Barbados, even though it is only a small island that is really a one-million-year-old huge coral reef, is sometimes called “the real Fantasy Island”. Boasting of having 340 days of sunshine during the year, it is a popular holiday destination with spectacular beaches, many water sports such as snorkeling and kayaking and swimming with turtles, much marine life, and interesting attractions.
Beautifully landscaped tropical gardens abound. The Lazaretto Garden just outside Bridgetown has a rock face with a cascading waterfall. The Ayshford Ratite Gardens has many tropical plants, exotic birds, pheasants, ostriches, and gardens which are illuminated every night. Fine restaurants there feature international executive chefs. Orchid World has 20,000 orchids in five orchid houses. The Flower Forest in the Scotland District of Barbados has brilliant flowers amid jungle greenery and is open 7 days a week. The Andromeda Botanical Garden in the parish of St. Joseph has six acres of exotic flowers and trees. In that same area the Turners Hall Woods is 50 acres of tropical forest.
Bathsheba on the east coast is a small fishing village that is a favorite spot for photographers because of the island’s most spectacular beaches and rocky terrain. It also has “the Soup Bowl,” which is a favorite with surfers because of its foaming surf and powerful waves. It is also where an annual surfing contest is held.
Barbados also has one of the best wave windsurfing places in the world at its Silver Sands, where windsurfers ride and jump the waves that range from 7 to 16 feet.
Another popular sport is wreck diving at Carlisle Bay, which has numerous wrecks, and Folkestone Marine Park where an artificial reef was formed in 1976 by the sinking of a Greek freighter.
You can take an undersea expedition in an Atlantis Submarine, go on a Shipwreck Adventure, take a private cruise, or go on a safari island tour. You can rent a car and take a private look at this stunning island with its natural caves and historic buildings.
Barbados is featured as a main port of call for many cruise ships which dock at Deep Water Harbour near Bridgetown. There you will find many duty free shops.
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