For an introduction to the Caribbean, Barbados cannot be bettered. In an area of 166 square miles, it offers everything that the discerning holidaymaker might desire. Superb beaches are lapped by the Caribbean Sea - yet many are almost deserted. The South Coast is lively with restaurants, bars and nightclubs: the West Coast is somewhat quieter, although it has some of the finest hotels and restaurants on the Island. The East and North Coasts are rugged and wild with spectacular scenery - a must for the photographer experienced surfer or wildlife enthusiast. This enormous variety of landscape, from tropical gardens and plantation houses to the wild Atlantic Sea at North Point, makes touring the Island a pleasure. All over the Island is green and lush - thus earning the name "Little England".

There is so much to see. Barbados has its own National Trust preserving many of the Plantation Houses, spectacular gardens and historic sites around the Island. Visit Sunbury House, Tyrol Cot, The Old Synagogue and Cemetery, Welchman Hall Gully and Andromeda Gardens, Harrison’s Caves, Barbados Wildlife Reserve, Mount Gay Rum Distillery, Garrison Historic Area (including Barbados Museum), Oistins Fish Market, Bathsheba, the Flower Forest and St. John's Church, one of the several parish churches which highlight Barbados's long connection with England – the list is endless!