Weather
During the dry season from December-June, although even the 'wet' season sees an average of eight hours of sunshine per day.
Time difference
GMT -4
Currency
Barbados dollar (Bd$) = 100 cents.
Get foreign currency onlineQuote request
Send us your details and we'll prepare a tailor-made travel itinerary to your specific requirements.
E-Newsletter
Barbados holidays
Gigantically tall thin palms, bending with their own lankiness, had been drawn, so it seemed, by a very vulgar and extraordinarily accurate and laborious artist - drawn in Indian ink, on the pale orange expanses of the West.
Aldous Huxley, Beyond the Mexique
Barbados tailor-made holidays
Barbados holiday experts at WEXAS will tailor-make all aspects of your itinerary to create a Barbados holiday, personal to you.
Barbados is probably the most developed of all Caribbean islands. While it has amazing white sand beaches fringed with palm fronds these aren’t what set Barbados apart from the rest, as most other islands here are similarly blessed. Instead it is the broad choice available of things to do and places to stay that mark it out from the crowd.
On the eastern, Atlantic-facing, side of the island, beaches and coves are naturally more windswept, while the south and west coasts are sheltered. Its not surprising then, that these latter areas are more built up and home to the majority of luxury hotels and retreats. You’ll need to get away from here to find the real Barbados and Bajan culture though. Head inland to explore the limestone hills and verdant foliage and westward for windsurfing, hiking and diving. You’ll also need to make time to visit old plantation homes and botanical gardens, and to discover true calypso rhythms and real Bajan rums.
Barbados tailor-made holiday highlights
BridgetownBusy commercial hub and capital, a mish-mash of modern and colonial buildings. The city has an English feel, with a miniature of London's Trafalgar Square - complete with a statue of Lord Nelson. It's small and easily walkable. Sights include the Government House, the Barbados Museum, St Michael's Cathedral and a distinctive Old Synagogue. Temple Yard has a Rastafarian street market.
Holetown
Founded in the 1620s, this is the oldest town in Barbados and several buildings from this early period remain. A narrow beach off Folkestone Park is a pleasant spot for picnics, swimming and surfing.
St Lawrence
One of a cluster of low-key towns on the southwest coast of the island, noted for powdery white sand, interesting local crafts and places to eat and drink.
Barbados Wildlife Reserve
A walk-through zoo featuring an array of green monkeys, red-footed turtles, caimans, brocket deer, iguanas and agoutis. Animals roam freely through the lush mahogany forest.
Watersports
The island's splendid coral reefs offer excellent scuba diving and snorkelling. Sea-horses, frogfish and hawksbill turtles can be spotted. Carlisle Bay, near Bridgetown, has 200 wrecks to explore. Windsurfing and surfing are also popular activities.
Sunbury plantation house
Offers an insight into the sugar trade, which was vital to the island during colonial times.
Barbados holiday experts
You'll find our Barbados holiday experts have travelled extensively in Barbados, lived in Barbados or they may even have been born in Barbados. As Barbados specialists, they know which are the best flights, hotels and tours to recommend for the perfect Barbados holiday. While listening to your needs, our Barbados specialist will add insight and personal recommendations that you won't find in any Barbados brochure. Why not meet some of our holiday experts or send them an email asking them more about Barbados?
Barbados tailor-made holidays
When you contact us, we'll take care to listen to what you want from your Barbados holiday. We specialise in tailor-made Barbados holidays and we have a real passion for putting together personal itineraries for our clients. None of our Barbados holidays are ever the same. We have our own agents in Barbados and we'll negotiate with all the hotels and tour providers to ensure you get the best quality and value to be found in Barbados.
Researching Barbados tour operators
As an independent travel company, we will not only prepare your own tailor-made Barbados travel itinerary but we'll also contact other leading Barbados tour operators. If they offer a better itinerary or better value, then we'll be more than happy to recommend you book your Barbados holiday with them.
