02/20/2022
Bermuda
You’ve heard of white and black-sand beaches, but this British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic is home to pink sand which gets its surprisingly rosy hue from the presence of teeny-tiny, red-shelled organisms known as foraminifera. While there are a few wide stretches of sand scattered across the island, such as Horseshoe Bay and Clearwater Beach, the true joy of beachs in Bermuda is discovering tucked-away spots like Jobson’s Cove, which is encircled by jagged limestone outcroppings and teeming with tropical fish. If it’s history you’re after, the St Regis Bermuda Resort sits on St. Catherine’s Beach, in the shadow of a hilltop fortress. It was on this very day, in 1609, that the first colonists landed by chance after their ship, Sea Venture, wrecked on the reef, inspiring William Shakespeare to write The Tempest in the process
