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Our Sightseeing category provides a feast for the eyes. Why? Because most all of our selections are famous places that you can view and take pictures of to show everyone back home. Landmarks, sculptures, historic homes, historic districts, cemeteries, water fountains, and statues are just a hint of the sights we've selected.
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Wildey
The traditional Bajan beer is Banks, a hugely popular brew by any standard. A tour of this small brewery will show you just how it's made. The "Brewseum" has a lot of fun and interesting memorabilia and provides all sorts of insight into the history of the brewery. At the end of the tour, guests get to sample the finished products (both alcoholic...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Hwy 7, Garrison Savannah
Located in the former British military prison, the museum opened its doors in 1933. Exhibits detail the island's development from prehistoric to modern times. You will see artifacts dating to 400BC from the Arawak culture. Also on display are slave journals, West Indian maps, cane-harvesting tools, and decorative and fine art. The museum also...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Hwy 5 and ABC Hwy, St. Barnabas Roundabout, Haggatt Hall
This inspirational statue depicts Bussa, the man who, in the early 19th century, led the first rebellion of Bajan slaves. Looking out over the cane fields outside of Bridgetown, this memorial is a sobering reminder of the island's history.
Foursquare Rum Distillery & Heritage Park
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Foursquare Plantation
This distillery is the island's first since the 1800s. Located on 8 acres of the former Foursquare Plantation, a centuries-old molasses and sugar plantation. Some of the buildings on the site were built in the 17th century. The distillery produces the well regarded Foursquare Spiced Rum. Also on the property is a café serving refreshments, a small...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Hwy 6, Highgate
Take advantage of your far-south latitude and visit this observatory – the only one in the East Caribbean. Harry Bayley, who also founded the Barbados Astronomical Society, built it in 1963. Your Friday night visit will begin with a half-hour educational video. Then you will ascend to the rooftop observation post where the 14-inch reflector...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Hwy 2, Farley Hill
This is the best-preserved mill in the entire Caribbean. Dutch-style mills of this type began replacing less efficient cattle-powered mills around 1798. The Morgan Lewis mill was able to extract up to 65% of sugar found in the cane. Photos and sugar-manufacturing antiques, such as yokes and ladles, are on display. Be sure to climb to the top of...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Spring Garden Hwy, Brandons
Admission to this working distillery includes an informative 40-minute tour and a free taste of the rum they produce. Tours with a buffet lunch and steel band entertainment are also available.
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Near Cherry Tree Hill
This spectacular home was never actually an abbey – a previous owner just liked the sound of the name! Built in 1650, this is the island's oldest great house and is thought to be one of only three Jacobean-style houses still standing in the Western Hemisphere. The first floor, decorated with period furnishings, is fully restored and open to the...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
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A fire in 1995 destroyed all of Sunbury Plantation except the thick stone outer walls. However, the 300-year old home has been fully restored to its previous splendor and is the only great house in Barbados with all rooms open for viewing. This museum provides a glimpse of life on an 18th- or 19th-century Bajan sugar plantation. Period furnishings...
Category: Sightseeing - Barbados Attractions & Activities
Address: Codrington Hill, St Michael
This historic house belonged to Sir Grantley Adams, leader of the Bajan independence movement, and was the birthplace of his son Tom, the second Prime Minister of Barbados. The Palladian-style house was built in 1854 of native coral stone. You may tour the home and view the Adams' beautiful antiques and other artifacts. The adjacent four-acre...
