Royal Westmoreland
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Royal Westmoreland offers a variety of family villas on Barbados’s west coast, well equipped, attractively priced and royally entertained with myriad facilities.
Luxury Villas In St James
St. James has long been patronised by royalty and film stars; it has a laid back vibe, white-sands and an individual cultural flair.
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St James resorts and towns
Sugar Hill Estate
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Set on a ridge overlooking the stunning west coast of Barbados, Sugar Hill is a prestigious private estate with excellent facilities and is within easy reach of Barbados’ beau...
St. James holiday guide
St. James parish runs along the central stretch of the island’s west—the Platinum Coast. Its white-sand beaches are backed by luxury hotels and villas including Sandy Lane, long patronized by royals and film stars. The seaside settlement of Holetown is at the centre of the parish: its bars, restaurants, and craft shops have a laid-back, local vibe. The Holetown Festival each February, one to catch on a St. James holiday, celebrates its status as the first British settlement on Barbados, with live music and a street fair.
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Beaches
At Paynes Bay, a curve of soft, white sand slopes into clear waters. Generally calm, this is a good snorkelling area; spot turtles among the sergeant major and parrot fish. The beach at Fitts Village has a sleepier feel. Its short stretch of white sand is dotted with seagrape and palm trees.
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Things to do in St. James
Barbados was known in the 17th century as the brightest jewel in the English crown, thanks to its thriving sugar-cane industry. Traditional machinery is on display at the Sir Frank Hutson Sugar Museum, where guides recounts the crop’s history and impact on the island’s people and economy. The 19th-century, cut-stone St. James Parish Church has an abstract, stained-glass window by Bajan artist Bill Grace. Its graveyard is the final resting place for several of Holetown’s first British settlers.
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Eating and drinking in St. James
Barbados’ culinary culture is diverse: chefs from Asia, India, Japan, and France re-create the dishes of their homelands with local fish and seafood. Tuna tartare, lobster thermidor, and crab cakes with Thai sweet-chilli sauce are just a few examples. Mount Gay, Cockspur, and Malibu rums—the latter flavoured with coconut—are distilled on Barbados. They are used as a base for punches and cocktails such as the Bajan Passion, dark rum mixed with apricot brandy, vanilla syrup, and passion fruit.
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Shopping
Holetown’s Chattel Village is a collection of stores housed in gingerbread-style buildings, and set in a shady tropical garden. Chutneys and hot sauces, T-shirts, crafts, steel band CDs, and hand-made coconut soaps are popular purchases. Across the border in St, Thomas parish, Earthwork’s Pottery has a small studio and shop where local artists make contemporary vases and plates using Bajan red clay.
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