Flower Forest Botanical Gardens

Just 300 m beyond Cocoa Hills Forest at the end of Richmond Road, and at 270 m above sea level, is this 21-ha (53-acre)…

Barbados beyond the beaches: welcome to Bridgetown

Home to impressive colonial architecture, fantastic museums and a lively shopping scene, Bridgetown is a window to a different side of Barbados.

Turtles, turquoise waters and total relaxation: the best beaches in Barbados

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.

Oistins Fish Fry

Oistins, the main town in the Barbados parish of Christ Church, is 8 km west of Grantley Adams International Airport. It was named after…

St Nicholas Abbey

St Nicholas Abbey is on a 162-ha (400-acre) estate comprising 91 ha (225 acres) of sugar cane fields as well as lush tropical gullies,…

Bottom Bay

Beginning just south of Ragged Point, the string of beaches on the southeast coast starts at Bottom Bay, 7 km east of Six Cross…

Bathsheba

Bathsheba is in the parish of St Joseph, about halfway up the east coast, and 19 km northeast of Bridgetown via Highway 3. It…

Welchman Hall Gully

Welchman Hall Tropical Forest Reserve, more commonly referred to as the Welchman Hall Gully, is in St Thomas, one of the hilliest parishes in…

The Garrison Historic Area

South of central Bridgetown is the Garrison area on the strategic southeast point of the island guarding the entrance to Carlisle Bay and the…

Travel and visas in Barbados

Visas Visitors must have a passport valid for 6 months after the date of entry and adequate unused pages for stamps. Even though you…

Food and drink in Barbados

Just as Barbadian culture is a blend of British and African traditions, so the cuisine of Barbados is a mix of British and West…

Beards and Bims – the naming of Barbados

Portuguese explorer Pedro a Campos ‘discovered’ Barbados in 1536, and it was he who named the island Los Barbados, which means ‘the bearded ones’.

Life is sweet: Barbados’ Crop Over festival

The origins of the festival can be traced back to the 1780s when Barbados was one of the world’s largest producers of sugar.

When to visit Barbados

Climate With an average of eight to nine hours of daily sunshine and consistently warm sea temperatures, any time of year is holiday time…

Barbados

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…