Royal Palms

This lovely small hotel is just a five minute walk from downtown Hamilton's hustle-and-bustle and offers high quality for less than most Bermudian lodgings. The traditional pink-and-white 1903 main house, carefully restored, features a wraparound front porch with rocking chairs and canopied swings. Free… more continental breakfast is served in a warm whimsical room (painted square columns and wood parrots contrast with polished hardwoods and white wicker) with picture windows surveying tranquil, elaborate gardens with stately palms and fragrant fruit trees. All 32 sun-filled rooms, suites, and cottages have A/C, flat-screen TV, coffeemaker, hairdryer, safe, iron/board, and high-speed Internet access; most include kitchenette. Many were converted from the living rooms, bedrooms, and parlors of the original house and boast such embellishments as cathedral ceilings, triple-crown moldings, pastel-hued walls, and tall windows.