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Guana (Guana Island, BVI)

GETAWAYS • British Virgin Islands

We arrived at the Beef Island airport cranky after a missed connection and were quickly whisked away on a 15-minute boat to Guana. A host of employees greeted us with cold eucalyptus-scented towels and fresh fruit punch, and immediately our travel woes were a thing of the past. My second time to the area in two years (the previous trip was on a catamaran through the British Virgin Islands), I believe the best way to experience the BVIs is by boat, but if you must remain on land, Guana is it.