Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Oistins, Barbados, America

Beautiful Tourist Places to Visit in Oistins, Barbados, America

Oistins is a coastal town located towards the southern part of Christ Church Paris in the island country of Barbados. It is situated about 11 kms from the national capital, Bridgetown and is home to many historically important structures of the country such as Christ Church Parish Church, earlier Barbados Coast Guard station and Christ Church Hospital.

There is usual traditional fish fry party arranged on every Friday night of the week, participated by both locals and tourists in large numbers. Sometimes it is arranged on Saturday night too.

Geography of Oistins:

Oistins coordinates with 13°4′ N latitude and 59°32′ W longitude.

Etymology of Oistins:

It is believed that, Oistins takes its name from the former landowner of this area, Austin’s and later it was changed as Oistins.

Connectivity to Oistins:

Oistins is situated around 5 kms away from the closest airport Grantley Adams International Airport which has scheduled flights to and from New York and Miami in USA, Toronto in Canada, London in UK, Frankfurt in Germany and most of the major Caribbean destinations such as Antigua, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Port of Spain. GAIA is served by British Airways, Condor, Mustique Airways, TUIfly Nordic and many prominent airlines.

Government operated buses are generally blue in color and mini-buses (yellow color) are served by private agencies. Buses are available every 10 minutes and cost B$2.00 per trip.

Culture, Food and Shopping in Oistins:

Oistins Fish Festival is a folk festival that takes place every Easter for 1 week with food, crafts, boat races, music, dancing and much more. Oistins also houses all the kind shops all around the town.

The prominent food corners in and around Oistins are:

Bliss Cafe
Naru Restaurant and Lounge
Cafe Luna
The Good Life

Things to do in Oistins:

Snorkeling
Diving
Windsurfing
Swimming

Places of interest in Oistins:

Christ Church Parish Church:

Present Christ Church Parish Church is located in Oistins and was construed in the year 1935. The first Parish church was built near Dover Beach in 1629, later it was vanished by heavy flood and after this incident, Parish church was construed in different locations but that were damaged by natural disasters and finally built in 1935.

Miami Beach:

Miami Beach is one of the best beaches of Barbados located on the south coast of Barbados, in the vicinity of Oistins town. Calm light blue water and brilliant sunset views really gives an unforgettable experience to the tourists.

Rockley Beach:

Rockley Beach also known as Accra Beach offers memorable swimming, windsurfing, sunfish sailing and Hobie Cat rides experiences for tourists. Also tourists can have a great lunch at Quayside Centre on the opposite of Rockley Beach.

Other places of interest in Oistins are:

Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
Saint Lawrence Gap
Worthing Beach
Hastings Beach
Maxwell Beach
Barbados Concorde Experience
Allamanda Beach Boardwalk
Barbados Golf Club
Bajan Roots and Rhythms
Globe Drive-in
South Coast Boardwalk
Dover Beach

Best time to visit Oistins:

The months between July and November will be the ideal time to reach Oistins.

Accommodation options in Oistins:

Ganja boasts many well renowned hotels with top class facilities such as bar, travel desk, spa, package tours and airport shuttle and all these facilities are met with reasonable price. The major accommodation centres in and around Oistins are as follows: