Barbados: Favourite Areas and Hotels?
Jan 23, 2003, 9:05 am
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Barbados: Favourite Areas and Hotels?
Planning a quick weekend getaway and was looking for advice on favourite areas and hotels in Barbados. Travel is this month.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Jan 23, 2003, 4:53 pm
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Jan 23, 2003, 6:21 pm
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I like the Rockley Beach area to stay in-it has a nice beach & is close to St.Lawrence Gap with the nightlife,& it's convenient to town.The Accra beach hotel is located here & is real nice.If you like nightlife,make sure to go to the "Boatyard"(nearer to town)-it's the best!Enjoy!
Jan 23, 2003, 11:12 pm
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We stayed three times at the Royal Pavilion and just love it. We were there last summer, the rooms open right onto the calm and beautiful beach, great snorkelling and swimming and the food is good. Be sure and go to Victors and have the rum punch, the place looks kind of crazy but the food is wonderful and the rum punch is killer. They add nutmeg and it is so tropical! Great ribs. We stayed once at Sandy Lane, which is awesome, but it got so expensive after the remodel it was out of reach. The Cliff restaurant is wonderful and elegant. Have a great time!
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Jan 24, 2003, 11:24 am
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Although I didn't stay overnight, we visited and had lunch at the COLONY CLUB hotel in Barbados in June. It was wonderful. Great setting, great beach, snorkeling to the left... It wasn't very big, but looked very upscale. We all six agreed we'd love to stay there.
You can check out a hotel link -
http://www.islandinns.com/07b.html
Or, if you want to see some of the photos I took on Barbados and at the hotel, I have a lot from a 10 day cruise at -
http://imageevent.com/aladyncal/millennium053102
The Barbados photos are from 112-130, the Colony Club are 126 + 127 (I took more video of the interior).
There are photos there also from St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, and the Celebrity Millennium ship.
You can check out a hotel link -
http://www.islandinns.com/07b.html
Or, if you want to see some of the photos I took on Barbados and at the hotel, I have a lot from a 10 day cruise at -
http://imageevent.com/aladyncal/millennium053102
The Barbados photos are from 112-130, the Colony Club are 126 + 127 (I took more video of the interior).
There are photos there also from St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, and the Celebrity Millennium ship.
Oct 5, 2004, 3:22 pm
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I've just 'inherited' a client based in Barbados and believe it or not, I'm going to have to go down and visit them (poor me 
). This will be on my company's dime, and while the Sandy Lane looks fantastic---I do not want to incur the wrath of Expense Control, so any other suggestions. I'll probably be heading down early-mid next year, golf in NOT important, but I would like something close to the beach (as I'll try to tack on an extra day or two). Also since my clients are in 'Warrrens, St. Michael (?) I'd prefer to be closer to that area.
PS-budgetwise I'm looking in the US$300-450 range (seems to be the 'allowable hotel expense for the island).
). This will be on my company's dime, and while the Sandy Lane looks fantastic---I do not want to incur the wrath of Expense Control, so any other suggestions. I'll probably be heading down early-mid next year, golf in NOT important, but I would like something close to the beach (as I'll try to tack on an extra day or two). Also since my clients are in 'Warrrens, St. Michael (?) I'd prefer to be closer to that area.PS-budgetwise I'm looking in the US$300-450 range (seems to be the 'allowable hotel expense for the island).
Oct 9, 2004, 8:25 am
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Nice place to stay on South Coast : Amaryllis Beach Resort at Hastings, Christ Church very near to the Garrison Historic Area.
A must-do outing is Friday night fish fry at Oistins Fish Market; one of my favourite places to go anywhere ^
Barbados is great.
A must-do outing is Friday night fish fry at Oistins Fish Market; one of my favourite places to go anywhere ^
Barbados is great.
Oct 27, 2006, 1:13 pm
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Any budget options that are still nice in Barbados? It appears that Barbados is not listed on priceline. I was hoping for something around $100 per night! (wishful thinking for something nice I know!)
Oct 31, 2006, 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Any budget options that are still nice in Barbados? It appears that Barbados is not listed on priceline. I was hoping for something around $100 per night! (wishful thinking for something nice I know!)
Nov 6, 2006, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Any budget options that are still nice in Barbados? It appears that Barbados is not listed on priceline. I was hoping for something around $100 per night! (wishful thinking for something nice I know!)
Barbados is great for budget traveling -- very popular with Canadian and European students. But the full-service hotels are very expensive.
(FWIW, I chucked at the poster above who needed to find a hotel in the $300-450/night range...I was there last year, stayed for 8 days on the beach, ate fish on the beach every day, drank great rum, etc. and the whole trip cost $320 US)