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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Caribbean Islands guide book and includes:

• "Barbados" chapters

• Caribbean Islands Survival Guide, Directory, Transportation, Health, Language and Glossary chapters

• Barbados maps

As well as blissful beaches, Barbados has lush scenery amongst rolling hills dotted with fascinating survivors of the colonial past, and several botanic gardens exploit the beauty possible from the perfect growing conditions

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Barbados, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of Barbados.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding Barbados, History, Culture, Landscape & Wildlife, Survival Guide, Directory A-Z, Getting There & Away, Getting Around

• Bridgetown & around, South Coast, Hastings & Rockley, Worthing, St Lawrence Gap & Dover Beach, Oistins, Silver Sands, Southeast Coast, Crane Beach, West Coast, Paynes Bay, Holetown, Mt Standfast, Weston, Mullins Beach, Speightstown & around, Heywoods Beach, Shermans, Central Barbados, Bridgetown to Belleplaine, Bridgetown to Bathsheba, Eastern Barbados, Bathsheba & around and Bathsheba South to Christ Church Parish.

Lonely Planet's Caribbean Islands guide is researched and written by: Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Adam Karlin, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Brendan Sainsbury, Kevin Raub, Tom Masters, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Brandon Presser, Paul Clammer, Michael Grosberg, Karla Zimmerman, Emily Matchar, Nate Cavalieri