Tips & Tricks
Mount Gay Rum Round Barbados Race (Pebbles Beach, Aquatic Gap, St. Michael Parish) – this yachting event, held every January and conducted from the Barbados Cruising Club, dates back to the 19th century and is based upon bragging rights for the fastest “Trading Schooner”. This was a prize worth its weight in gold to captains […]
Mount Gay Distillery and Visitor Center (Spring Garden Highway, Bridgetown, St. Michael Parish) – drinkers all over are in some way familiar with Mount Gay brand rum. Here is the facility where it’s made. On site, there are regular 45-minute tours (from 9 am to 3:45 pm, from Monday to Friday). Along with witnessing the […]
Rockley Golf and Country Club (Rockley, Christ Church) – this is the oldest golf club in the island, with a nine-hole (par 70, 5610 yd.) golf course. Rockley Golf Course goes through a residential development on Barbados’ southern coast. With long Par 3’s and strategically placed trees on Fairways and around Greens the course makes […]
Mullins Beach (Hwy. 1, Mullins Bay, St. Peter Parish) – located just south of Speightstown, this nice beach is considered safe for swimming and snorkeling. One major nearby amenity is Mullins Restaurant (which, along with providing meals, also rents out beach chairs and umbrellas).
Silver Sands-Silver Rock Beach (off Hwy. 7, Christ Church) – located between South Point (the southernmost tip of Barbados) and Inch Marlow Point, this is another attractive stretch of white sand. Because of the strong winds here, it attracts wind surfers and kite boarders. Silver Point Hotel is within this beach’s vicinity.
Windsurfing – along with surfing, Barbados is also a popular place for windsurfing as well as kiteboarding). The chances of wind are high and the waves are perfect for jumping and waveriding in sideshore winds. The best time to spend your windsurfing (or kiteboarding) vacation in Barbados is the period of time when the cooling […]