J.R. O'Neal Botanic Gardens |
A cool and peaceful refuge located in the centre of Road Town. The 4-acre gardens include a lush array of indigenous and exotic tropical plants.
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The Sunday Morning Well |
On Upper Main Street, is popularly believed to be the site where the Proclamation of Emancipation was read in 1834.
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Main Street |
Road Town's primary shopping street.
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Crafts Alive |
Colourful crafts market located in the centre of Road Town.
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Queen Elizabeth Park |
Landscaped witj beds of exotic and indigenous shrubs and flowers and rows of White Cedars.
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Fort George |
One of the many historic ruins that dot the islands.
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Fort Charlotte |
The largest of the island's fortifications, all that now remains of Fort Charlotte are a few walls, a cistern and an underground magazine.
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Fort Recovery's |
Well-preserved roud tower is believed to have been built by Tortola's earliest Dutch settlers who first landed at Tortola's Soper's Hole in 1648.
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The William Thornton Estate Ruin |
Home of the designer of the US Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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The Dungeon |
Built in 1794 by the Royal Engineers, the Dungeon is actually a fort constructed to protect island shipping.
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Soper's Hole |
This sheltered harbour is a major anchorage and point of entry.
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The Callwood Rum Distillery |
Still produces rum in much the same fashion that it did over two centuries ago.
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Sage Mountain National Park |
The remaining evidence of the forests that once covered much of the island's ridges.
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Mount Healthy |
Tortolla features the intact remains of a thickly walled stone windmill, once part of an 18th century sugar plantation.
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The Church at Kingstown |
Just east of Road Town, was established in 1833 by the Anglican Church for a settlement of 600 freed slaves.
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The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge |
Was dedicated by Queen Elizabeth during her visit to the Territory in 1966.
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Little Fort National Park |
It was the site of a Spanish fortress and some masonry walls still exist on the hillside, including the ruins of a structure called the Powder House. The 36-acre area is also a wildlife sanctuary.
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