Barbados, located in the Caribbean, is an island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela and is an independent island nation in the Caribbean with a moderately developed economy. The facilities for tourism are widely available.

You will quickly find out that Barbados has much to see and so many things to do that you almost need a day planner to cover all the places to visit. Barbados lies just east of the Caribbean island chain some 1 600 miles southeast of Miami, Florida. Relatively flat compared to its volcanic neighbors, it is one of the few coral-capped islands in the region.

Barbados also has outlying urban centers. In the south, the principle 'town' is Oistins, a busy little fishing village with a number of modern stores. Moving northwards along the west coast is first Holetown, which has a number of shopping centers, eateries and other facilities.

While Barbados lacks that peaked volcanic landscape common to nearby islands, it well makes up for it with its distinctive blend of the bustling cosmopolitan texture of Bridgetown and the gentle, back-in-time countryside of soft rolling hills and meandering roads. Miles of sugar cane fields sway lightly in the breeze interrupted only by rows of colorfully quaint chattel houses. Back in Bridgetown, modern edifices loom side by side the length of the main drag, Broad Street. Here and on the secondary Swan Street, shoppers bustle along, zig-zagging between the steady flow of vehicles.

Up in St. Peter is Speightstown, which is a true blend of old and new. Modern shops sit between old time balconied wooden buildings. This fishing village is still very reminiscent of its bygone days.