It was only later that day that I realized that the two shuttle drivers were, in fact, Larry and Tom Lamb, co-owners of the resort. They were too modest to mention this — or maybe it never occurred to them. They were just going about their business as gracious hosts. It revealed a lot about the Pompano Beach Club, which is not a typical resort, operated by a distant corporate entity. Instead, it is a family business with homespun charm.

Located in Southampton, on the west coast of Bermuda, Pompano Beach Club is ideally situated adjacent to Port Royal Golf Course and among the closest resorts to the Royal Navy Dockyards and the wonderful National Museum of Bermuda. Perched on a cliff, it is also a destination itself, famous for its sunsets, its sandy beach nestled below its restaurants and lounge, and for the shallow, crystalline water stretching out from the shore.

The beachfront is spectacular. Even on an island celebrated for legendary beaches and pink sand – like Horseshoe Bay Beach, Warwick Long Bay or Tobacco Bay Beach – it is special. At low tide, you can walk out for 100 metres with the water only reaching your waist.

Founded as a fishing club in the 1950s, the resort unsurprisingly boasts some of Bermuda’s best shoreline fishing. We stood on a sandbar, and on the resort’s floating swim platform, and saw the namesake pompano swimming close by in the shallow water.

Needless to say, as with many of the best restaurants in Bermuda, seafood is on the menu of the resort’s Ocean Grill, and a more casual Cedar Room.