Visitors Guide
Come to Barbados
Are you visiting Barbados and want a complete overview of the island’s happenings?
You’ve come to the right place – the Totally Barbados Visitors Guide.
You will find links to the best beaches, restaurants, accommodations, and activities on this page.
Totally Barbados offers everything you would need to know when visiting the island.
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Having won multiple World Travel Awards, you can be sure that we have, whether you’re looking for accommodation options, hotels, apartments or spas, events, things to do, restaurants, maps, or other valuable tips and tricks about the island. All the information is right here.
Keep up to date with all island’s latest events by viewing our jam-packed Barbados events calendar. Get Discounts and Special offers when you book specific accommodations, activities, and restaurants through our website; you’ll receive all kinds of special offers and discounts. Just click Book Now from any featured listing.
Barbados Events Calendar
Our Barbados events calendar guide helps you find out everything that’s hip and happening in Barbados. You can get view our events calendar.
- Agenda view showing you the daily activities in Barbados
- Posterboard view with flyers and images of all scheduled events.
- Mobile users often use stream view to assist with download speeds.
- The calendar view allows you to see our events like a wall calendar.
- Select the date to choose months and times in the past, present, and future to plan the events you wish to see in the future.
Moreover, you can get a discount on some of the events listed if you book through the Totally Barbados website.
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Did you know?
According to The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2017 Report by “The World Economic Forum,” Barbados was named the highest-ranking destination in the Caribbean and the world’s 58th most innovative nation.
Barbados Accommodation
Whether you’re looking for a luxury hotel resort like The Crane hotel overlooking one of the ten best beaches in the world or a self-catering apartment like Plum Tree Club on the south coast, Barbados has many different types of accommodation to suit every tourist’s needs.
For the perfect place to stay in Barbados, visit:
Restaurants, Dining, and Places to Eat
Bajans can boast about the high standard of restaurants and places to eat on the island. There are so many beautiful places to eat – some well-known, some more ‘off the beaten track.’
There’s something for everyone, from stunning beachfront dining to lively nightclubs. The best part is some restaurants offer exclusive discounts if you book through Totally Barbados.
Want to know more? Find all varieties of restaurants and places to eat in our Restaurant Guide:
You’ll never be short of options for all tastes and budgets in Barbados.
Things to do in Barbados
Barbados has many beautiful things to see and do for both locals and visitors. However, no matter how long you’ve lived on the island, there are undoubtedly places you may not have seen or fully explored yet.
It’s an excellent reason for you to act like a tourist for the day and revisit, or even go for the first time, to some of the fantastic locations and attractions Barbados has to offer.
For instance, why not check out the natural beauty of the stalagmites and stalactites of Harrisons Cave?
Whatever you’re looking to do, from art classes to yoga, road trips to catamaran sailing, you’re sure to be amazed as you re-explore the island of Barbados.
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Barbados Nightlife Guide
As a local, you probably know many of the island’s nightspots, but it can’t hurt to refresh your memory!
As you will know, Barbados is brimming with a wide range of nightlife, from spectacular dinner and dance shows featuring fire-eaters and stilt walkers to pumping music nights showcasing live reggae, soca, and house DJs. So if you like a good party, check out our Barbados Nightlife Guide and have a read through the links below:
Barbados Beaches
Barbados is blessed with miles of pristine beaches, ready for you to discover or rediscover, as the case may be. As locals, we sometimes don’t get to the beach as much as we’d like, but we can all agree that there’s nothing better than sinking your toes into the soft, white sand or floating in the clear, blue sea.
Barbados beaches cater to everyone, from the surfer’s favorites along the east coast to the picturesque, calmer waters of the west coast.
To reacquaint yourself with the best beaches, see our Barbados beaches guide. Not only will you get directions to the best beaches, but our guide also tells you the available amenities, swimming conditions, and where you can find beach access points to ensure you arrive in the know.
Sports
Bajans are renowned sports lovers, and Barbados is teeming with all sporting activities. I am blessed with international standard golf courses and polo pitches, not to mention world-famous surfing spots, rally racing events, and of course, cricket matches!
If you love sports, check out our Totally Barbados Sports Guide. You’ll get all you need to know about World Cup Golf, World Cup Cricket, car racing, fishing, horse racing, polo, scuba diving, water skiing, water sports, wind and kite surfing, and so much more.
Barbados Sports Guide
Getting around Barbados
It goes without saying that during your stay in Barbados, you’ll no doubt want to explore this little island paradise.
Getting around Barbados is easy. There are many options- hiring a car, taking the bus, and even riding a bicycle.
We’ve made your holiday route planning a little bit easier for you by providing information about the main places of interest and details about all of the island’s parishes. We even have maps to help you find your way around.
Places of interest
» 1st and 2nd Street Holetown
» Bridgetown
» Holetown
» Oistins
» Speightstown
» St Lawrence Gap
Barbados Parishes
To give you a better insight into how Barbados is laid out, check out our page on the 11 parishes of Barbados.
— On the south of the island, you will find the parishes of Christ Church and St Michael.
— On the west coast, there’s St James and St Peter.
— Up north is St Lucy, and you’ll find St Andrew, St Joseph, St John, and St Philip on the east coast.
— Last but not least are the two central parishes of St Thomas and St George, the only two parishes in Barbados that are not surrounded by water.
Parish Guide of Barbados
Moving to Barbados
Once you’ve decided to move to the island, let Totally Barbados be your one-stop shop to learn about your beautiful new island home.
You might find these links helpful:
Barbados Rocks!!!
We don’t need to tell you twice that Barbados is a beautiful country with so much to offer locals and visitors alike.
We encourage all visitors to Barbados to discover our island and help us spread the word to the world about the beauty of the island.
Hopefully, our pages motivate you to discover more about Barbados and why it is that Barbados’ rocks’.
Tip: Don’t just take our word for it – check out a video from one of our website visitors – ‘Barbados Rocks!’ – and fall in love with this island paradise. – ‘Barbados Rocks!’.
