Beach holidays in Barbados
Your Barbados beach holiday can take in the broad swathes of sand and aqua-coloured waters of Crane Beach. With safe swimming in calm seas, Paynes Bay is the perfect place for families on beach holidays in Barbados. Or escape the crowds on the stretch of secluded beach at Mount Standfast.
Secluded beaches in Barbados
Rent snorkelling gear for your beach holidays in Barbados for a closer look at colourful tropical fish and hawksbill turtles near Mount Standfast. You might prefer to relax with a book under the shade of a casuarinas tree on the beaches lapped by clear blue water surrounding Fitts village. Or spend your Barbados beach holiday enjoying cooling dips in the small rock pools at Heywoods Beach.
Sporty beaches in Barbados
On Barbados beach holidays, join world-class surfers who compete at the Soup Bowl, a reef break off the beach at Bathsheba. You'll find more excitement on Dover Beach's broad, white sands, popular with bodysurfers and windsurfers on beach holidays. Barbados' Silver Sands attracts an adrenalin-fuelled crowd of kite surfers. Go snorkelling at gently curving Paynes Bay, fringed with palm trees.
Family beaches in Barbados
Your kids can play safely on beach holidays in Barbados, particularly on the sands of the south and east coasts. You'll also find plenty of space to build castles on the white-sand coast at Paynes Bay, while the surf is calm enough to play in at Mullins Beach.
Party beaches in Barbados
Want some action during your Barbados beach holiday? Head to St Lawrence Gap on the south coast for live steel bands and infectious reggae rhythms. Dance to lively soca or calypso music at parties in Oistins, a popular destination for Barbados beach holidays. It's the place to enjoy barbecued fish and rum punch with friendly local Bajans.
Fast Facts - Barbados
- Language
- English (official)
- Currency
- Barbados Dollar. It is permanently linked to the US Dollar, which is also freely accepted
- GMT
- GMT -4
- Electricity
- 110V AC, 50 Hz, three-pin and two-pin plugs are standard
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