Airfare Special Barbados to London for the Olympics!

Travel on Virgin Atlantic from Barbados to London
. Depart July 23, 2012 and return August 17, 2012

See the athletes compete in the London Olympics and still spend time with your family!
We can add on hotel, car rental, sightseeing, train tickets, cruises or concerts... just give us a call!

From US$1,150 per adult or from US$868 per child. 

All fees and taxes included.
 This fare applies to travel originating in Barbados. 
For travel from other countries please call your nearest Going Places Travel office for more information.

http://www.going-places.tv/specials/barbados-to-london-for-the-olympics.html

 

Climate in Barbados

Barbados enjoys a year round tropical climate that is perfect for going to the beach. The weather is generally sunny and warm with only brief occasions of intense rain that occurs generally clearing back to sunshine very shortly afterwards. Our summer temperatures hit average highs of 32ºC and our winters hit average temperatures of around 28ºC. The great thing is that we have constant wind blowing off the Atlantic that keeps the island's daytime temperatures at very comfortable levels. Barbados' dry season starts in January and ends in June when the generally wetter conditions start and we head into the hurricane season.

http://www.barbadospocketguide.com/our-island-barbados/about-barbados/climate.html

Rum Shops in Barbados

Rum Shops in Barbados

Rum shops across Barbados are simply social grounds. Here is where the people of Barbados gather to have a drink or in local parlance 'fire one'. Rum shops have also become a gathering ground for playing dominoes or in local parlance 'slam uh dom'. Dominoes is a very popular game that attracts quite a bit of attention as players are not only loud but the very action of slamming dominoes on the sometimes make shift table is one that creates quite a stir. You would be amazed at the level of conversation that goes on at some of these rum shops. Conversations can vary from politics to cricket to gossip. Simply put, just about anything goes in a rum shop.

http://www.barbadospocketguide.com/visitors-to-barbados/top-10-list/rum-shops.html

West Coast Accommodation in Barbados

West Coast Accommodation in Barbados

The west coast of Barbados is otherwise known as the "Gold Coast" but in recent times has been duly upgraded to the title of "Platinum Coast". Such as accolade is fitting as when one takes a drive around this side of Barbados, it becomes evident that there is cerainly something different about it. Stunning, prestigious, inviting, exciting, luxurious, exquisite and the descriptions can go on and on.

http://www.barbadospocketguide.com/barbados-accommodation/hotels/west-coast-hotels.html

Sugar Factories in Barbados

Sugar Factories in Barbados

The seventeenth (17th) century saw a historic introduction of the sugarcane industry to Barbados by the Dutch. As a result of this introduction, sugarcane now outweighed both tobacco and cotton with regards to being a lucrative crop. Initially, sugar was used on the island for internal purposes of feedstock, fuel and rum production but as larger plantations exported sugar, Barbados was seen through the eyes of the British as a major attraction.

http://www.barbadospocketguide.com/our-island-barbados/sugar-factories.html

Mullins Beach Barbados

Mullins Beach Barbados

If you want to combine a trip to Mullins Beach with some shopping, why not visit some of the many shops in nearby Speightstown, and then come back to Mullins Beach to watch a Barbados sunset. Mullins Beach faces west, so this is a good place to sit with a drink and watch as the sun falls into the deep blue Caribbean Sea, creating a palette of magnificent hues on the twilight skyline.

http://www.barbadospocketguide.com/barbados-attractions/beaches-and-bays/west-coast-beaches/mullins-beach.html

Festivals in Barbados

 Festivals are seen as a time of celebration and feasting. Not much, if any at all, changes with that description when it comes to festivals on the island of Barbados. Music, mouthwatering cuisine, good times, relaxation, the reconnection of friends and family all occur once there's a festival on the island.

http://www.barbadospocketguide.com/art-and-culture-in-barbados/festivals.html