{"id":143,"date":"2011-06-22T08:24:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2018-10-30T11:49:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:49:18","slug":"barbados-among-most-relaxing-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/barbados-among-most-relaxing-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados among &#8216;Most Relaxing Beaches&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>travel.usnews.com ranks <strong>Barbados <\/strong>#7 in its &#8220;<strong>Most Relaxing Beaches<\/strong>&#8221; list for\u00a0the United States and the Caribbean!<\/p>\n<p>Of course we agree that Barbados belongs on this list but would have ranked the island #1&#8230; but hey admittedly we&#8217;re a little biased \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a sample of why we consider Barbados to be a great pick for this list of Relaxing Beaches:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_148\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-148\" title=\"turtle-beach\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-beach-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle Beach, Barbados\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turtle Beach<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_150\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hastings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-150\" title=\"hastings\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hastings-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Hastings\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hastings<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_152\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/batts-rock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-152\" title=\"batts rock\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/batts-rock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Batts Rock beach\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Batts Rock<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_154\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worthing-beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-154\" title=\"worthing beach\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worthing-beach-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Worthing Beach\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worthing Beach<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_155\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/reeds-bay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-155\" title=\"reeds bay\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/reeds-bay-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Reeds Bay\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reeds Bay<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_156\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/foul-bay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-156\" title=\"Foul Bay\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/foul-bay-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foul Bay\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foul Bay<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Some prefer the tranquil waters of the west coast of Barbados, perfect for swimming and watersports like catamaran cruises, hobie cat sailing, jet skiing and kayaking.<\/p>\n<p>Others head to the south where the waves and wind are perfect for windsurfing, kitesurfing, boogie boarding and surfing, while still gentle enough for a swim.<\/p>\n<p>The east coast is perfect for surfing but don&#8217;t miss out on the tidepools that are wonderful places to relax.<\/p>\n<p>Up north it&#8217;s mainly rugged cliffs pounded by the Atlantic waves, but there are hidden treasures if one know where to look [<a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.org\/bcnorth.htm?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=Post\">hint<\/a>] \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Please add your comments about the lovely beaches in Barbados either here on the blog or on our <a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/facebook\">Facebook page<\/a>. What&#8217;s your favourite Barbados beach?<\/p>\n<p>To discover even more wonderful Barbados beaches drop by <a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.org\/beaches.htm?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=Post\">http:\/\/barbados.org\/beaches.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>travel.usnews.com ranks Barbados in its &#8220;Most Relaxing Beaches&#8221; list for the United States and the Caribbean!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[13,18,29,53,52],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}