The calm side
The Caribbean (not the Atlantic) side of the island. Seventy miles of coastline, much of it sheltered. Visibility down to twenty-five metres on a clear morning.
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If you choose well. One resort, on the calm side of Barbados — a few hundred yards of beach and a gentler, more graceful pace than the island's busier south.
The Caribbean (not the Atlantic) side of the island. Seventy miles of coastline, much of it sheltered. Visibility down to twenty-five metres on a clear morning.
Hobie Cats, snorkelling, paddle-boarding, windsurfing on the calmer days. The annual sea temperature sits between twenty-one and twenty-seven — comfortable in February, warm in August.
Mount Gay distillery is twenty minutes up the road — the world's oldest commercial rum, made within sight of the cane fields. A guided tasting at the Rum Shack is the more comfortable introduction.
December–April is peak — warm, dry, breezy.
May–November is the gentler shoulder, slightly warmer, with brief afternoon showers most days. Our preferred-rate window.
The Barbados Food & Rum Festival sits across the second week of November — worth planning a stay around.
Forty minutes to the west coast. Transfers through your booking; longer if your driver takes the scenic road past the parishes.
