The island's showpiece has almost 4 mi (6 km) of soft, golden sand on the calm Caribbean, lined with a magnificent grove of palm trees. The Four Seasons Resort is here, as is the beach pavilion of the Golden Rock Plantation Inn, and casual beach bars such as Sunshine's, Chevy's (the eponymous owner and his bubbly wife are fonts of local info, some of it unprintable), and the Double Deuce. Regrettably, the waters can be murky and filled with kelp if the weather has been inclement anywhere within a hundred miles, depending on the currents. You can't miss Pinney's: Main Road hugs it, starting just north of Charleston (just take any of the short dirt turnoffs with signage for bars).
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