Need suggestions for what to do...1st revisit since honeymoon 25 years ago!

[ramidon1]

We went to Barbados on our Honeymoon & this will be our first opportunity to revisit the island. Will be traveling with our 20 & 17 year old kids. Our Honeymoon was spent @ Sam Lord's Castle, which I believe has since burned down (?) My memory is sort of fuzzy about how far that is from where the port is? Is anyone familiar with that area? I remember eating at a restaurant near Sam Lord's that had all kinds of t-shirts decorating the ceiling & walls...anyone know what this was?

 

Is there any excursion/tour out there that might include this area?

[Aplmac]

We went to Barbados on our Honeymoon & this will be our first opportunity to revisit the island.

Our Honeymoon was spent @ Sam Lord's Castle ===> OMG -Fabulous memories. Cling to them.

which I believe has since burned down ===> Most unfortunately yes.. :cool:

 

My memory is sort of fuzzy about how far that is from where the port is? ===> Long way away!

 

I remember eating at a restaurant near Sam Lord's

that had all kinds of t-shirts decorating the ceiling & walls...anyone know what this was?

 

Is there any excursion/tour out there that might include this area? ===> I doubt it.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's hardly worth the effort. :cool:

 

Yes it burnt down (locals are pretty sure it was deliberate..)

and it is now nothing but a standing shell that you don't want to see.

 

It's a national disgrace that the situation was allowed to come to this, even before the fire!

(see five attached pics taken 2 yrs. before the fire)

 

Please harbour your fond memories of it, as you remember it Back When -really.

 

I recall a crazy lil restaurant/bar place right outside Sam Lord's gates almost

that could have been the place with the T-shirts.

 

 

Sam Lord's is at the end of its own long cul de sac, a good distance from most everything else

and now that it's a wreck, and the gates are locked..

I very much doubt any tour would journey anywhere within a mile or two of it. Sorry.

 

If you really must go, you'll need to make it a pilgrimage, hire a taxi to take you

but it'll be depressing. The entire property is in a state of ruin, even the grounds.

 

Don't go -remember it like it was.

 

 

I'm so sorry.. :o

 

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[KirkNC]

Thats a shame, it used to be such a nice place.

[ramidon1]

Thanks for the info. I was afraid that was the situation. I think we'll go somewhere new....maybe The Boatyard?