The heart of Bequia, along the shores of the harbour in Admiralty Bay, is its capital Port Elizabeth - the main location for shops of all types, mostly clustered along "Front Street".

Here in "de Harbour" you will find grocery stores and delicatessens, fishing supplies, hardware, marine chandleries, model boat builders, pharmacy, travel agent, banks, vegetable market, t-shirt market, bars, restaurants, boutiques, and gift shops, as well as Post Office, Customs & Immigration, Police Station and Hospital.

The main dock in the centre of the town bustles with activity when the ferries arrive and unload their passengers and daily supplies. Everything, from building supplies to groceries, arrives by boat.

The town gets sleepy in the hot afternoon sunshine, and a few stores close at lunchtime. More chandleries, sail lofts, canvas makers, model boat builders and marine and fishing supplies are located in Ocar Reform, just north of the town centre towards the small village of Hamilton, and are served by their own convenient dinghy dock.