My life partner and I have stayed at Watercolours many times over the past eight years, and have NEVER had a bad experience. In fact, we wouldn't consider staying anywhere else in Bermuda.

Watercolours' two gorgeous guest rooms front a small, but inviting, pool and Hamilton Harbor. And owners Carole (a much-admired and collected Bermuda watercolorist) and Joe Holding, along with Annie, do a terrific job keeping the home and landscaping gorgeous, and the overall environment warm and friendly.

We look forward to returning again and again.

Watercolours is a lovely & tasteful seafront property located on Harbour road , Warwick Parish. Its location is peaceful and quiet but is very handy for touring Bermuda. It has a prime and handy location for both ferry and bus transport to all parts of the Islands. Belmont & Darrell’s Wharf ferry services to the capital Hamilton are a very short walk from the accommodation (2 to 3 mines). If you want a slightly longer walk (10min s) you can walk to Middle Road for buses to Hamilton & Docklands Numbers 7 and 8.

Within walking distance, there are other amenities such as a Supermarket,
Pizza/Pastries shops, Golf course and Club.

Breakfast is continental & plentiful and has the special touch with Carole’s home made brands of preserves. If you need any assistance Annie is always helpful, also rooms are serviced daily by Annie.

Transfers to and from the airport can be arranged by Carole, however, you will have the responsibility to make payments to the driver personally.

We thank Carole and family for a lovely time in Bermuda, and we hope to visit Watercolours again sometime in the not too distance.

The location of this bed and breakfast is absolutely beautiful. It is a 15 minute ferry ride across the bay to bustling Hamilton. The house is very attractive but lacks the warmth and gregarious atmosphere that we have enjoyed at so many other B&Bs. There are two lovely double rooms available and it would appear that Annie takes care of running this side of things, baking and preparing breakfast each morning, cleaning the rooms and greeting people while the owner is very busy with her many other business interests. The breakfast is enjoyable and perfectly adequate rather than sumptuous as advertised. We agree with the other writer that all the notes are rather strange.

We had a five-day stay at Watercolours recently. The house is gorgeous, its location on the water is amazing and the salt-water pool overlooking the bay is amazing. Further, it's price was pretty reasonable, in comparison to the hotels in the area. The continental breakfast was delicious -- they had some sort of whole grain cereal with cashews and macadamia nuts that was amazing -- and the nightly offering of Bermudan rum and mixers was nice, as well.

I would recommend Watercolours, except:

1) We almost never saw the owner, Carole. In five days, we saw her fewer than 10 minutes total. Everything is left up to Annie ("the help," as Nana -- see below -- refers to her). Annie was pleasant, but she, too, was pretty non-existent. So, despite the repeated suggestions to consult with Carole in the written materials all over the room (again, see below re: "The Rules"), there was no one with whom we could consult.

2) The RULES! When you check in and set your luggage down in the room, you are greeted with a three-page, front & back laminate list of rules. They are astounding, covering everything from tracking sand in to what to do with towels to how to latch doors. Furthermore, there are small laminated notes left all over the room. I felt like I was in a museum, in which I wasn't permitted to touch anything, with my mother standing over my shoulder. Granted, the place was clean as a whistle, so I imagine the rules help it stay that way.

3) NANA! The owner's mother lives in a mother-in-law sweet about 25 feet from one of the rooms (our room, as it were). This would be no problem, except that she's seemingly senile and regularly ventures down the hallway, calling out for help. The owner, Carole, just ignores her, letting Annie take care of her instead. A few times my fiancee asked if she could help Nana. It's a really sad situation. Whenever the poor woman needs something or gets confused, she opens the door and starts calling out for help (from Annie, mind you, or anyone that walks by). When she doesn't get an answer, that's when she starts rolling down the hallway in her wheelchair. It put us, as guests, in a really uncomfortable situation, about whether to say something or help her or just sit there. Of course, we couldn't say anything, because the owner was absent, but the point is that it was awkward.

Those three things didn't ruin our trip -- after all, it was Bermuda and we didn't spend all that much time in the bed-and-breakfast -- but they definitely make me hesitant to recommend Watercolours to anyone else. However, if you can put up with those things, then by all means, everything else was pretty darn good.