Barbados Holidays

Barbados Holidays

Why not have a vacation or holiday in the exotic nation of Barbados ? It can be a super place to have a vacation. in You may want to see famous historic sites, the tourist attractions the beaches. You may want to see the culture, some of the sport or the cities and town and villages of the area. You want want to visit some cities you know of. You may want to rent, sell, hire, loan buy, invest in accommodation such as a villa, a condo, a cottage, a flat, an apartment a hotel room in the nation.

Barbados is the easternmost island of the Lesser Antilles, situated 480 kilometers north of Guyana, 160 kilometers east of St. Vincent, and 965 kilometers southeast of Puerto Rico. This isolated pear-shaped island extends for 34 kilometers along a north-south axis and has a maximum breadth of 23 kilometers, giving it a total land area of 430 square kilometers.

Barbados is fringed with coral reefs. The island itself is characterized by lowlands or gently sloping, terraced plains, separated by rolling hills that generally parallel the coasts. Elevations in the interior range from 180 to 240 meters above sea level. Mount Hillaby is the highest point at 340 meters above sea level. Farther south, at Christ Church Ridge, elevations range from sixty to ninety meters.

Eighty-five percent of the island's surface consists of coralline limestone twenty-four to thirty meters thick; Scotland District contains outcroppings of oceanic formations at the surface, however. Sugarcane is planted on almost 80 percent of the island's limestone surface. The soils vary in fertility; erosion is a problem, with crop loss resulting from landslides, washouts, and falling rocks. Most of the small streams are in Scotland District. The rest of the island has few surface streams; nevertheless, rainwater saturates the soil to produce underground channels such as the famous Coles Cave.

Attractions, landmarks and points of interest

Tourism accounts for almost one half of the economy. Name / Parish Location:

- Christ Church

Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, St. Lawrence Gap

- St. Andrew

Chalky Mount potteries, Cherry Tree Hill, Morgan Lewis Windmill

- St. George

Francia Great House, Gun Hill Signal Station, Orchid World

- St. James

Folkestone Marine Park

- St. John

Codrington College, St. John Parish Church

- St. Joseph

Andromeda Gardens, Flower Forest, Hackleton's Cliff

- St. Lucy

Animal Flower Cave, Little Bay

- St. Michael

Barbados Historical Museum, Bridgetown Synagogue and Cemetery, Bussa Emancipation Statue, Garrison Savannah, Kensington Oval

Mount Gay Rum Distilleries

- St. Peter

Barbados Wildlife Reserve, Farley Hill National Park

- St. Philip

Sunbury Plantation

- St. Thomas

Clifton Hill Moravian Church, Harrison's Cave, Sharon Moravian Church, Welchman Hall Gully

List of: Cities, towns and villages in Barbados.

Bridgetown, Holetown, Oistins, Speightstown

The influence of the British on Barbados is more noticeable than on other islands in the West Indies. A good example of this is the island's national sport: cricket. Barbados has brought forth several great cricket players, including Garfield Sobers and Frank Worrell. As in other Caribbean countries of British descent, cricket is a favourite sport.

List of cities, towns and villages in Barbados on each island.

Christ Church

Atlantic Shores, Bannatyne, Blue Waters, Boarded Hall, Briggs, Callendar, Cane Vale, Chancery Lane, Charnocks, Clapham, Hastings, Maxwell, Maxwell Hill, Newton Terrace, Oistins, Rockley, Scarborough, Seawell, Saint Lawrence, Welches, Woman's Bay, Worthing, Wotton, Yorkshire

Saint Andrew

Barclays Park, Baxters, Belleplaine, Breedy's, Bruce Vale, Chalky Mount, Cherry Tree Hill, Greenland, Hillaby Turner's Hall Woods -- Reserve, White Hill

Saint George

Bairds, Belair, Brighton, Bulkeley, Bulkely Factory, Campaign Castle, Church View, Drax Hall, Ellerton, Gun Hill

Saint James

Apes Hill, Appleby, Carlton, Holetown, Mount Standfast, Lower Carlton, Thorpe, Upper Carlton

Saint John

Ashbury, Bath, Bowmanston, Carter, Cherry Grove, Kendal

Saint Joseph

Airy Hill, Bathsheba, Bissex, Blackmans, Bonwell, Branchbury, Buckden House, Canefield, Castle Grant, Cattlewash, Chimborazo, Hackleton's Cliff

Saint Lucy

Alexandra, Allmans, Animal Flower Cave, Archers, Babbs, Bishops, Blacksage Alley, Benthams, Bourbon, Brome Field, Cave Hill, Chance Hall, Checker Hall, Church Hill, Cove Bay, Crab Hill, Little Bay, Nesfield, River Bay, Spring Hall

Saint Michael

Bank Hall, Bayville, Belfield, Belle, Bibbys Lane, Black Rock, Bridgetown (110,000) -- Capital, Brighton, Brittons Hill, Bush Hall, Canewood, Carrington, Cave Hill, Clermont, Codrington, Dayrells, Deacons, Deacons Farm, Eagle Hall, Eden Lodge, Fairfield, Friendship, Friendship Terrace, Grazettes, Green Hill, Haggatt Hall, Harmony Hall, Henrys, Highgate, Hothersal Turning, Howells, Ivy, Jackmans, Kew, Lazarette, Lodge Hill, Lower Estate, Mapp Hill, Neils, Prospect, Rock Dundo, Rouen, Spring Garden, Station Hill, St Barnabas, Two Mile Hill, Upton, Wanstead, Warrens, Waterford, Whitehall, Wildey

Saint Peter

Alleynedale, Ashton Hall, Bakers, Battleys, Black Bess, Boscobelle, Castle, Diamond Corner, Farley Hill, French Village, Gibbes, Haymans, Indian Ground, Mile and a Quarter, Mullins Terrace, Portland, Road View, Rose Hill, Six Mens, The Whim, Speightstown (3,600)

Saint Philip

Bayfield, Bayleys, Bel Air, Bentleys, Blades, Blades Hill, Brereton, Bushy Park, Carrington, Church Village, Four Roads, Marchfield, Saint Martins, Six Cross Roads, Ragged Point, Sunbury, The Crane, Three Houses, Woodbourne, Workhall

Saint Thomas

Allen View, Applewhaites, Arch Hall, Arthurs Seat, Bagatelle, Bennetts, Bloomsbury, Blowers, Bridgefield, Carrington, Chapman, Christie, Welchman Hall

Barbados lies within the tropics. Its generally pleasant maritime climate is influenced by northeast trade winds, which moderate the tropical temperature.

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