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Where to go
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Chief among the island's attractions are its old plantation houses - places like
St Nicholas Abbey
and
Francia
, superb botanical gardens at Andromeda and the
Flower Forest
, and the military forts and signal stations at
Gun Hill
and
Grenade Hall
. The capital,
Bridgetown
, is a lively place to visit, with an excellent national museum and great nightlife in its bars and clubs. Small and largely untouristed
Speightstown
- once a thriving and wealthy port - is a good place to wander for a couple of hours then grab a drink on a terrace overlooking the sea. And, of course, there are the beaches, from the often crowded strips such as
Accra Beach
and
Mullins Bay
to tiny but superb patches of palm-fringed sand in the southeast.
Diving
is excellent on the coral reefs around Barbados, with the good sites all off the calm west and southwest coasts, from Maycocks Bay in the north right round to Castle Bank near St Lawrence Gap. Other useful information
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Barbados,
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