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Bermuda's Guest Houses

Often stylish accommodation, usually with breakfast, sometimes continental

By Keith Archibald Forbes (see About Us) exclusively for Bermuda Online

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Recommended guest houses are shown in bold. Some have the facilities shown by the following symbols. Guest houses shown with 5-2 Stars reflect the symbols shown on Expedia.com. 

- business center	- business facilities	- Ship view	- dining
- disabled access	- fitness	- golf course	- meeting room
- pool	- public buses	- public ferries	- shopping
- walking area

Preface

We'll gladly list all known Bermuda guest properties in this category and don't charge them a cent for it. We do not charge any commission for listing them or receive any other benefit from doing so. All we ask in return for including their website as a reputable and reliable Bermuda resource with a free courtesy weblink after we've checked them out just to confirm if they do indeed have the facilities claimed - again at no cost to them at all - is that they reciprocate with a free courtesy web link to our site at http://www.bermuda-online.org showing us as a reputable, extensive and reliable Bermuda resource. 

We've long advocated that free mutual courtesy hyper links - web links, links - are not just in Bermuda's best interests but specifically in the interests of our visitors. Free courtesy links to websites, as we recommend, provide on all the Bermuda web sites that carry them a unique service to our visitors. 

How? They normally show, directly from the web sites of hotels or guest houses or apartments concerned, full details of their histories, operations, prices and services, plus what transportation options, public (for example, buses or ferries) or private (such as rental mopeds or scooters or cycles) are near them. Sorry but when web sites are not linked to us and don't show us as a Bermuda resource, we can't link to or recommend them. See our Links and Mentions policy at http://www.bermuda-online.org/links.htm. 

Internet Access

Prospective clients who are internet savvy should check this out well in advance. Properties are asked to inform this author when they offer Free WIFI or WIFI or other Internet services to their clients. It can be hugely important that where you stay has wireless (WI-FI) Internet either as a standard or an optional extra throughout the property, giving clients the ability to send and receive not only emails but ftp files and attachments including digital photographs. Many clients assume wrongly that they will have these same abilities on their business visits or vacations, via their laptops or the property's, as they do in their homes and places of employment. But this is not the case. Some Bermuda properties don't have rooms or suites with wireless Internet access. Instead, if they have internet access at all, they may limit their service to Internet rooms for passengers to send and receive text emails only, no attachments such as photographs. Those who travel to wonderful places like Bermuda want to be able to email photos, including where they stay of course, back home to their families, friends and colleagues. If they cannot, it's a significant opportunity wasted for both clients and properties in terms of publicity and more clientele. 

Disabled access

Guest houses are the British way of describing them, so this is the description used here. Most Europeans are familiar with this term but many North Americans are not and assume, wrongly, they are private homes and inexpensive. In Bermuda, they are all commercial establishments and some are quite upmarket in price. The Bermuda Government's Department of Tourism describes some of them as an "inn" but they are not British-style inns as they are not licensed to serve beer or other alcoholic beverages and don't serve dinner.

Always confirm when booking that breakfast is available and if so, whether Continental or full American, British or Canadian cooked breakfast with eggs, bacon or ham, toast, marmalade or jam. A Continental breakfast is basic by comparison and food in Bermuda is very expensive compared to USA, Canada and UK, it is suggested you pick a place with a full breakfast to start the day and give yourself as much time as possible before lunch. 

Places to stay in this category have been inspected and licensed by the Bermuda Government's Department of Tourism, the licensing and regulatory agency, for internationally acceptable accommodation, facilities and services. Larger properties have more rooms and more expansive facilities. Some have attractive gardens or a pool. Most have lower rates during November to March. 

In addition to what properties charge - ask them directly - visitors should expect to pay the following Bermuda Government Taxes (a) Occupancy Tax of  7.25% and (b) a Resort Levy or Service Charge of 10% and (c), depending on locale, a per night Facilities charge. Ask any property at which you stay about any further extras.

Alphabetical listing

If recommended, they are shown with a recommended mention, shown in bold. 

