Barbados Sightseeing

Barbadian gardens
Rare fruit and spice trees are on display in Welchman Hall Gully’s magnificent botanic garden (www.welchmanhallgullybarbados.com) and an exotic array of blooms in Andromeda Gardens (http://andromeda.cavehill.uwi.edu). Another highlight is the Flower Forest (www.barbados.org/flowfrst.htm), a 20-hectare (50-acre) leafy garden rich in native plants.

Bridgetown
Barbados’s capital, Bridgetown is the best place to see the island’s colonial history and English character. There’s a miniature of London’s Trafalgar Square (now known as National Heroes Square), which boasts a statue of Lord Nelson - without the pigeons.

Viewpoints
Lofty Mount Hillaby, the island’s highest point at 343m (1,125ft), offers incredible panoramas across the east, west and northern coasts. Dramatic vistas also abound from St John’s Parish Church over miles of jagged coastline and moss-covered family vaults dotted with tropical flora.

Caves
The sea anemone-covered Animal Flower Cave is a cavern of coral rock and flowers. Harrison’s Cave is another jaw-dropping spectacle: a mysterious subterranean world and geological phenomenon abundant in stalactites, stalagmites, deep emerald pools and waterfall cascades.

Colonial architecture
The Jacobean St Nicholas Abbey is graced with ornate Persian arches and well-kept gardens. Although now in ruins, Farley Hill is still covered in hibiscus and poinsettias and is one of the island’s most storied plantation houses.

Chalky Mount Potteries
Barbados’s famous Chalky Mount potters are renowned for their high-quality inexpensive art. You can watch the local potters at work at the wheel fashioning centuries-old designs – a respected 300-year-old tradition.

Tyrol Cot
Tyrol Cot, the grand former home of Sir Grantley Adams, the first premier of Barbados, is a stunning example of local architectural styles. Constructed in 1854, this architectural gem characterizes an interesting mixture of Palladian and tropical vernacular – beautifully restored by the Barbados National Trust.

Morgan Lewis Mill
The aged and charming Morgan Lewis Mill is one of only two of the Caribbean’s intact sugar mills, and a noteworthy example of a Dutch windmill from the days of the sugar cane planters.

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