{"id":621,"date":"2012-05-29T15:25:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T19:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=621"},"modified":"2013-01-22T22:12:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T02:12:23","slug":"barbados-beach-of-the-week-reeds-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/barbados-beach-of-the-week-reeds-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados Beach of the Week: Reed&#8217;s Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re on the west coast of Barbados again this week, this time to explore the beautiful <strong>Reed&#8217;s Bay<\/strong> beach &#8211; \u00a0one of the most idyllic beaches on Barbados&#8217; west coast.<\/p>\n<p>This crescent-shaped beach is located between the towns of Holetown and Speightstown and is directly on the bus route for easy access. If you&#8217;re driving, there is parking available at the St. Alban&#8217;s Anglican Church which sits at the southern end of Reed&#8217;s Bay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_622\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-622\" class=\"size-full wp-image-622\" title=\"reeds-bay-barbados\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/reeds-bay-barbados.jpg\" alt=\"Reed's Bay, Barbados\" width=\"478\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/reeds-bay-barbados.jpg 478w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/reeds-bay-barbados-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reed&#39;s Bay, Barbados<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This beach is one of the quietest on the west coast of the island, offering a more relaxing experience than the more popular beaches such as Mullins and Paynes Bay\/Sandy Lane. If you&#8217;re looking for watersports, lounge chairs, restaurants and bars then Reed&#8217;s Bay is not for you. If instead you&#8217;re seeking a tranquil getaway where the calm Caribbean waters lap onto golden shores, this is the spot.\u00a0Catamarans and jetskis do pass by but don&#8217;t disturb the serenity of this place.<\/p>\n<p>The waters at Reed&#8217;s Bay are perfect for swimming and simply soaking. \u00a0The shore is lined with mature trees that provide ample shade.\u00a0Be sure to bring along towels, beach chairs and some liquid refreshment!<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy spending some time at Reed&#8217;s Bay on your next Barbados vacation.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Barbados west coast beaches\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barbados.org\/bcwest.htm?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=BeachOfTheWeek\">Explore many more Barbados beaches on the west coast&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"iframe-wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"478\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=214421978703433574737.0004c131e5972dace58ed&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;ll=13.220825,-59.641723&amp;spn=0.002428,0.000848&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><small>View <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=214421978703433574737.0004c131e5972dace58ed&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;ll=13.220825,-59.641723&amp;spn=0.002428,0.000848&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">Reed&#8217;s Bay, Barbados<\/a> in a larger map<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re on the west coast of Barbados again this week, this time to explore the beautiful Reed&#8217;s Bay beach &#8211; \u00a0one of the most idyllic beaches on Barbados&#8217; west coast. This crescent-shaped beach is located between the towns of Holetown and Speightstown and is directly on the bus route for easy access. If you&#8217;re driving, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,51],"tags":[13,18,165,108],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621"}],"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=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}