Charming Cayman Castle

LOCATION:  Pedro Castle Road, Savannah, Savannah KY1-1501, Cayman Islands (a 20 minute drive from Georgetown)

Telephone #:  1 345-947-3329

GENERAL INFORMATION:  The property is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except Christmas and Good Friday).  There is a Visitor Center, restrooms, theater exhibits, a gift shop, and cafe

The multi-sensory room is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a presentation beginning every hour. 

There is an admission fee (currently $10 US) and free to children under the age of 12 (accompanied by a parent). 

HISTORIC INFORMATION:  Pedro's Castle is the oldest existing building in the Cayman Islands.  William Eden had this house built in 1780 using slave labor from Jamaica.  At a time when most people lived in small thatched-roof houses this building must have seemed like a castle to them.  Over the years, many families lived here but it also served as the jail and courthouse and a restaurant. Eventually, the building fell into a state of disrepair.  In 1996, a $6 million restoration project brought the building back to its 18^th century style.  The Pedro St. James National Historic Site opened in 1998. 

Our tour arrives at the “castle”.  We enter through the gift shop and spend a few minutes browsing before proceeding into the courtyard.  At this point, we are greeted by a guide who takes us into the theater and begins telling us the history behind the Castle including a tragic death of a young girl …