Tips & Tricks
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).
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 […]
Royal Westmoreland Golf Course (Ronald Mapp Hwy. Km 1.1 East, St. James Parish) – designed by renowned golf architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., this Par 72, 7,045-yard course makes skillful use of natural features and has an abundance of bunkers carved out of the astonishingly lush green turf. Voted the best golf development in the […]
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 […]
Surfing – Barbados’ location in the eastern Caribbean, makes is attractive for surfers. Its eastern coast (in particular) catches the waves arriving from the heart of the Atlantic Ocean. Whether a swell approaches the island from a northerly or westerly direction or whether it’s moving in from the East or the South, Barbados is guaranteed […]
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.