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Barbados hotels

             Overview                    Prepare                    Highlights 

Hotels in Barbados range from the inexpensive to the super luxury hotels, with some of the world's best hotels to be found on this Caribbean Island.  Barbados hotels include apartment-style hotels, known as aparthotels, which are becoming more popular on the island.

Hotels on the south and west coasts of Barbados are most popular amongst tourists...

Hotels on the south and west coasts of Barbados are most popular amongst tourists, with plenty of hotels and resorts vying for custom from the capital city, Bridgetown, and along the coastlines.  The eastern end of the island tends to be somewhat wild; hotels here come with the sounds of the Atlantic surf as a background and some dramatic and inspiring views.  The sophisticated St James area on the west coast is rather exclusive, a hotel here will be for those who want the very best and have an accordingly expansive budget. 

Image of Palm Trees in Barbados

The sophisticated St James area on the west coast is rather exclusive, a hotel here will be for those who want the very best and have an accordingly expansive budget.  St Lawrence, king of the cluster of small towns on Barbados' southwest coast, hosts many of the island's mid range hotels, and the towns of Worthing and Hastings offer those who stay there the chance to purchase lovely local crafts and to enjoy immaculate beaches.

Cheap hotels in Barbados are best found by using our hotel price comparison tool and then booking your rooms in advance.

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Overview

Overview

A-listers and prime ministers alike flock to Barbados' natural white sands and turquoise waters. Explore a dynamic culture built on a reef of coral, colonialism, Christianity and slavery, as you grind to the Calypso beat of this cricket-obsessed nation.

Seaside

The low-lying west coast, gently washed by a Caribbean breeze, shimmers with star-studded beaches. Broad sandy south coast is the place to party, and the wind-blown Atlantic east coast is great for cliffhanging hikes, secret beach picnics and surfing in Bathsheba's Soup Bowl.
Inland

Head to backstreet Bridgetown, or north to coastal Speightstown for old streets and overhanging houses. Relive colonial days at the Sunbury Plantation House. Visit a rare Jacobean mansion at St Nicholas Abbey, and saunter through the magnificent Andromeda Botanical Gardens, fragrant Flower Forest and Orchid World.
Escape

Stare 3000km across the Atlantic towards land from Pico de Tenerife, and shower in the crashing sea spray at deserted Little Bay. Walk on the wild side through the shadowy forests in Welchman Hall Gully, Turners Wood, or Grenade Hall Forest. Admire the views across the central sugarcane fields and deep green patchwork of Scotland District.
Adventure and sports

Dive into Bajan marine life, with barracudas and sea turtles, on the west coast. Skim the waves on a jet-ski or soar skywards whilst parasailing in the south. Brave a quad bike tour through sugarcane fields. Take on Tiger Woods at the golf course and cheer on the Bajans' national obsession at the Kensington Oval cricket ground.
Eat & Drink

Fish, from Barbadian dolphin (not the aquatic mammal) to the popular national emblem flying fish, is on every menu. Wash down cou-cou (ground cornmeal) with Banks beer or hunt for local favourites pudding 'n souse (pickled pork, breadfruit and sweet-potato pudding) and macaroni pie.
Nightlife

Soak up an evening's music and theatre at Holders House, enjoy a romantic gourmet dinner in a west coast beachfront restaurant and get into St Lawrence Gap's party vibe. For fresh grilled fish, rum and reggae, the Oistins Friday Night Fish Fry is a must.
Take home

Mount Gay Rum and duty-free shopping are on offer in Bridgetown. Buy straw bags and rum cakes from Pelican Village, pottery from Earthworks or artisanal gifts at St Lawrence Gap's Chattel Village.

Prepare

Prepare

Bring a laid-back attitude. Pack a sunhat and cool fabrics for daytime wear and beach sandals for avoiding sea urchins.

Barbados Year

Commemorate Barbados' first settlement at Holetown Festival in February, enjoy opera and theatre each March during the Holders Season, the Caribbean’s leading performing arts festival and watch the grease-pole competition at April's Oistins Fish Festival. Feel uplifted at May's GospelFest and watch masqueraders dance at Crop Over in August, before getting into the patriotic spirit on Independence Day in November.
Public Holidays

New Year's Day (1 Jan), Errol Barrow Day (Jan), Good Friday (Mar/Apr), Easter Monday (Mar/Apr), National Heroes Day (Apr), Labour Day (1 May), Whit Monday (Jun), , Kadooment Day (Aug), Emancipation Day (Aug), Independence Day (Nov), Christmas Day (25 Dec), Boxing Day (26 Dec).
Weather

Sunny Barbados has average daytime temperatures of around 30°C. Warm days and cooler nights are typical of the dry season (January to June). Tropical rainstorms and hurricanes can occur between June and October, but Barbados luckily avoids most of them.
Electricity

115V AC, 50 Hz, three-pin (one round, two flat) and two-pin (flat) plugs are standard.
Dialling Code

+1 246 (national). There are no area codes within the island.
Money

Barbados Dollar (BBD) is the currency. It is permanently linked to the US Dollar, which is also freely accepted.
GMT

GMT -4.
Barbados Tourist Info

Barbados Tourism Authority Website

Highlights

Highlights

Lounge on white sands, swim with turtles in a turquoise sea, and explore the sweet, sad history of the sugar plantations.

Spot the original mobile home in the island's steeply gabled chattel houses, built on blocks so they could be easily moved. Admire the yachts and converted warehouses at Bridgetown's Careenage, taste the world's oldest rum at the Mount Gay Visitors Centre and relive colonial days at the Sunbury Plantation House.

Swim with the turtles off a catamaran, slip into a snorkel at Folkestone Marine Park or glide along the reef in the Atlantis Submarine Expedition.. Green monkeys chatter in the mahogany forests of the Barbados Wildlife Reserve. Explore the depths of Harrison's Cave and the heights of Mount Hillaby, and feast your eyes on the flowers at the Andromeda Botanical Gardens or Orchid World.
Sightseeing Tips

Bright yellow 'rasta' buses link most of Barbados. For your own wheels, hire a retro Mini Moke. From January to April each year, snoop around private plantation houses and gardens during the Barbados National Trust's Open House programme. Take beach shoes to protect you from coral rock and to avoid the poisonous apple-like machineel trees growing on the beach.

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