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Barbados Travel Notes
When to go: During the dry season from December to June.
GMT: -4 hours
Language: English
Currency: Barbados Dollars. US Dollars are widely accepted, as are major credit and debit cards.
Tourist/Visa/health information: British Passport holders do not require a visa to enter Barbados for tourist stays up to 1 month only. Your passport should be valid for at least 6 months. Hepatitis A, Polio and Typhoid immunisation and malaria tablets are recommended for protection against disease. Yellow fever immunisation is required if arriving from an infected country or area.
Please contact the Barbados Tourist Authority on 020 7636 9448 for up to date country information.
Flight information: Airlines to Barbados include Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, BMI and First Choice Airways. Services on Virgin Atlantic and British Airways are daily from London Gatwick. All 3 airlines offer direct non-stop Manchester service with up to 5 flights per week. All our featured carriers offer a Premium Economy or World Traveller Plus cabin so why not upgrade and start your holiday in style ask your travel consultant for details.
GMT: -4 hours
Language: English
Currency: Barbados Dollars. US Dollars are widely accepted, as are major credit and debit cards.
Tourist/Visa/health information: British Passport holders do not require a visa to enter Barbados for tourist stays up to 1 month only. Your passport should be valid for at least 6 months. Hepatitis A, Polio and Typhoid immunisation and malaria tablets are recommended for protection against disease. Yellow fever immunisation is required if arriving from an infected country or area.
Please contact the Barbados Tourist Authority on 020 7636 9448 for up to date country information.
Flight information: Airlines to Barbados include Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, BMI and First Choice Airways. Services on Virgin Atlantic and British Airways are daily from London Gatwick. All 3 airlines offer direct non-stop Manchester service with up to 5 flights per week. All our featured carriers offer a Premium Economy or World Traveller Plus cabin so why not upgrade and start your holiday in style ask your travel consultant for details.
Barbados Hotels
Despite being just 21 miles long and 14 miles wide, this teardrop coral island is well known for its hundreds of soft white sand beaches, a must on any paradise holiday. Barbados is one of the most majestic islands in the southern Caribbean, and the majority of resorts are found on the protected western side between Speightstown and Bridgetown.For the best evening flavour on your Barbados holiday head to St Lawrence, or 'The Gap', where the sound of reggae beats will fill your ears long into the night. Only a stone's throw from 'the Gap', you'll find hotels well placed for exploring the island's bars and restaurants. There's plenty of action off the beach and away from the bars too; keen divers flock to the Soup Bowl's bay at stunning Bathsheba on the East Coast.
Golfers are spoilt for choice with the championship Royal Westmoreland and Barbados Golf Course as well as the three courses at Sandy Lane. For those wanting to see the real Barbados on holiday, hit the road to take in all the quaint seaside towns, sugarcane plantations, gardens, and English country churches. Head towards the Atlantic Coast and take in some of the most visited attractions on the island; Andromeda Botanical Garden, Farley Hill National Park, Barbados Wildlife Reserve, and Harrison's Cave.
For those wanting a true Bajan buy to take back home, Mount Gay Rum distilled on the island since the early 1700s is reputedly the oldest in the world and is sure to remind you of lazy sunsets, sipping cocktails.
