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Gardens
Flower Forest
Offers a combination of a Botanical Garden and a Nature trail; with a dramatic landscape of tropical plants, orchids, and flowers, breathtaking views of palm groves, rugged hills and the wild East Coast.
Orchid World & Andromeda Botanic Gardens
Orchid World is set amongst the sugar cane fields of the parish of St. George, and it is a fantastic stop. Admire thousands of orchids in bloom as you wind your way along the paths. The vivid colours are truly unbelievable and photos never do this garden justice.
Andromeda Botanic Gardens is nestled on a cliff overlooking the east coast, on six acres of carefully landscaped grounds with lavishly coloured palms, orchids, exotics and shrubs. They represent what is perhaps the best collection of indigenous and exotic tropical flowers and plants to be found anywhere in the Caribbean.
Historical Sites
Cherry Tree Hill
Approximately 850 feet above sea level, this area offers an excellent view of the “Scotland District”. The area is named after a Patron Saint of Scotland and completely covers the parish of St. Andrew. It is believed that the name “Cherry Tree Hill” originated from the large number of cherry trees, which once existed there. Today the road is lined by mature mahogany trees, which were introduced to Barbados after the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill
The largest and only complete sugar windmill surviving in the Caribbean stands on this spot. This wind-driven machinery ground the sugar cane in the 18th and 19th centuries. From the top of the hill you can enjoy magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean and the lovely Scotland District.
St. John’s Parish Church
Situated on a cliff overlooking picturesque East Coast, the church was built in 1836 to replace the church destroyed by the Hurricane of 1831. In the Church Yard, rests Ferdinando Paleologus, descendant of Emperor Constantine the Great, whose family was driven from the throne in Constantinople by the Turks. Ferdinando died here in 1678, after being a resident for over twenty (20) years.
Codrington College
Codrington College was founded under the Will of Christopher Codrington, dated 1702 and opened in 1745 as a Theological College, thus being the oldest Seminary established in the Western Hemisphere. The setting of the college can only be described as one of complete tranquility.
Sunbury Great House
Sunbury Great House is over 300 years, steeped in history, featuring mahogany antiques, old prints and is the only great house with all rooms open for viewing.
St. Nicholas Abbey
A famous Jacobean Mansion in St. Peter, St. Nicholas Abbey, Drax Hall in St. George and Bacon’s castle in Virginia, USA are the only three surviving Jacobean style houses in the Western Hemisphere. They resemble the English Jacobean manor houses of the first half of the seventeenth century.
Areas of Natural Beauty
Farley Hill National Park
Farley Hill National Park contains the ruins of a once grand plantation house and a superb collection of exotic trees.
Harrison’s Cave
Developed as a tourist attraction by the Barbados Government, Harrison’s Cave is a magnificent natural phenomenon – a series of beautiful underground coral limestone caverns, complete with stalactites, stalagmites, underground streams and waterfalls.
Bathsheba
Located on the rugged East Coast, Bathsheba affords splendid landscapes, as the coastline is strewn with detached masses of rock over which the Atlantic rollers break, forming cascades of foam.
The Animal Flower Cave
This cave is situated on the North Point of Barbados where the surf pounds against the cliffs. This is truly a photographer's paradise and whales can sometimes be spotted from the cliffs. Animal flowers, better know as sea anemones, are how the cave got its name.
Activities
Cricket
Cricket is one of the leading sports played in Barbados. The largest cricket ground in Barbados is the Kensington Oval, Pickwick Gap, St. Michael.
This ground is located approximately a 15 minute walk from the Cruise Terminal.
Surfing
The fantastic rolling surf of our East Coast makes Barbados a mecca for the surfer. The Soup Bowl at Bathsheba in St. Joseph is the location for local and international surfing events. Barbadian surfers Alan Burke and Mark Holder have distinguished themselves both at home and abroad.
Surf boards are available for rent from surf shops on the South Coast.
Diving & Snorkelling
Barbados offers a number of unique and interesting features which include a variety of tropical fish, all sizes of turtles, sting rays, mantarays, barracudas as well as beautiful coral formations. The different types of coral include brain, coponation, staghorn, forganian and sea fans.
Barbados is considered to have the best wreck diving attractions in the Caribbean. There are five (5) wrecks which divers can visit. Visibility is approximately eighty to ninety feet and water temperature seventy degrees to eighty degrees Fahrenheit.
Windsurfing and Kitesurfing
Barbados is blessed with steady trade winds, waves and crystal clear water that make it ideal for windsurfing and kitesurfing. The South coast is the place to be. The best time to wind is normally December until mid March.
Golf
Golf in Barbados has come on leaps and bounds in the first few years and is destined to get bigger and better in the future.
There are exciting times for golf in Barbados and visitors will have the option to play on courses with much different design and ambience.
Safari Tours
Step into one of the safari's rigged 4X4 Land Rovers and prepare yourself for a tour of the island like no one else can show you.
Helicopter Tours
A truly unique perspective of the island from the air-conditioned jet helicopters that give you the best views of that Barbados has to offer.
Rum Tours
A Rum Tour should not be missed if you want to learn how one of the world's most popular and oldest rum is made.
Submarine Tours
Discover the natural phenomenon of Barbados' undersea world when you board the Atlantis. See the mystery and charm of this fascinating world unfold to reveal a kaleidoscope of exotic fish and marine life.
Catamaran Cruises
The variety of cruises on offer is wide, and the call is yours - from the sleek, luxurious mega-catamarans to the smaller, more intimate mono-hulls and the wild, "party-your-face-off" fun cruises.
What else you can do in Barbados in 8 hours....
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