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Kick off your shoes, put on your swimsuit and head for the sand. The south coast caters for the package holiday end of the market, with lots of mid-range, mid-quality hotels packed in along the western end in districts with the charming English names of Hastings, Worthing and Dover. The advantag .... Click Here for More

East of the airport

The southeast coast is less built up than the southwest and boasts some of the island’s finest beaches, especially Bottom Bay, though the Crane is a magnet for lovers of Sunday brunch and steel bands. Away from the beach, Sunbury Plantation House gives a real insight into t .... Click Here for More

West of the airport

There is little to distinguish the places west of the airport nowadays as the coast is entirely built up from Hastings to Oistins, but St Lawrence Gap is the place to go for nightlife and Maxwell is the base for the Barbados Windsurfing Club. St Lawrence Gap, kn .... Click Here for More

Bridgetown and around

The capital, Bridgetown, on the southwest corner of the island is small but busy and full of life. Once called Indian Bridge, after the basic bridge across the Careenage, it was later called the Town of St Michael, after the parish in which it lies. It is set ar .... Click Here for More

Downtown Bridgetown

Aside from the historic area at Garrison, this is the most interesting part of Bridgetown, with National Heroes Square as the city’s hub and the Careenage a reminder of its nautical past.There are no really large buildings except Tom Adams Financial Centre, .... Click Here for More

Garrison Savannah

South of central Bridgetown is the historic Garrison area on the strategic southeast point guarding the entrance to Carlisle Bay and the capital. Surrounding the parade ground, now the six-furlong race course, are numerous 17th- to 19th-century military building .... Click Here for More

Around Bridgetown
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Bridgetown to Holetown

The road north of Bridgetown on Highway 1 is wall-to-wall low-rise, intimate hotels and villas, punctuated by some excellent places to eat. Highway 2A runs parallel inland and goes through the sugar cane heartland, giving access to tourist sights on this side of the island.

Holetown today is a thoroughly modern town but it was the place where the earliest settlers landed on 17 February 1627. The Holetown monument commemorates Captain John Powell claiming the island for England and the first landing of Englishmen from the Olive Blossom in July 1605. .... Click Here for More

Speightstown and around

Speightstown, in the parish of St Peter, is the second largest town on the island, the major shopping destination and has the bus terminus for the north. In reality however, it’s barely more than a village. It is a lively place during opening hours, but dead as a doornail the rest of the ti .... Click Here for More

North Point to Pico Teneriffe

The sea here can be rough and wild, the waves apparently unaware that Barbados is in their way, blocking their path across the Atlantic Ocean. Round the tip on the eastern side there are some lovely shingle coves to explore. Some are picnic spots but many are deserted.

A short way inland from the wild Atlantic coast, but also within easy reach of the west coast, are several stunning gardens and natural attractions such as ancient forests and caves.

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