Capital City - Bridgetown
Currency - Bajan Dollar
Main Languages - English
Population - approx. 280,000
Public Holidays - Independence Day (30 November)
Main Airports - Bridgetown
Why go on holiday to Barbados?
Have you ever visited the “Little England” of the
Caribbean? If you are still wondering, we are actually talking about Barbados . The name bears its significance from the people’s habit of selectively borrowing the custom. The characteristic synthesis of pristine beaches, vibrant flora, crystal-clear water, music, delicious food, and the strong tinge of culture and history in almost every palate of life makes it a perfect tourist destination.
What is there to see?
Whenever you are traveling to Barbados, it becomes necessary for you to catch the glimpse of both the east and west coasts separately. Both are unique in their own styles, one having rugged and rocky shorelines from the pounding of the Atlantic Ocean and the other being attractive and elegant with all ingredients of urbanity, white sands, and coral reefs and of course, the Caribbean Sea. If you are traveling to Barbados, the seawater and the colourful coral reefs are sure to catch your attention. Towards the north, nature offers you amazingly beautiful, rolling hills. Visiting the rum distilleries, plantation houses, sugar-cane factories, lush tropical gardens, and underwater caves is an absolute must. The coral reef in Barbados
, gives you an opportunity to enjoy the vast array of marine life that the island has to offer.
What is there to do?
Activities like snorkeling and scuba diving are popular among tourists and holidaymakers.
Carlisle
Bay,
Folkstone
Marine
Park, and
Crane
Beach are good venues for beginners. There are dive instructors everywhere to help you out with your first dives. Along with this, other watersports include jet skiing, wind surfing, parasailing and water-skiing, especially in the south of the island. The Soup Bowl - one of the most challenging places in the world, hosts major international surfing competitions.
Rockley
Beach and South Point are also famous for surfing. The typical floorshows of limbo dancers combined with clubs and bars offering non-stop Reggae music, are sure to steal your senses. Barbados is also a culinary delight. Bajan cuisine that is a mixture of various seafoods, vegetables, and tropical fruits, normally accompanied by either fresh fruit juices and/or rum cocktails.
