The Atlantic sea wall running along the northern edge of the city is Georgetown's promenade. It is below sea level here — the wall keeps the ocean out — which gives the sea views an unusual quality: you stand on the city side looking up at the ocean beyond the barrier. In the evenings, food stalls set up along the wall, families walk and cycle, and the light off the water is spectacular. This is the best place in Georgetown to watch daily life go by.
Sea Wall
Below-sea-level promenade with ocean views and food stalls
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Georgetown sits about half a metre below the high-tide line. The original seawall and the network of canals draining the city behind it were built by the Dutch in the eighteenth century — without them, much of the capital would be inundated twice a day by the Atlantic tide.