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Barbados Travel Guide – Advice and expert travel tips, from Bridgetown highlights to beaches, resorts and hotels, culture, wildlife, hiking and local food and drink. Also covering Crop Over Festival, Garrison Historic Area, St Lawrence Gap, St Nicholas Abbey, Bathsheba, Bottom Bay and Flower Forest Botanical Gardens.
Nigeria Travel Guide – Travel tips and holiday advice featuring Lagos accommodation and restaurants, UNESCO World Heritage sites, primate sanctuaries and wildlife. This guide also covers suggested itineraries, local culture, Yankari National Park, ancient Islamic cities like Kano, the Oshogbo, Sacred Forest of Yorubaland, Calabar, Wiki Warm Spring.
About this book Wildly beautiful, this ancient land is one of the finest destinations for wildlife viewing in southern Africa, and its opportunities for adventure are almost limitless. Footprint’s Namibia Handbook will guide you from the red sands of the Kalahari to the sunken hulks resting on the striking Skeleton Coast, via the fascinating museums…
About this book From the snow-capped beauty of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, to the vast plains of the Serengeti, the north of Tanzania offers enormous diversity. Whether you’re spotting the Big Five on safari, trekking spectacular peaks or exploring the incredible Ngorongoro Crater, Footprint’s Kilimanjaro & Northern Tanzania Handbook covers all the top attractions…
About this book Zanzibar’s coastline offers some of the best beaches in the world, with its dazzling white sands and colourful marine life, whilst atmospheric Stone Town is filled with intriguing alleyways and old Arabian townhouses. Whether you’re sampling fresh seafood at the Forodhani Market, scuba diving off the pristine coast of Pemba or challenging…
About this book Trinidad carnival to relaxing in one of Tobago’s glorious bays, they make a fascinating travel destination. Footprint’s Handbook provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating and entertainment to ensure that your trip includes the best of these diverse islands. * Essentials section with useful advice on getting to and around Trinidad and…
About this book Lush, tropical landscapes define this area of the Caribbean. From the low-key and traditional Dominica to the spectacular mountains of St Lucia, there is much to explore. This Footprint Handbook provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating and entertainment to ensure that your trip includes the best of these accessible and rewarding…
Portuguese explorer Pedro a Campos ‘discovered’ Barbados in 1536, and it was he who named the island Los Barbados, which means ‘the bearded ones’.
Stede Bonnet (1688-1718) was an unlikely Barbadian pirate because he was a wealthy landowner of a 400-acre estate southeast of Bridgetown. For some unexplained reason, and despite his lack of sailing experience, he abandoned his wife, children, land and fortune, and turned to piracy in 1717. It was rumoured he had marital problems, or he…
Whether you’re looking for a spot to surf, a place to see turtles, or complete and utter isolation, there’s a beach in Barbados for you.
Home to impressive colonial architecture, fantastic museums and a lively shopping scene, Bridgetown is a window to a different side of Barbados.
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The highlight of travelling in Nigeria is meeting these culturally rich people; practically any person in any corner of Nigeria will offer a moment of their time to say ‘Welcome’. Lizzie Williams, author of Nigeria: the Bradt Guide Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is often dominated by impressions of Lagos, a chaotic and traffic-heavy city.…
Natural attractions abound on Saint Lucia with miles of rainforest trails to follow. Lizzie Williams author of Saint Lucia and Dominica: The Bradt Guide Saint Lucia: white sandy beaches, dense emerald rainforest and world-class resorts. But the island, measuring just 14 miles wide by 27 miles long, is much more than the sum of Caribbean…
Many holidaymakers to the Caribbean only venture out of their all-inclusive resorts on the occasional organized excursion, but, thanks to excellent public transport, good roads and short distances, Barbados is very easy to explore independently. Lizzie Williams, author of Barbados: The Bradt Guide Tourism and Barbados go together like rum and coke or flying fish…