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A
short ride east of Bridgetown, HASTINGS first developed in
the eighteenth century as a by-product of Britain's military
development of the nearby Garrison area; soldiers from St Ann's Fort
were quartered here.
More than a century later, its proximity to the capital led to
Hastings being developed as Barbados's first tourist resort, and a
handful of grand old hotels still stand on the seafront to mark
those glory days. Sadly, the once attractive beach has been heavily
eroded, and the whole place now wears a somewhat forlorn expression.
A
couple of miles further along Highway 7, ROCKLEY 's main
attraction is its magnificent beach,
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known locally as Accra Beach
- a great white swathe of sand, popular with tourists and local
families, that can get pretty crowded at peak season and weekends.
The people-watching is top-notch as hair-braiders, T-shirt and craft
vendors and the odd hustler mingle with windsurfers and
sun-worshippers, creating one of the liveliest beach scenes on the
island.
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Caribbean guide
Barbados Travel Guide
Barbados
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Brief history
Best of Barbados
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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
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
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