BARBADOS IS…

• Tweet

• Tweet

a reflec­tion of its people.

nat­ur­ally charm­ing and soph­ist­ic­ated, alive with pos­sib­il­it­ies, as bound­less as the tur­quoise sea, end­less as the sandy shore…

rich in his­tory dat­ing back to the ori­ginal inhab­it­ants of the island through col­on­iz­a­tion by the British and emer­gence as an inde­pend­ent nation in 1966.

friendly, warm and rhythmic; burst­ing with cul­ture, sports and music. Here world renowned artists rub elbows with local tal­ents;  Sporting events are world-class.  Unique Barbados fest­ivals are year round – from jazz to gos­pel, car­ni­val to opera, fish fest­ival to his­tor­ical cel­eb­ra­tions!

Facts…

CAPITAL: Bridgetown

POPULATION: Approximately 254,000

CLIMATE: Eight to nine hours of sun­shine most days. Temperature between 75F and 90F year round.

GEOGRAPHY: A 21 mile x 14 mile Caribbean island. West and South Coast have calm Caribbean sea and end­less beaches. Rugged cliffs and Atlantic Ocean on East Coast.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English with a broad dia­lect.

CURRENCY: Barbados Dollar – US $1 = BDS $2 approx.

DRIVING: A tem­por­ary 2 month Barbados license costs BDS$10.00 and is  obtain­able from car rental agen­cies and the Licensing Authority.  Full license must be shown.  Drive on the left.

TIME: GMT-4 hrs. There is no day­light sav­ing time in Barbados

SPORTS: Snorkeling, diving, fish­ing, sail­ing, water­ski­ing, ten­nis, squash. Three 18-hole and three nine-hole golf courses.

ELECTRICITY: Electricity in Barbados is 110 volts/50 cycles