The Bermuda Triangle is an area of about 500,000 square miles in the North Atlantic Ocean, where many ships and planes have mysteriously disappeared during the years. The mystery began long ago, when Cristopher Columbus had his first expedition to the new continent. In his book he even wrote about the crash of a meteor in the sea. William Shakespeare was involved in the mystery, too. Some people believe that one of his play, “The Tempest”, was inspired by a ship wreck in the Bermuda area. But this situation wasn’t really famous until the 20th century, when uncountable ships and planes, especially from the U.S. army, vanished without a trace.

As the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle gained popularity, many came up with hundreds of theories on things like aliens, sea monsters, the lost city of Atlantis and time warps. On the other hand, some scientists also suggested reasonable explanations for the disappearances, such as magnetic anomalies or eruptions of methane from the seabed. However, the authorities have never found any extraordinary elements in the various accidents. They believe that there isn’t any common factor related to them, because every disappearance took place in different circumstances, so there’s nothing to worry about.

Besides the fact that the mystery isn’t quite real, each year the Bermuda Triangle attracts millions of tourists from all over the word. This is probably the consequence of its temperate climate, its limpid waters and the beautiful shades of pink of its sand. It was Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Louise, who opened the tourism season in the area by staying in Hamilton, the capital of the archipelago, during the winter of 1883. That was enough to ensure the islands an exclusive and elegant tourism.