Bridgetown is the wealth of Barbados, the eastern most island of the Caribbean. Bridgetown is the only city on Barbados and well over half the island’s residents live there. Bridgetown is the seaport of call for many cruise ships and is known for its levy-liberated shopping as much as for its more cultural and historical attractions.
Get in
Bridgetown is the hub for the island’s shoddy and convenient buses. Buses from the south enter at the Bus Terminal near the city focus and buses from the north and heart appear at the bus fatal near Cheapside Market to the north of city base. Note the southern buses come beyond the computer, but you have to go into the terminal (charm just around the surround near the passage) to grab passing buses.
Get around
Most of the Bridgetown sites are in painless walking expanse of city center. City buses run too many of the outlaying sights, such as the Savanna Green. For sights off the main roads, such as the Malibu Rum Factory, a taxi or personal car is your best choice. See the Getting Around division of Barbados for more about transportation options.
See
Barbados Museum, St. Ann’s Garrison, St. Michael (On the western edging of the gallop course), ? + 1 (246) 427 0201 (musepr@barbmuse.org.bb, fax: + 1 (246) 436 1956). Mon-Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 2pm-6pm. Housing in the former British Military Prison, the Barbados Museum is an excellent place to go to seize up on the story of the island although you’ll have the place to manually. The exhibits launch from the time the coral island first appeared; briefly encompass the record of the indigenous people of Barbados; the arrival of Europeans and African slaves and the citizens of the island during the c
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olonial time; the emancipation of slaves; independence from the British; and more latest history. There is an interactive children’s fragment that the juvenile ones will enjoy. The small concession serves cold drinks. B$11.5/B$5.75 Adults/Children. St. Mary’s Church, Bridgetown, Barbados. The flow Georgian structure was constructed in 1827 but there has been a minster here since 1630. Careenage. Once a haven for ships, the Careenage now houses restaurants, bars, and boutiques set in what used to be warehouses and, and food for send supplies. Well protected from the open sea, stride along the Careenage with interlude buildings on one plane and fishing and pleasure boats on the other, obstruct off for a rum at the Waterfront Cafe, and (with a bit of imagination!) you can almost measure 150 being back in time!
Parliament, Broad Street, Barbados (Near Trafalgar Square). The neo-Gothic parliament buildings are open to the community when parliament is in sitting.
Do
* Watch some cricket Kensington Oval is like the Lord’s of the West Indies. If you’re fluky enough, try to problem a one day international or a trial contest at the oval and you’ll get a perceive for the fun and excitement that goes with West Indies cricket.
* A day at the races Barbados has an active mount racing calendar centered on the Barbados Derby Day and the Barbados Gold Cup Day. Rub shoulders with the cream of Barbados society as well as with the grave punters at the contest course in Garrison.
Buy
* Several vendors trade tourist kitsch (sea shells, beads) on the Careenage at the Southern end of the Constitution Bridge (next to the Independence Arch).
* There are abundant supplies (counting Cave Shepherd, the Macy’s of Barbados) on Broad Street…Especially for bracelets. Most of these specialize in payment released shopping for citizens of the UK, Canada, U.S. and others.
* Swan Street, a pedestrian only mall, has food selling cheap clothes.
* The Number One Music Shop at the trap of Fairchild Street and Bay Street near the Careenage has a wonderful medley of Soca, Reggae, Calypso and other Caribbean harmony counting local Bajan bands. Also a good place to pick up tickets for concerts.
See also discussion of same area for Barbados.
Eat
* Lord Nelson’s Pub
* Bean and Bagel
* Waterfront Cafe, The Careenage, Bridgetown, ? +1(246) 427-0093. Set on the cool border of The Careenage, Waterfront Cafe is an excellent place to example Bajan fare washed down with a rum strike or Banks on tap. Live tune every night. B$15-B$50.
Drink
* Harbour Lights, Bridgetown. All day. The place to go in Barbados. B$40 gets you in and you won’t have to pay for a swallow all night. The bar / stick extends right onto the shoreline and a great place to join other travellers and live tune is on every night. You won’t want to go anywhere else, once you’ve been. B$40.
Sleep
There is little, if any, accommodation in Bridgetown itself. Most visitors dwell either in on of the small towns on the South coast or at one of the resorts near Speightstown and Holetown on the west coast
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