FirstTimeCruiser27 Posted March 2, 2009 #1 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Mr. Barbados and Aplmac, I must say that you guys are most helpful. It’s nice to get good information from a local. Can you do me a favor and rate the attractions below: Not a Must-See, Must See, or Proper for a longer stay/Land Vacation? Thanks in advance. The Attractions: Earthworks Pottery Cattlewash St. Nicholas Abbey Miami Beach Foul Bay Speightstown Holetown St Johns Church Francia Plantation House Harrisons Cave Welchman Hall Gully Accra Beach/Rockley Orchid World Crane Beach Bridgetown Barbados Wildlife Reserve Concorde Experience Mahogany crafts by Medford Mahogany Farley Hill Flower Forest Bottom Bay Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary Chalky Mount pottery Cherry Tree Hill Mount Gay Rum Morgan Lewis Windmill Sunbury Plantation House Gun Hill Signal Station …and would you recommend a taxi tour or an organize tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstTimeCruiser27 Posted March 5, 2009 Author #2 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I am going to redirect the question above to anyone who has been to Barbados. Although I am still looking forward to a response from Aplmac or Mr Barbados I am not looking for a long answer, just something like this: Bathsheba <--- yes, must see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneclear Posted March 5, 2009 #3 Share Posted March 5, 2009 This is what I would do. Get of ship early and arrange a cab for the day. Negotiate a price. from port go west along the west coast road. Go to wild life reserve (If you like that kind of thing). Next right across the road from wild life res entrance is Farley Hill Park (must See) Great Pic opp of East coast and the rolling hills. Then head along the east coast road bathsheba, cattle wash etc and go to St. Johns church. Great view of bath, east coast light house, atlantic ocean. Walk around the tombs in the back and check some of the dates. After head for the crane beach hotel. You could have lunch there. again very scenic. from there if you are into the plane thing you could go to the concorde experience or just head straight to Accra beach where you will finally enjoy your swim in the lovely warm bajan water. Accra is about 20-25 mins from the port and you would have pretty much covered the whole island except the north point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 6, 2009 #4 Share Posted March 6, 2009 This is what I would do.Get of ship early and arrange a cab for the day. Negotiate a price. from port go west along the west coast road. Go to wild life reserve (If you like that kind of thing). Next right across the road from wild life res entrance is Farley Hill Park (must See) Great Pic opp of East coast and the rolling hills. Then head along the east coast road bathsheba, cattle wash etc and go to St. Johns church. Great view of bath, east coast light house, atlantic ocean. Walk around the tombs in the back and check some of the dates. After head for the crane beach hotel. You could have lunch there. again very scenic. from there if you are into the plane thing you could go to the concorde experience or just head straight to Accra beach where you will finally enjoy your swim in the lovely warm bajan water. Accra is about 20-25 mins from the port and you would have pretty much covered the whole island except the north point. True dat! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Buckeye Cruiser Posted March 8, 2009 #5 Share Posted March 8, 2009 This is what I would do.Get of ship early and arrange a cab for the day. Negotiate a price. from port go west along the west coast road. Go to wild life reserve (If you like that kind of thing). Next right across the road from wild life res entrance is Farley Hill Park (must See) Great Pic opp of East coast and the rolling hills. Then head along the east coast road bathsheba, cattle wash etc and go to St. Johns church. Great view of bath, east coast light house, atlantic ocean. Walk around the tombs in the back and check some of the dates. After head for the crane beach hotel. You could have lunch there. again very scenic. from there if you are into the plane thing you could go to the concorde experience or just head straight to Accra beach where you will finally enjoy your swim in the lovely warm bajan water. Accra is about 20-25 mins from the port and you would have pretty much covered the whole island except the north point. We will be in Barbodos in April and have not been able to decide what to do. This sounds like an option for us - do you have any idea how much we could expect to pay for the taxi service? It seems like taxis are a bit expensive since I believe I read a RT taxi to Accra would be around $40 - is that right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstTimeCruiser27 Posted March 9, 2009 Author #6 Share Posted March 9, 2009 This is what I would do.Get of ship early and arrange a cab for the day. Negotiate a price. from port go west along the west coast road. Go to wild life reserve (If you like that kind of thing). Next right across the road from wild life res entrance is Farley Hill Park (must See) Great Pic opp of East coast and the rolling hills. Then head along the east coast road bathsheba, cattle wash etc and go to St. Johns church. Great view of bath, east coast light house, atlantic ocean. Walk around the tombs in the back and check some of the dates. After head for the crane beach hotel. You could have lunch there. again very scenic. from there if you are into the plane thing you could go to the concorde experience or just head straight to Accra beach where you will finally enjoy your swim in the lovely warm bajan water. Accra is about 20-25 mins from the port and you would have pretty much covered the whole island except the north point. How much do you think this would cost me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstTimeCruiser27 Posted March 9, 2009 Author #7 Share Posted March 9, 2009 True dat! :) What do you think about Miami Beach and Foul Bay? What are they like? How do they compare to Crane Beach and Bottom Bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 9, 2009 #8 Share Posted March 9, 2009 What do you think about Miami Beach and Foul Bay? What are they like? How do they compare to Crane Beach and Bottom Bay? ===> They don't. Miami Beach? not bad. Quite nice in fact..Popular with locals. Food and drink available from local sources Foul Bay? Remote...a bit shabby on the fringes...zero amenities. Given a choice of the two, Miami Beach wins hands down,on several counts not the least of which is that it's considerably closer to the dock -and