well developed for tourism.
Location
The Bermudas are an archipelago in the Atlantic. It is far from the main tourist streams in the Caribbean and can be easily reached from Europe. As Bermuda is British territory, you will have no problem changing your Euros into Bermuda Dollars or renting a rental car or boat.
Important facts
Capital: Hamilton
Official language: English
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Dollars (100 cents)
ISO 4217 code
BMD / 060
Geography
Continent: North America
Geo coordinates: N 32 ° 19 ’17 ” W -64 ° -45′ -26.5″
Highest mountain: Town Hill (76 m)
Total area: 53 km²
Mainland: 53 km²
Coastline: 103 km
Politics
Dependency: Great Britain since 1612
Economy
Economic growth: 4.2%
Inflation rate: 2.6%
State budget revenue: $ 75.8 billion
State budget expenditure: $ 693000000
Export: $ 1,928,000,000
Import: $ 1,489,000,000
Electricity consumption: 622 million KWh
Oil consumption: 4,800 million m³
Cultivation area: 20%
Demographic data
Residents: 65,800
Average age: 40.2 years
0-14 years: 18.6%
15-64 years: 69.2%
> 65 years: 12.2%
Population growth: 0.61%
Birth rate: 11.6 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 7.74 / 1,000 residents
Migration: 2.4 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 0.96
Fertility: 1.89 children / woman
Infant mortality: 8.3 ‰
Life expectancy men: 75.85 years
Life expectancy women: 80.1 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: BM
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: BMU
ISO 3166 numeric: 60
Top Level Domain: bm
IOC country code: BER
UN / LOCODE: BM
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Transportation
Cars: 25,000
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 132
Health
Number of doctors: 130
Daily food intake: 2,940 kcal / resident
Education
Illiteracy: 2%
Religion
Main religious group: Christians
GETTING THERE
Arriving by plane
Bermuda does not have a national airline. British Airways (BA) (Internet: www.britishairways.com) offers flights from German airports, from Zurich several times a week via London to Bermuda, from Vienna via New York (JFK). Bermuda is also served by American Airlines (AA), Air Canada (AC), United Airlines (UA) and Delta Air Lines (DL).
Departure fee
No.
Arrival by ship
Bermuda has three major seaports: Hamilton, St. George’s, and West End / Royal Naval Dockyard.
Every week in the summer ships from the shipping companies Celebrity Cruises (Internet: www.celebrity.com), Norwegian Cruise Line (Internet: www.ncl.com) and Royal Caribbean (Internet: www.royalcaribbean.com) dock here from New York. Carnival Cruise Lines (Internet: www.carnival.com) and Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (Internet: www.rssc.com) offer cruises from US and European ports.
Note on arrival by ship
Port fee
Ship passengers pay a port fee of 60 BDA $ to the respective shipping company. This does not apply to children under 2 years of age.
ON THE GO
On the way by car / bus
The main island has an excellent network of roads, but foreign visitors are not allowed to drive for the sake of the environment and there are no rental cars. Mopeds can be rented (see below). The petrol stations are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., some until 11 p.m. and later.
Bus: The state buses are modern, punctual and comfortable. The drive from Hamilton to St. George’s on the northeastern tip of Bermuda takes about 30 minutes, and the drive to Somerset in the south takes about 45 minutes. Collective tickets are also available from post offices. There is a Transportation Pass for bus and ferry travelers, which is valid for one, three or seven days and allows unrestricted use of the buses and ferries during these periods.
Taxi: All taxis are metered and require a surcharge between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The fares are set by the state. The qualified drivers approved by the Ministry of Tourism have a small blue flag on the taxi. Carriages: Horse-drawn carriages are available in Hamilton. Moped / bicycle rental: A crash helmet is mandatory on mopeds, as is liability insurance. The minimum age is 16 years, a driver’s license is not required. The Department of Tourism (see addresses) publishes a list of prices and addresses. Lenders at the airport bring the luggage to the hotel and pick it up again.
Traffic regulations:
left-hand traffic.
Speed limits:
inside and outside built-up areas: 35 km / h
Out and about by ship
Regular ferry services from Hamilton / Pembroke to Paget, Sandys, Southhampton, Warwick and Somerset. Many hotels have the ferry timetables ready for their guests. Some hotels sell tickets at discounted prices. Single tickets, day tickets, 3-, 4- or 7-day tickets and monthly tickets are available.
