DESTINATION BARBADOS

Shopping districts are popular in Barbados, with ample duty-free shopping. There is also a festive night-life in mainly tourist areas such as the Saint Lawrence Gap. Other attractions include wildlife reserves, jewelry stores, scuba diving, helicopter rides, golf, festivals, sightseeing, cave exploration, exotic drinks and fine clothes shopping.

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DISCOVER BARBADOS: Andromeda Botanical Gardens, Barbados Wildlife Reserve, Bridgetown, Christ Church, Garrison Savannah Racetrack, Grantley Adams International Airport, Harrison's Cave, Kensington Oval, Morgan Lewis Windmill, Mount Gay Rum,

ANDROMEDA BOTANICAL GARDENS Andromeda Gardens is a 6-acre botanical garden and attractive tourist attraction in the village of Bathsheba, Saint Joseph in Barbados. It is a beautiful scenic park with strikingly attractive flowering plants and tropical trees and along with Flower Forest it is one of the most alluring parks on the island. Named from the Greek mythological figure of Andromeda ...

BARBADOS WILDLIFE RESERVE The Barbados Wildlife Reserve is located in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados. It occupies four acres of mahogany forest near the top of Farley Hill, next to Grenade Hall Signal Station and Forest. It was established by Canadian primatologist Jean Baulu and his wife, Suzanne. They first founded the Barbados Primate Research Centre on the site in 1982 ...

DISCOVER BRIDGETOWN Although the island was totally abandoned or uninhabited when the British landed there, one of the few traces of indigenous pre-existence on the island was a primitive bridge constructed over the Careenage area's swamp at the centre of Bridgetown. It was suspected that this bridge was created by a people indigenous to the Caribbean known as the Arawak ...

DISCOVER CHRIST CHURCH The parish contains the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport as well as the last remaining mangrove swamp in the country, the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Another notable area of Christ Church is Saint Lawrence Gap, which is the most lively tourist area on the island. Many of the taverns and clubs in St. Lawrence are frequented by locals and tourists alike ...

GARRISON SAVANNAH RACETRACK The Garrison Savannah in the country of Barbados, is a horse racing venue located within the Garrison Historic Area, just outside of the capital-city Bridgetown. A clockwise grass course, the Garrison Savannah is known internationally for the annual Barbados Gold Cup for Thoroughbreds which takes place on the six furlong track around the perimeter of the green ...

GRANTLEY ADAMS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Grantley Adams International Airport is found in Seawell, Christ Church on the island of Barbados. The former name of the airport was Seawell Airport before being dedicated in honour of the first Premier of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams in 1976. GAIA is the only designated port of entry for persons arriving and departing by air in Barbados ...

HARRISON'S CAVE Harrison's Cave is a tourist attraction in the country of Barbados, first mentioned in 1795. Tourists can access the subterranean environment on a tramway. The caves were opened as a tourist attraction in 1981. The caves allow visitors to see some of the most beautiful natural geological features of Barbados. It is now Barbados' Number One attraction ...

KENSINGTON OVAL The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. 'The Oval' is one of the major sporting facilities on the island and is primarily used for cricket. Locally referred to as 'The Mecca' of cricket, it has hosted many important and exciting cricket games between local, regional, and international teams during its 120+ year history ...

MORGAN LEWIS WINDMILL Morgan Lewis Windmill, St. Andrew, Barbados is the last sugar windmill to operate in Barbados. The mill stopped operating in 1947. In 1962 the mill was given to the Barbados National Trust by its owner Egbert L. Bannister for preservation as a museum. The site was listed in the 1996 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund ...

MOUNT GAY RUM Mount Gay Rum is produced by Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd. of Barbados, the easternmost island of the West Indies. The oldest surviving deed for the company is from 1703, making Mount Gay Rum the oldest existing brand of rum in the world. Mount Gay Rum is sold in 66 countries across the world, its primary export market being the US ...

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