possibly a lot safer(personal-security-wise) in that it's not a lonely beach,which Foul Bay is. ___________________________________ I don't like Foul Bay, never have. It's not a bad beach,but whoever named it That ..really did it the ultimate dis-service. Foul Bay has great potential. Maybe some day a big hotel chain will buy the whole thing and spruce it up, but for now it remains merely "okay" in my opinion.. Foul Bay is just a mile away from Crane so why not do sparkling Crane instead? Know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiEdy Posted March 9, 2009 #9 Share Posted March 9, 2009 We will be in Barbodos in April and have not been able to decide what to do. This sounds like an option for us - do you have any idea how much we could expect to pay for the taxi service? It seems like taxis are a bit expensive since I believe I read a RT taxi to Accra would be around $40 - is that right?? Just back from our 12 night cruise. We took a taxi from the cruise pier to Accra for $15 a person round trip. The driver drove us to the beach. He gave us some information about the renting the chairs etc. He gave us a place and time for pick up. He came back (about 30 minutes early) but he waited for everyone. We paid after we got back to the pier. We checked at the information desk inside the cruise building and they told us it should be $16 RT per person to Accra (Rockley Beach). The beach was beautiful. We took a nice walk on the boardwalk. The vendors do not bother you on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Buckeye Cruiser Posted March 10, 2009 #10 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Just back from our 12 night cruise. We took a taxi from the cruise pier to Accra for $15 a person round trip. The driver drove us to the beach. He gave us some information about the renting the chairs etc. He gave us a place and time for pick up. He came back (about 30 minutes early) but he waited for everyone. We paid after we got back to the pier. We checked at the information desk inside the cruise building and they told us it should be $16 RT per person to Accra (Rockley Beach). The beach was beautiful. We took a nice walk on the boardwalk. The vendors do not bother you on the beach. Thanks for your reply. I have heard there are beach bars there but I am a little conservative so how were the prices of beer, frozen drinks and food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiEdy Posted March 10, 2009 #11 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks for your reply. I have heard there are beach bars there but I am a little conservative so how were the prices of beer, frozen drinks and food? There are 4 little shacks serving drinks and food. The shacks are set up facing each other so when you go in the area everyone in the shacks call out to you for your business. My husband got a local beer and I had a very tasty Pina Colada (with lots of Mount Gay Rum) for $8.00. We did not think that was too bad since we could pay $8.00 for a Pina Colada at home without the view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 10, 2009 #12 Share Posted March 10, 2009 There are 4 little shacks serving drinks and food. The shacks are set up facing each other so when you go in the area everyone in the shacks call out to you for your business. Is this it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Buckeye Cruiser Posted March 11, 2009 #13 Share Posted March 11, 2009 There are 4 little shacks serving drinks and food. The shacks are set up facing each other so when you go in the area everyone in the shacks call out to you for your business. My husband got a local beer and I had a very tasty Pina Colada (with lots of Mount Gay Rum) for $8.00. We did not think that was too bad since we could pay $8.00 for a Pina Colada at home without the view. Sounds reasonable - Some of the islands spoil you, I think it was Costa Maya that you could get 5 or 6 Coronas for $10 and the food was really inexpensive too. One of the best memories we have of cruising is sitting at the beach bar for the afternoon with CC friends. I know things are a little higher in Barbados - this sounds like a good option and I agree, the view alone would be worth more than $8! Getting pretty excited around here - cruising in less than a month:D Need to decide if we want to tie a tour in with the beach - such difficult decisions:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiEdy Posted March 13, 2009 #14 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Is this it? Yes..... Thank you for all of your help. I decided to go to Rockley Beach after reading your posts and seeing your pictures. Great choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted March 13, 2009 #15 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Thank you for all of your help. I decided to go to Rockley Beach after reading your posts and seeing your pictures. Great choice Beats going to Lonely Long Bay or Foul Bay :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzingduo Posted April 21, 2009 #16 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Just back from our 12 night cruise. We took a taxi from the cruise pier to Accra for $15 a person round trip. The driver drove us to the beach. He gave us some information about the renting the chairs etc. He gave us a place and time for pick up. He came back (about 30 minutes early) but he waited for everyone. We paid after we got back to the pier. We checked at the information desk inside the cruise building and they told us it should be $16 RT per person to Accra (Rockley Beach). The beach was beautiful. We took a nice walk on the boardwalk. The vendors do not bother you on the beach. I hope you can answer this question... I would like to collect some shells (not the big conchs) but small shells. Were there shells at Rockley beach? Leaving Sunday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeiEdy Posted April 22, 2009 #17 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I honestly don't remember shells at the Rockley Beach.....we had water shoes on in the water but I don't remember seeing any shells on the beach. We walked the boardwalk and came across a beach with lots of rocks. Sorry I could not be more helpful....the beach was beautiful. Enjoy your vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp traveler Posted April 22, 2009 #18 Share Posted April 22, 2009 We used this shack for drinks and march and he tired and successed in overcharging us by quite a bit of money - he was a real jerk, so just beware - you can see his shack in the photo from APLMAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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