--- title: Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Is One of the World’s Greatest Places description: Find out why Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places. canonical: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079322/virgin-gorda-british-virgin-islands/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2021-07-20T10:36:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:51:26.434Z og:title: Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:description: Find out why Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places og:url: https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079322/virgin-gorda-british-virgin-islands/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bf7bbef61ac5367/698a1e0a16d88479d7c39dd2/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Virgin-Gorda.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands: The World’s 100 Greatest Places of 2021 twitter:description: Find out why Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands is on TIME’s 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bf7bbef61ac5367/698a1e0a16d88479d7c39dd2/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Virgin-Gorda.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 20, 2021 # Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Respite and renewal by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Part of the Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. Part of the Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.Courtesy Ken Hayden—Rosewood After being hit by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the British Virgin Islands are on the mend. And nowhere in the territory’s approximately 60 islands and cays is the recovery more noticeable than in the North Sound on the northern coast of Virgin Gorda, home to several iconic island resorts. The Gorda Corridor sees the return of classic retreats including Rosewood Little Dix Bay, a family-friendly resort that offers seclusion along a mile-long beach, after a four-year closure and a multimillion-dollar renovation. Saba Rock, a small island (and beloved watering hole for boaters) that was previously closed because of hurricane damage, has been fully renovated and reopens in the fall as a nine-suite private resort. And neighboring Bitter End Yacht Club, also in the midst of rebuilding, plans to unveil a clutch of bungalows and a restaurant and bar by year’s end, signaling, one hopes, a sweet start to 2022\. _—Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079322/virgin-gorda-british-virgin-islands/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079322/virgin-gorda-british-virgin-islands/"},"headline":"Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands","datePublished":"2021-07-20T10:36:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:51:26.434Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079322/virgin-gorda-british-virgin-islands/","keywords":["franchise","Magazine","World's Greatest Places"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bf7bbef61ac5367/698a1e0a16d88479d7c39dd2/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Virgin-Gorda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8bf7bbef61ac5367/698a1e0a16d88479d7c39dd2/worlds-greatest-places-2021-001-Virgin-Gorda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079322/virgin-gorda-british-virgin-islands/","name":"Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands"}}]}] ```