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Balfour Town Review
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Balfour Town
Fodor's Review:
What little development there is on Salt Cay is found here. It's home to several small hotels and a few cozy stores, as well as the main dock and the Green Flash Gazebo, where locals hang out with tourists to watch the sunset and sink a beer.
The grand stone White House, which once belonged to a wealthy salt merchant, is testimony to the heyday of Salt Cay's eponymous industry. Still privately owned by the descendants of the original family, it's sometimes opened up for tours. It's worth asking your guesthouse or hotel owner -- or any local passerby -- if Salt Cay Islander "Uncle Lionel" is on-island, as he may give you a personal tour to see the still-intact, original furnishings, books, and medicine cabinet that date back to the early 1800s. Victoria St.
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