ABOUT BARBADOS

Quick Facts on Barbados:

Average Temperature in October: High - 28°C or 84°F; Low23°C or 76°F
Language: English with a broad dialect called Bajan.
Currency: Barbados Dollar - US$1 = BB$2 approx.
Time: GMT-4 hrs. There is no daylight saving time in Barbados
Getting There: Flying Times and Airlines into Barbados
Electricity: Electricity in Barbados is 110 volts/50 cycles

• Barbados is a relatively small Caribbean island, at only a 166 square miles. Locals say we are "21 miles long and a smile (14 miles) wide!"

• The United Nations Human Development Index (2011) ranked Barbados in the highest bracket "Very High Human Development", well above the regional average for the Caribbean and Latin America.

• Visitors highlight the friendliness of Barbadians as the island's greatest and most pleasing asset. This is reflected in the highest repeat visitor factor in the region of 39%.

• The people of Barbados have a history of long ingrained Christian principles, a sound and free educational system with a literacy rate of 97%.

• Barbados has pure drinking water and was the first Caribbean island to have piped water.

• The island has excellent telecommunications systems.

• Barbados' cultural diversity helps make the island so distinctively charming.

• Utilities are available 100% island-wide.

• Barbados is easily accessible from everywhere.

• The maximum daily temperature is 23-29 °C year round. The island is consistently cooled by North-East tradewinds.

Tourist Attractions

A place for history and nature lovers, Barbados is an island of great natural beauty, from the wonder of underground caves to the beautiful vistas and the tropical colours of flora found across the island!

Things to Do:
Jammin' Catamaran Cruises
Atlantis Submarine Tours
Island Safari
 
Places to See:
Harrison's Cave
Welchman Hall Gully
Andromeda Garden
Animal Flower Cave

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