{"id":3751,"date":"2025-11-15T21:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T21:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:13:47","slug":"road-town-tortola-gorda-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterwoolley.co.uk\/blog\/road-town-tortola-gorda-baths\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Town, Tortola – Gorda Baths"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we arrived in Road Town in Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands, alongside Cunard’s ‘Queen Elizabeth’.<\/p>\n

As we had a tour booked for the afternoon, we opted for a simple walk in the morning, which took us to a small park alongside the bay. There wasn’t a lot there; a couple of pergolas and one of those giant multi-coloured place names that said ‘Tortola’, and a few paths leading us through the park. It did have good views across the bay, though.<\/p>\n

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It was very hot, and we sought shade wherever we could find it, and was back on the ship in time for lunch at the Grill.<\/p>\n

By 12.45 we were in the Playhouse theatre signing in for the Baths tour.<\/p>\n

A bracing 30-minute boat ride took us to the island of Gorda, where we were decanted into open side buses which then transferred us in a bouncy 10-minute ‘jeep safari’ to the visitors centre known as ‘Top of the Baths’.<\/p>\n

What followed was a fantastic hike through scrub-like vegetation, down to a small secluded beach where we had a 30-minute swim. After that, a guide led us through a labyrinth of walkways, caves and tunnels. Occasionally we had to duck down through low overhanging rocks, climb down perilous rope ladders and wade through knee-high water to our final destination, a second beach where we had about 45 minutes of quality swimming and snorkeling time.<\/p>\n

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The ride back to the ship was equally bracing and enjoyable, with views across to the many islands that make up the BVI.<\/p>\n

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All in all, a brilliant afternoon’s adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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