Update: Barbados’ Bridgetown and Garrison added to World Heritage List! Take an interactive tour | View the photo gallery In our last post, we revealed that 2 Barbados sites have been nominated for inclusion on the World Heritage List. We then explored the first site, the capital city of Bridgetown. The second site nominated is the Garrison […]
Update: Barbados’ Bridgetown and Garrison added to World Heritage List! Take an interactive tour of the area | View the photo gallery of historic building Two sites in Barbados have been nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List overseen by the United Nations. These sites are the capital city of Bridgetown and the historic Garrison Area. Bridgetown […]
The Barbados Horticultural Society has once again done Barbados proud by winning a Gold award at the Chelsea Flower Show! Barbados has attended the Chelsea Flower Show for over 20 years and in that time gained 14 (now 15!) Gold awards along with several SilverGilt awards. Congratulations to the Barbados team! The Barbados Horticulture Society is […]
Our congrats to Barbados’ own superstar Rihanna for copping the prestigious Top Female Artist of The Year and Radio Artist of The Year awards at last night’s Billboard Awards. Rihanna opened the show with a steamy performance of ‘S&M’ featuring a surprise appearance by Britney Spears! In her acceptance ‘speech’, Rihanna gave a shout out to […]
A recent New York Times travel article asked surfing insiders and designers where they like to surf… no surprise that Barbados was mentioned! Soraya Silchenstedt and Candice Pool, who run Finn Jewellery in New York City, picked Barbados as their favourite surf spot with special mention of Freights Bay in the south and High Rock in […]
We’re often asked ‘Can I swim with dolphins in Barbados’? While the answer to that question is ‘no’, Barbados does offer a unique experience of swimming with marine life… swimming with the sea turtles! This has become a popular activity in recent years and most of the local catamaran cruises offer a tour that includes […]
I had the opportunity yesterday to visit the Folkestone Marine Park and Museum! I think every Barbadian schoolchild has visited Folkestone on a school trip and has recalls being mesmerized by the seawater aquariums, awed by the huge whale bones and amazed at the antique bottles retrieved from shipwrecks around Barbados. Of course the children’s playpark, tennis […]
Ask many visitors to Barbados what brings them back year after year and the answer may surprise you. Very often it isn’t the warm weather, spectacular beaches or wonderful restaurants. It’s the people. For those of us lucky enough to live in Barbados this answer isn’t too surprising. Every day we are surrounded by genuinely […]
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