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Visiting a shipwreck, swimming with
turtles and snorkelling in shawls of
fish is breathtaking
and is usually a couple of degrees
centigrade cooler than other times of
year. However, my research found that
late December is the most expensive
time to go for UK tourists. The hurricane
season for Barbados runs from June
to November, with most major storms
occurring August to October. You can
fly to Barbados from Gatwick and
Manchester. At Gatwick both Virgin and
British Airways fly to and from once a
day all year round. The flight time is
eight and a half hours from London,
and eight hours to London.
We were lucky enough to stay at
Stanford House Villa in St James where
we hosted our wedding breakfast. We
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boarded our private reggae buses
from Foul Bay and danced our way
back to the villa. At Stanford House we
were looked after by Winston and his
staff and to say nothing was too much
for them is an understatement. They
were happy for us to host our wedding
guests and taught us how to make
the classic rum punch with the locally
manufactured Mount Gay Rum. A visit
to the Mount Gay Rum distillery is also
a worthwhile experience to see how it
is made.
Our favourite restaurant has to be The
Cliff, where we first enjoyed the sevencourse a la carte taster menu. The
scenery is breathtaking with stingrays
swimming below under the moonlight,
great spears of flames creating an
ambience to die for and the waves
crashing against a large rock sitting
centrally in the sea. It is truly magical.
There is so much to see and do in
Barbados. We still have Harrison’s
Cave, The Lone Star restaurant and
the wildlife reserve to tick off our list, so
naturally we will be paying Barbados
another visit in April 2015 to celebrate
our first wedding anniversary and
reminisce on what was the best day
and holiday of our lives.
By Zoë Summers