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Bridgetown is the
main shopping area, bursting with local produce, crafts and handmade items. Several souvenir shops sell paintings,
prints and cards by Bajan artists. You can also shop duty-free at Cave Shepherd, the island’s largest department store.
Best buys include locally-produced Barbados rum, handcrafted pottery, batik, watches and jewellery – in particular gold,
emeralds and diamonds. If you don’t want to travel so far, Holetown has
all of this on a smaller scale.
Speightstown is a real antidote to the millionaire opulence of some parts of the west
coast. A charming, often sleepy Bajan town with slightly shabby Georgian houses bedecked with beautiful wooden balconies harking
back to its day as a thriving sugar port. The Barbados National Trust organises a ‘Round de Town’ stroll but if
that’s too energetic you could join the locals in a rum shop and listen to the cricket on the radio. Pick up some fresh
flying fish to grill along with a bottle of the island’s famous hot pepper sauce before you go home.
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Activities include everything
from kayaking, fishing and horse riding to playing a round of golf or game of tennis. Those preferring to watch can take in
a cricket match, horse race at the Garrison Savannah; polo at Holders Hill or a surfing competition in the famous Bathsheba
‘Soup Bowl.’ Or cool down in the underground Harrison’s caves, a limestone formation of stalactites and
stalagmites with waterfalls and emerald pools; the Wildlife reserve, or the marine
tours. Diving is very popular along the pretty reef, alongside fishing trips,
sailing, windsurfing and kiteboarding. Or visit the underwater world of sea life
and ship wrecks in one of the mini submarines.
After sundown the variety
continues. Nightlife is varied and caters for every taste. The south coast is where you’ll find the bustling nightlife,
spicy local food and fun Bajan cocktails. Music is a mixture of reggae, calypso, steel pan and rock, and live entertainment
includes dancing and dinner shows. On the tranquil west coast you are more likely to find romantic open air dining, wine
bars and live jazz with after dinner drinks; for Opera lovers there is the Holders Season. Or relax in the comfort of your
own villa
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