Beaches and golf courses: In Speightstown you have the long Heywoods beach, part of it just over the road from the apartment; or the beach near the Almond Hotel just to the north, or the famous Mullins Beach and many others further to the south. We loved the beach south of the Lone Star Hotel (excellent but expensive dining) with access from the Adventist church.
All beaches are open to the public and access is a right for everybody. Properties which front onto a beach own the land to the high-water mark only. So you can stroll along the beach even in front of very expensive hotels.
Famous golf courses are in easy driving distance (Royal Westmoreland, Sandy Lane), but there are many other ones.
Visits: See North Point (Flower Cave) and the Scotland District with Bathsheba on the East Coast, offering breathtaking views of the sea. Drive southwards to the Barbadian heritage Codrington College. Harrison's Cave in the center of the island is an amazing gallery of stalactites and stalagmites. See Orchid World, or Wildlife Preserve, or ......
Visit also the 300-year-old Sunbury Plantation House, the only great house on Barbados where all the rooms are open for viewing. This house features mahogany antiques, old prints and a unique collection of horse-drawn carriages.
Highly interesting is a visit of the Mount Gay rum distillery in Bridgetown, where you learn how rum is made from sugar cane. Visit also the Sugar Museum, just off Highway 2A, an exhibition of how sugar was produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Portvale Sugar Factory nearby seems to be only slightly younger.
VISIT BARBADOS DURING THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST, THE PEAK OF THE CROP OVER FESTIVAL.
Eating, drinking, and related enjoyments: The 'Wave Rider' restaurant (just before the Divers shop) a few minutes from the apartment, and a few steps further 'La Bouche' and 'Fishermans Pub' offer excellent and fairly priced food or a pleasant drink.
Higher priced restaurants with a very pleasant atmosphere are Mangos on the Sea (Speightstown center), the Fish Pot, on the sea, 2 km north of the apartment and the Lone Star Restaurant in direction of Holetown. Very good is also the restaurant/bar Zaccios in Holetown. BA says, its the third best beach bar in the whole world ....
In Bathsheba: Edgewater Inn, Round House, the new Atlantis Hotel.
See the capital Bridgetown and sip a cocktail or dine at the Waterfront Cafe (yacht harbour near old bridge).
Each Friday and Saturday night hundreds of locals and visitors go to Oistins for the Fish-Fry, an opportunity to enjoy the best local food - fried and grilled fish, fish cakes, sweet potato, and much more. Be early to find a parking pl
