Every great island has a secret. Ours has several.
Norman Island is widely believed to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. It also happens to be where pirates really did hide their loot.
55 chests of silver. A mutiny. A rumour that never went away.
The island’s documented history goes back to the early 18th century, when the crew of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe mutinied and buried 55 chests of silver coins here.
Residents of Tortola found much of it, and Gilbert Fleming, Lieutenant-General of the Leeward Islands, recovered more. But not all of it. Legend says there is still pirate treasure somewhere on Norman Island.
610 private acres, one perfect beach, and us.
Norman Island is privately owned and uninhabited, with hiking trails over the hills and a breathtaking white sand beach. That beach is home to Pirates Bight Bar, Restaurant and Gift Shop.
The anchorage, known simply as The Bight, is one of the safest and most scenic harbours in the BVI, with over 100 moorings and world-famous dive and snorkel sites like The Caves and The Indians just around the point.