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• Don’t miss the thrill of riding along the tiny road going over Gorda Peak towards The Valley. With its airplane- like vantage point, you’ll get a view of all the nearby islands. Take your camera!

• Don’t miss callaloo—a well-seasoned West Indian soup that contains fresh ingredients such as okra, chili peppers, and sometimes crab.

Recommended by Frommer's, Travel+Leisure, and the Best of the British Virgin Islands, Nail Bay on Virgin Gorda offers a unique blend of villas, apartments, and rooms -- all with the best sunsets in the British Virgin Islands. Perched on 150-acres, Nail bay is nestled below Gorda Peak, within a 19h century historic sugar plantation and teeming with private sugary beaches.

Rum Scampi

Ingredients:
20 jumbo shrimp
2 red bell peppers
1/2 cup local rum
2 onions, cut in thin slices
4 large garlic cloves, minced
4 tomatoes, small wedges
3/4 cup dry white wine
1/2 cup basic fish sauce
4 tablespoons olive oil
4 tablespoons fresh parsley and chervil, chopped

Locals Do It Like This:

For Cuban cigars in the islands you’ll want to head over to Little Denmark (284-494-2455) on Tortola. Duck into the room-size humidor and sample their extensive collection of Cohiba, Montocristo, Hoyo de Monterrey, Partagas, H. Upmann, and Romeo Y Julieta. While at Little Denmark, make sure to chat with its owner, Diana Bruce, a BVIslander with a long history in the business. In fact, Diana’s father opened a cigarette factory on picturesque Peter Island in the 1930s. Cuban cigars can also be purchased at such places as Bobby’s, Riteway, and One Mart in Road Town.

To keep it local -- from your produce to your booze -- seek out the Callwood Distillery in Cane Garden Bay.

This pot-still, made of stone and brick, dates back to the mid-1700s. Operated by the Callwood family since the late 1800s, this is true artisan rum.