With its pastel-sand beaches, water sports galore, and 220 sunny days a year, Bermuda lives up to its reputation as the perfect vacation spot.

In the April issue of Traveler, Gisela Williams visits the island paradise in "48 Hours: Bermuda," where she spent summers as a teenager. Residents cherish local traditions in the first and oldest offshore British colony—from pink houses to yacht clubs to Bermuda shorts—while enjoying the present with epicurean cuisine, chic shops, and picture-postcard weather.