A very slight indentation into the long straight coastline, a wild and deserted stretch of white sand, so far unspoiled by the intrusion of construction, with a name to reflect the piracy that once no doubt took place here. Good snorkelling, no facilities.

A Caribbean classic, a wonderful curve of palm-backed sand at the western tip of Tortola. The road is unpaved but passable. Although nudity is illegal and largely unwelcome in the BVI, people have been known to bathe here ‘au naturel’. Please use your discretion. Occasional vendors but otherwise no facilities.

In the southwest, a very broad beach that lets onto a calm and protected snorkel area of what is known as “patch reefs”. There is a small bar/restaurant that has a room given over to artefacts collected from the many shipwrecks that have occurred around the island.