PODCAST 21: BARBADOS
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Things to do
According to Tripadvisor.com: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g147262-Barbados-Vacations.html
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According to : http://www.barbados.org/cruise.htm
Now that your cruise has brought you to the shores of Barbados, how should you spend your day(s) on this beautiful island? There are a number of exciting ways to pass the time in Barbados, whatever your age and whatever your interests. Here is a small sample of the many ways of enjoying your brief stay in Barbados, to experience them all … you will have to return to Barbados for a full holiday!
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Take a short stroll from the Cruise Terminal into our capital city, Bridgetown, to complete your shopping. Along the way you will pass Pelican Craft Village … stop in to pick up souvenirs and local craft.
- Johnson’s Tours offers a range of tours and activities which provide the short-stay visitor to Barbados a memorable day. Their Island Tours offer Historical, Enviromental as well as Cultural Information and Scenic views of Barbados. Sit back and relax as your chauffeur-driven car or coach takes you to these places and tour stops across the island or create your own personally customized tour!
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Allow The Indar Weir Travel Centre to take care of all your travel, business and entertainment needs while on the island! The Indar Weir Travel Centre provides professional ground handling servies and will arrange the best island tours and leisure activities for cruise visitors.
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Let Boyce’s Tours arrange an exciting shore excursion for you! Boyce’s Tours has created a wide variety of day tours for cruise line passengers, including fascinating heritage, cultural, scenic and eco tours throughout the island.
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Arrange a shore excursion with Foster and Ince Cruise Services. They offer a wide variety of tours satisfying the interests of most – scenic, historic, botanical, etc.
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Take a walk from the Cruise Ship Terminal to Weisers on the Bay Beach Bar & Restaurant, a little joint on a superb beach with fantastic food and hot tunes. Enjoy a range of watersports, or relax on a beach chair and soak up the sun.
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Let a Barbados Destination Management Company make the arrangements for you, from Shore Excursions to On-Shore Weddings, and much much more!
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Capture the heart and soul of your most precious memories with Magical Moments photographic services, Steve Cumberbatch is one of the Caribbean’s leading wedding photographers who creates relaxed and happy memories that celebrate your love…
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Explore the ocean’s depths with an unforgettable undersea expedition on Atlantis Submarines!
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Take a tour of Barbados with any of our experienced, knowledgeable and friendly tour operators to see the most beautiful places of interest that Barbados has to offer.
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Rent a car to see Barbados on your own. Be sure to visit such beautiful places as Bathsheba, St.John’s Church and the “Seven Wonders of Barbados”!
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If you’re lucky, you will be in Barbados during the world-famous Crop Over or Congaline festivals, or perhaps the Paint It Jazz festival! Check the Barbados Calendar of Events to see what’s happening in Barbados!
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You sports enthusiasts will enjoy the many sporting activities that are available in Barbados, such as Scuba Diving, Golf, Hiking, Cricket and Windsurfing!
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Perhaps one of the best ways to spend your day in Barbados, is simply relaxing on the glorious coral sand beaches for which we are so famous!
Youll be bewitched by Barbados, whether the spell be cast on your only day on the island or on the last day of your post-cruise visit. Youll also be bemused, not knowing whether you were captured by the powder puff clouds, the picture postcard beaches , seas and skies or was it the action the never-ending opportunities for sport? Shopping perhaps? The island clothing and accessories, the locally made souvenirs which could have been made from anything from paper or mahogany to glass, grass, seeds or shells? The duty-free savings in clothing, electronics, cosmetics, jewellery, perfume, crystal, china, liquor, cigarettes all the best brands are also enticing.
You will probably not be totally captivated until you take a sightseeing tour . Then you will discover the secrets of Barbados from the whispering canes, the romantic plantation homes, the military signal stations.
If you came to Barbados on a cruise ship, seeking your ideal longstay destination, you have found it. It would be difficult to find a wider range of accommodation from cosy guest houses, convenient apartments and intimate small hotels to attractive all-inclusives, prestigious resorts and sophisticated villas. The restaurants in this country are also varied in their fare if not in their high quality. The range stretches from Polynesian to Mexican to Japanese to Chinese to Indian to Italian to French to Greek and, of course, to the best, Bajan cuisine.
A days visit to Barbados only scratches the top of the surface. The country is one of incredible depth and will call you like a siren to return. We look forward to welcoming you back!
You will probably not be totally captivated until you take a sightseeing tour . Then you will discover the secrets of Barbados from the whispering canes, the romantic plantation homes, the military signal stations.
If you came to Barbados on a cruise ship, seeking your ideal longstay destination, you have found it. It would be difficult to find a wider range of accommodation from cosy guest houses, convenient apartments and intimate small hotels to attractive all-inclusives, prestigious resorts and sophisticated villas. The restaurants in this country are also varied in their fare if not in their high quality. The range stretches from Polynesian to Mexican to Japanese to Chinese to Indian to Italian to French to Greek and, of course, to the best, Bajan cuisine.
A days visit to Barbados only scratches the top of the surface. The country is one of incredible depth and will call you like a siren to return. We look forward to welcoming you back!
