Hidden Gems: Culture in Bermuda

For a taste of Bermudian history and culture, the best place to go isn't always a museum. Despite its small size, Bermuda is full of historic off-the-guidebook sites. The best part: they are accessible to anyone. The Royal Naval Cemetery (aka the Glade) has memorials for those who died while serving the British military in Bermuda. The gravestones here go into detail about the person’s life and death – a great look at Bermuda’s history. For even more history, go to church. Bermuda has more churches per capita than any other nation in the world and each one has its own special story. In Warwick Parish, pay a visit to Cobbs Hill Methodist Church, built by slaves and free blacks back in the 1820s. At another Bermuda house of worship, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, one man has spent more than decade creating his own Sistine Chapel. The artist, an Ethiopian monk has covered the church with saints, biblical stories and angels.