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While shopping in Bermuda isn't technically duty-free, the no sales tax policy allows you to net bargains (up to 30%) on English tweeds, Irish linens, Italian leather, French china, Swedish crystal, and more. Elegant small department stores and boutiques line Front Street, itself truly an eye-popping display of conspicuous consumption. Look for Crisson Jewelers (with two Front Street addresses), a gem for designer bijoux and premium timepieces from Tissot to Tag Heuer.

Outside of Hamilton, it's hard to beat the Royal Naval Dockyard's Clocktower Mall, where you'll find branches of Hamilton's top boutiques and galleries and first-rate local crafts. Dockyard Glassworks (www.dockglass.com) and Bermuda Rum Cake Company (www.bermudarumcakes.com) share a building; the former offers cool glassblowing and flame-working demonstrations, while the latter offers scrumptious crumbs to sample. The Bermuda Craft Market (441/234-3208), occupying the Dockyard's original cooperage, has some schlocky logo items (mostly of Bermuda cedar) but compensates with genuinely intriguing items (eg., seaglass, decoupage carnival figures, palmetto-and-banana-leaf dolls). Next door, Bermuda Arts Centre (441/234-2809; www.artbermuda.bm) is a marvelous source for quilts, ceramics, African-inspired masks, abstract ceramic sculptures and triptych bas-reliefs; you can sometimes watch artists at work in the atelier in back. Bermuda Clayworks (441/234-5116; www.bermudaclayworks.com) presents various lines of functional pottery and a paint-your-own studio. Check the Bermuda Department of Tourism website or Preview! and This Week in Bermuda for artists' ateliers open to the public.