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Tourists pour into Barbados from all over the world, drawn by
the delightful climate, the big blue sea and brilliant white sandy
beaches. Many of them rarely stray far from their hotels and
guesthouses, but those who make an effort find a proud island
scattered with an impressive range of historic sites and, away from
the mostly gently rolling landscape, dramatic scenery in hidden
caves, cliffs and gullies.
For
more than three centuries Barbados was a British colony and
retains something of a British feel: the place names, the cricket,
horse-racing and polo, Anglican parish churches, and even a hilly
district known as Scotland. But the Britishness is often
exaggerated, for this is a distinctly West Indian country ,
covered by a patchwork of sugarcane fields and dotted with rum
shops, where calypso is the music of choice and flying fish the
favored food.
The
people of Barbados, known as Bajans, take great pride in
their tiny island of 430 square kilometers and 250,000 people, which
has produced writers like George Lamming, calypsonians like the
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Mighty Gabby and cricket players including the great Sir Gary
Sobers, who have for decades had an influence way out of proportion
to the size of their home country.
Tourism
plays a major part in the country's economy and revenues have been
put to good use. The infrastructure and public transport are
first-rate and there is no sign of the poverty that continues to
bedevil some Caribbean islands. Development has mostly been pretty
discreet, many of the facilities are Bajan-owned, there are no
private beaches and no sign of American fast-food franchises.
South Coast
Getting there and around
Eating and nightlife
South East
South Coast
Christ Church
Explore Christ Church
Hasting and Rockley
Oistins
Silver Sands and Long Beach
St. Lawrence Gap and Dover
Worthing
St. Philip:
St.
Philip
Foul Bay & Crane Beach
West Coast
West
HoleTown
-HoleTown
restaurants
Mullins Bay - N
Prospect
, Payness Bay- N
Sandy Lane
Speightstown
Nightlife
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Caribbean guide
Barbados Travel Guide
Barbados
Where to go
When to go
Getting there
Money and costs
Getting around
Food and drink
Phones, post
Brief history
Best of Barbados
Information, maps
Festivals, holidays
Sports, outdoor activities
Tours
Explore Barbados
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Bridgetown
Eating, nightlife
Listings
Central Bridgetown
National Heroes Square
Old City
Central
Barbados
Explore Central Barbados
Flower Forest
Francia
Gun Hill
Harrison's Cave
Welchman Hall
Gully
East Coast
Explore East Coast
Andromeda Botanical Gardens
Bathsheba
Codrington College
St. John's Parish
Garrison
Hackletons Cliff & Scotland
Barbados Museum and
Gallery of Art
Savannah, Garrison area
Barbados
Wildlife Reserve
Cherry Tree
Hill
Farley Hill Nat'l Park
Grenade Hall
Morgan
Lewis Sugar Mill
St Nicholas
Abbey
Bridgetown
North
Mount Gay Rum Factory
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