Aunt Nea's Inn

11 units, Nea's Alley, off Old Maid's Lane, in Town of St. George. Phone (441) 297-1630. Fax (441) 297-1908. Main house was built in the 1700's. Bus routes 1, 3, 10 and 11. Three different styles of accommodation. This Old House. A 3 bedroom home; second bedroom with queen bedroom and bathroom, 3rd bedroom. All Sleep 8. Palm Collection. 2 room suites with king or queen four-poster canopied bed, and separate lounge with cable TV. Jasmine Collection. Rooms with queen four-poster or sleigh bed.

Edgehill Manor

9 units, P. O. Box HM 1048, Hamilton HM EX. Rosemont Avenue, Pembroke Parish. Phone (441) 295-7124. Fax (441) 295-3850. Owner Mrs. Marshall). Continental breakfast. Also for business visitors and as their first place to stay for professional newcomers recruited from overseas for employment in Bermuda.

Erith Guest House

New in June 2003. 15 Pomander Road, Paget Parish PG 05. 8 rooms. Keiran Campbell, owner. Location 1 mile from City of  Hamilton. No beach but waterside, at eastern end of Hamilton Harbour, nice views of  city to the northwest. Phone (441) 232-1827 or (441) 735-6329, cellular. Fax  (441) 236-0284. Near bus routes 1, 2, 7, 8. 

Fordham Hall

12 units, Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke Parish. Phone (441) 295-1551. Fax (441) 295-3906.. Owner is  F. W. Yearwood. In residential area near Princess Hotel. Continental breakfast. For visitors (tourists), business visitors and as their first place to stay for professional newcomers recruited from overseas for employment in Bermuda.

Granaway Guest House

1 Longford Road, Warwick Parish WK 06. Phone (441) 236-3747. Fax (441) 236-3749. Michael and Carol Ashton. A Bermuda manor house, built 1734. 5 guest rooms plus cottage - separate from main building - once slave quarters now a romantic retreat. With a pool, near the Belmont Ferry and 17th hole of the Belmont Golf Course. Continental breakfast. Wireless Internet.

Greene's Guest House

6 units, 71 Middle Rd, Southampton Parish SB 04. Phone (441) 238-0834 or 238-2113. Fax (441) 238-8980. Residential area. Sunken garden, lounge and games room. On bus route # 8. Rooms have air conditioning and fans. Your choice of American or British or Continental breakfast, but confirm this.

Little Pomander Guest House

5 units, 16 Pomander Road, Paget Parish PG 05. Phone (441) 236-7635. Fax (441) 236-8332. Near bus routes 1, 2, 7, 8. Small but select, waterfront setting. Pomander Gate Tennis Club is nearby. Continental breakfast.

Old Rectory

Oxford House

Woodbourne Avenue, Pembroke Parish. Phone (441) 295 0503. Fax 295-0520. 12 units, permission applied for to expand to 20 rooms via an increase in height of the building. Ann Smith owner manager. Continental breakfast. Also for business visitors and as their first place to stay for professional newcomers recruited from overseas for employment in Bermuda.

Royal Heights Guest House

6 units, Lighthouse Hill, Southampton Parish. Telephone (441) 238-0043. Fax (441) 238-8445. Owner: Jean Richardson. Accessible to public South Shore beaches. Near bus routes 7 and 8. Overlooking Great Sound. Views, bedrooms with air conditioning, television and patios. Continental breakfast.

Salt Kettle House

6 rooms or cottages. Salt Kettle, Paget Parish. Phone (441) 236-0407. Fax (441) 236-8639. Property is facing Hamilton Harbor, with a ferry service nearby. Owner is Mrs. Hazel Lowe. Best overall value in Bermuda, repeat visitors galore. American, British or Canadian cooked or Continental breakfast. It was from the dining room window of this house that famous American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910), a frequent visitor,  painted his famous Salt Kettle scene. It accepts able and accompanied disabled if in a wheelchair or ambulatory (walking). The disabled will be put in a more accessible cottage. There are no buses but a ferry stop is close by. Each cottage has a bedroom,  marine view, bath or shower, kitchenette with gas or electric stove. Many come for two weeks or a month. Hazel Lowe, originally of Kent, England and a former registered nurse, is the widow of Bermudian Robert Lowe. Hazel Lowe sends a taxi to collect guests. She was a recent Hotelier of the Year. 

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