A Tourists Guide To Tortola

(October 8) Find a tourists guide to Tortola complete with airline tips, tax information and packing suggestions.

Are you planning a trip to Tortola and realize that you don’t know which airline to travel with or what to pack?  Here’s a quick tourists’ guide to Tortola.

Airline/Flight Information
- From the US: Make a reservation with American Airlines, US Airways, BWIA or others. Fly to San Jan and connect to Tortola or fly to St. Thomas and take a ferry to Tortola
- From locations outside of the US: Make a reservation with British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or BWIA.

Capital
- Road Town

Clothing
- Casual acceptable most everywhere on the island
- If wearing a bathing suit, cover-ups are required for entry into stores and restaurants
- There are no nude beaches in B.V. I.

Credit Cards
-Major credit cards are accepted in many establishments
-American Express Office located at Romney Associates in Road Town

Currency
-U.S. dollar

Electricity
-110 Volts

Immigration Information
- Visitors are welcome for periods of up to 6 months
- All visitors, with the exception of US and Canadian citizens, must carry a valid passport. 
- US and Canadian citizens may enter the islands with either:
-A passport
-An original or certified copy of a birth certificate and a photo ID

Language
-English is the official language

Telecommunications
-Caribbean Cellular Telephone “Boatphone” offers cellular phone service
-Tortola & Virgin Gorda Radio can patch radio transmission into the phone lines
-VHF radio is popular

Time Zone
-Greenwich Mean Time less 4 hours

Water
-Tap water is safe to drink

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