Central Eastern Barbados

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Central Eastern Barbados is the least developed and most scenic part of Barbados, and comprises the parishes of Saint Andrew, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Joseph and Saint Thomas. It's hilly with lush tropical gardens such as Andromeda, plantation houses eg Sunbury, green monkeys skittering about in the shrubs, and Harrison's Cave in the underlying limestone. The east coast is exposed to the full fury of the Atlantic, with big surf, and is too hazardous for casual beach and water sports. There is little lodging, so it's more often an area to visit than to stay. Nevertheless if you do stay, you'll get the real feeling of a Caribbean retreat, a world away from the brash south & west coast hotel strips.

How to travel to Central Eastern Barbados

Thit is the one area of Barbados where you need a vehicle (which you can hire at the airport or in Bridgetown). Buses are slow and mostly serve radial routes from the city, with not much running cross-neighborhood. Bus # 6 runs from Bridgetown Fairchild Street to Bathsheba, and Bus # 3 runs from Bridgetown Princess Alice to Belleplaine and Street Andrews Church, both routes hourly, daily. Bus # 1E crosses the top of the island every couple of hours daily from Speightstown on the west coast to Belleplaine and Bathsheba.

Get Around

GPS 13.170 |-59.550 As above.

What to see in Central Eastern Barbados

• Farley Hill 13.266, -59.594 is at Benny Hall on Highway 2, straddling the boundary with Saint Peter. The 19th C mansion is now a ruin. It's set in Barbados Wildlife Reserve; brick paths lead through four acres of mahogany forest. Adult B$30, child B$15, which includes admission to Grenade Hall Signal Station.
• Morgan Lewis Windmill 13.269, -59.574 in Savannah, Saint Andrew, is an 18th C sugar mill restored to working order, and in use one Sunday a month in the sugar harvest season February - July. It's one of only two functioning sugar windmills in the world and the other being Betty's Hope Mill in Antigua. It's open for visits daily 9AM Monday - 5PM.
• Long Pond is a river estuary in Belleplaine, Saint Andrew, cut off from the sea by a sandbank to form a brackish lagoon with bird life; in dry season it's a mud flat.

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• Andromeda Gardens - Foster Hall, Bathsheba, Street Joseph 13.208, -59.518 Opening Hours: Daily 9AM Monday - 4.30PM Adult B$30 Andromeda Gardens - . Attractive garden ranged over the hillside, created from the 1950s by Iris Bannochie, and gifted to the Barbados National Trust. With pleasant cafe.
• Malvern Great House 13.194, -59.526 is a rambling 17th C mansion; it's nowadays a centre for complementary medicine but is occasionally open for public tours. It's at Malvern, Saint John, on the boundary with Saint Joseph.
• Clifton Hall 13.189, -59.507 in Street John is often booked for events such as weddings, and can only be toured by special arrangement.

• Sunbury Plantation House 6 Cross Road, Bowling Alley Hill, Saint Joseph 13.194, -59.543 B$25 Elegant house dating back to 1660; refurbished late 2018 as most original fittings had been lost in a fire. It's not large enough to absorb crowds so you need to swerve the cruise eHalal Tour Groups.

• Hunte's Gardens 13.193, -59.551 are in Coffee Gully off Highway 3A Street Joseph, open daily 9AM Monday - 5PM.
• Flower Forest 13.203, -59.567 is off Richmond Road, Street Joseph, open daily 8AM Monday - 4PM.
• Green monkeys (Chlorocebus) are often seen in this region. They're an Old World species, native to sub-Saharan Africa but introduced to the Caribbean region during the slave-trading and colonial eras. They spend their days on the ground and sleep at night in the trees. Don't feed them and they're cute from a distance but pesky up close and they damage crops, and one of them blacked out the whole island in 2006 by shorting a power line.

• Harrison's Cave Welchman Hall, Saint Thomas 13.18517, -59.57453 ☎ +1 246 4173700 +1 246 417 3709 Opening Hours: Daily 8.45AM Monday - 3.45PM Standard tour adult B$60, child B$30 Harrison's Cave Thit is an impressive limestone cave, richly decorated with stalagmites and stalactites. (It was closed for some time in the noughties but re-opened in 2010.) The standard tour takes an hour, is suitable for all ages and is on a tram (think rollercoaster vehicle without the sickening plunges). Various more immersive tours are available, booking crucial, eg the "eco-adventure" taking 3 hours, adults only, price B$200.

• Saint Joseph Church: the original Anglican church, built circa 1640 (origins disputed), was yet another casualty of the hurricane of 1831. The present building dates from 1839 but is now a sad ruin.

• Gun Hill Signal Station 13.1432, -59.5574 - Gun Hill Signal Station Located in the parish of St. George, Gun Hill Signal Station was built in 1818 by the British as a look out point. Well restored and the lookout tower provides a panoramic view of the western side of the island. A statue of a lion carved out of a single block of stone sits below the station.

• Codrington College 13.176, -59.475 is an Anglican theological college, built 1714-1745, nowadays part of the University of the West Indies. It's twice been wrecked by hurricanes and once by fire but remains a graceful structure, though its history as a college has veered between the shameful and the shambolic. You can visit daily 9AM Monday - 6PM and are welcome to attend services.
• Culpepper Island 13.166, -59.443}}: Trinidad has Tobago, Antigua has Barbuda, Grenada has Carriacou; but Barbados' best shot at a sister island is this uninhabited speck on the map. It's all of 40 x 30 yards in extent and 30 yards from shore, so at low tide with a quiet sea you can wade out to it. The Arawak Indians have claimed sovereignty over it, but to date there's no sign of encampment, casino, or other ritzy development.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Central Eastern Barbados

• Surfing: off Bathsheba is the reef-break of Soup Bowl.
• Stroll Bathsheba beach, dotted with colossal boulders. It's generally too rough for swimming, take local advice before venturing in. And hold onto toddlers with a grip of iron, as the waves can pluck little ones off the beach into the seething foam and undertow.

Halal Restaurants & Food in Central Eastern Barbados

• Naniki is up in the hills in a breezy, lush environment. It offers Bajan food including a selection of Vegetarian dishes and seafood. Great views, you may wait a long time for your food. It's in Surinam off Highway 3, open Tuesday - Sunday 12.30-3.30PM.
• Village Cafe at Lemon Arbour is an informal lunch spot located in a tiny village. Open Tuesday - Thursday 11AM Monday - 5.30PM and Fri-Sat 10AM Monday - 10PM. Bajan cuisine such as Pudding & Souse, fried or barbecued Beef, Chicken and fish, and sea cat at reasonable prices. 200 yards west of Four Roads, Saint John.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels/Resorts

• Eco Lifestyle & Lodge - formerly Sea-U Hotel | Tent Bay, Bathsheba 13.211, -59.516 Turn off as road climbs from beach to Andromeda Gardens. - Ten rooms in main building & cottage all with Atlantic views, set in tropical garden. Bajan-style restaurant is open to non-residents.

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