Fodor's Expert Review Water Island

This island, the fourth largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, sits about a ¼ mile (½ km) out in Charlotte Amalie harbor. A ferry between Crown Bay Marina and the island ($15 round-trip) operates several times daily, Monday through Saturday from 7 am to 6 pm and Sunday and holidays from 8 am to 6 pm. From the ferry dock, rent a golf cart for $55 a day and drive or hike the less than half a mile distance to Honeymoon Beach (though you have to go up a big hill), where Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett filmed a scene of the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Get lunch from a food truck or Dinghy's Beach Bar & Grill on the far south side of the beach.