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A mile west
of The Valley, Sandy Ground is the island's main low-budget hang-out
area, with a number of inexpensive places to stay and eat and a friendly and
relaxed atmosphere. There's a nice beach, and the tiny village backs onto a
large salt pond popular with local birdlife; islanders used to rake salt here
for export to the Americas until the costs became prohibitive.
Offshore, visible
from Sandy Ground,
Sandy
Island
is a tiny deserted isle with a handful of palm trees, just six hundred feet long
and a great place for snorkeling and swimming. If you go in the early morning,
before any of the day-trippers from St Martin arrive, you may well have the
island to yourself. Boats (US$10 round-trip) leave from the pier between about
9.30am and 4pm whenever there's demand and there's a beach bar on the island
that sells lunch and drinks.
South of Sandy Ground the road leads down through the residential area
of South Hill to Blowing Point, where the ferries from St Martin dock.
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There's little to see in either of these places, but just east of
Blowing Point, the sparkling white sand that fringes Rendezvous Bay
offers one of the island's most spectacular beaches - the two-mile
crescent is a great place to find shells. Head past the Anguilla
Great House Beach Resort for public access to the beach.
Further west still, there's more blindingly white sand at Maunday's
Bay , home to exclusive Cap Juluca , one of the island's
top-notch resorts, while west of here Shoal Bay West is another curve of
lovely white sand that's worth a visit if you're touring the island.
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Anguilla
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Anguilla
Brief history
Getting
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Consulates, tax
Getting around
Phone, post, mail
Info and maps
Money
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Restaurants and
nightlife
Best of Anguilla
Holidays and festivals
Water sports
excursions
Exploring Anguilla
East of the Valey
The Valley
West of the Valley
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