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Bitter End Yacht Club — Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
Bitter End Yacht Club
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands
Style: Classic Luxury. Rooms: 85.
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Bitter End is a "rollicking nautical village" with 85 shoreside accommodations, three restaurants and an awesome array of activities. The Bitter End is on the North Sound of Virgin Gorda- beautiful, remote and protected, 12 miles from Tortola, 30 miles from St. Thomas and 75 miles from Puerto Rico. Reachable only by sea, the resort stretches along a mile of beach and waterfront on the North Sound -- the most protected and secluded deep water harbor in the Caribbean. In addition to all the amenities and activities of a full service resort, including a world-renown watersports center and sailing school, Bitter End is also home to a full service marina, with dockage, over 70 moorings, where repairs, provisions and supplies are readily and easily available. Bitter End's colorful atmosphere and casual, friendly ambiance is more like that of a traditional Caribbean village, and the staff complements the resort's character with their cheerful affability and concern for each visitor's experience. The entire resort is intended to be organic, comfortable and beautiful. Bitter End still generates its own electricity, collects and distills its own water, utilizes solar power and uses treated grey waste shower water to irrigate the hillside gardens. Today Bitter End has grown into the world's finest watersports resort. Top of the line sailboats, skiffs, windsurfers and other equipment, along with roomy excursion boats and exciting day trips have been added over the years. Word of mouth has given the resort a worldwide reputation and a loyal guest base of families, friends and couples who enjoy the watersports and relaxation that are a way of life at Bitter End.
Banquets & Meetings
1,500 square feet of convention and/or meeting space. Largest room capacity is 80 people, classroom style. Latest audio/visual equipment. Full catering services.
Business Center
Two computers available for guest use (to access the internet and email).
Fine Dining on Site
The Clubhouse Steak and Seafood Grille, open-air restaurant. The English Carvery, open-air restaurant featuring roasted meats, poultry and steaks. The English Pub, serving snacks, pizza, sandwiches and imported beer. Poolside luncheons can be arranged.
Child Programs
Bitter End is a great family retreat. While you relax by the pool or pick up the basics of sailing in our Introduction to Sailing Course, your children can take part in our Junior Watersports Program, learning to sail, snorkel or windsurf, or learn sand painting, join in on guided walks, or take part in storytelling and snorkeling trips. In the evening, they can enjoy age-appropriate movies shown in the Sand Palace, our outdoor movie theater. Together, you can take a picnic lunch and explore the many small islands bordering the North Sound.
Pool, Outdoor
Freshwater pool.
Boating
Guests can participate in any of the over 15 excursions Bitter End offers each week. These trips are included in an Admiral's Package vacation. Local snorkeling excursions take off in the morning and afternoon to the spectacular spots that are the favorites of our captains, in and around North Sound. Excursions to The Baths, Anegada, Norman Island, offshore reefs and other remote islands are shared with congenial fellow guests aboard the Paranda or the Corinthian. A different excursion takes place each day. When you are booked on an excursion, a picnic lunch is automatically ordered and placed on board.
Fishing - Ocean
Private fishing charters.
Jogging & Running
Fitness Course with 1/8 mile jogging track and 16 exercise stations.
Sailing
The Bitter End Sailing and Windsurfing school was stablished in 1985 and offers free Sailing 101 course for all guests, classroom, dockside and on-the-water lessons offered for sailors of all levels, from beginner to advanced. With more than 100 watercraft, the Bitter End's Club fleet is the World's Largest available for guests' complimentary, unlimited use.
Scuba Diving
North Sound is filled with beautiful coral reefs and endless beaches. Marine life is abundant and diving and snorkeling sites are spectacular for their color and variety. Brilliant fish such as wrasses, grunts, damselfish and parrotfish abound, and the variety of colorful sponges and corals is umatched.
Shopping
Reeftique offers island-style clothing, jewelry and Bitter End mementos. Captain B's has Caribbean crafts, diving/sailing equipment, drugstore items. The Emporium offers a wide range of yacht provisions. The Chandlery offers boat maintenance and repair supplies.
Nota Bene
With an unprecedented Club fleet of over 100 boats, skiffs and day sailers, over 15 weekly excursions in and around North Sound, a world-renowned Sailing School, an onsite dive shop, boat and fishing charters, three beaches, hiking trails, a swimming pool, and numerous comfortable hammocks, Bitter End can offer something for everyone who enjoys being in, on or near the sea.
Hotel Amenities
- - Meeting Space
- - Child Programs
- - Banquets & Meetings
- - Fine Dining on Site
- - High Speed Internet
- - Business Center
- - Pool, Outdoor
Available Activities
- - Jogging & Running
- - Water Skiing
- - Fishing - Ocean
- - Hiking
- - Shopping
- - Scuba Diving
- - Windsurfing
- - Boating
- - Sailing
- - Beach
Hotel Address
Directions to Hotel
We recommend booking to Tortola's Beef Island airport (booking code = EIS) and connecting with the North Sound Express (NSX), high-speed ferry for a 30-minute scenic trip direct to Bitter End.
- Bitter End Yacht Club
- PO Box 46
- Virgin Gorda,
- British Virgin Islands
Directions to Hotel
We recommend booking to Tortola's Beef Island airport (booking code = EIS) and connecting with the North Sound Express (NSX), high-speed ferry for a 30-minute scenic trip direct to Bitter End.
Child policies vary by hotel. Many hotels are able to provide a rollaway bed or crib, though there may be an extra fee. Such fees will not be included in the quoted rate.
If you are ready to book, our advice is to first make your reservation. Our agents will then be able to more effectively assist you with details regarding your children.
If you require further information before making a reservation, please contact us with the hotel name, your dates, and the number and age of the children. Thank you.
If you are ready to book, our advice is to first make your reservation. Our agents will then be able to more effectively assist you with details regarding your children.
If you require further information before making a reservation, please contact us with the hotel name, your dates, and the number and age of the children. Thank you.
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