Holetown Tourist Places to Visit in Holetown, Barbados, America

Holetown Tourist Places to Visit in Holetown, Barbados, America

Holetown is a town situated in Saint James parish on the protected west coast of Barbados Island. It is geographically located between the latitude 13°11′12″ in the north and the longitude 59°38′17″ in the west.

Holetown is one of the main tourist locations in Barbados housing many spectacular beaches and beachfront restaurants and the site of the colorful Holetown Festival that takes place every February. Holetown houses famous educational institution Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University.

History of Holetown:

Holetown was earlier known as Saint James Town and the present name may be derived from stream, The Hole. It was the place of the establishments of the 1^st 5 plantations of Barbados, the 1^st the 1^st House of Governor and place of Justice. Also Holetown is home to St. James Parish Church, the oldest church of the island.

How to reach Holetown?

Grantley Adams International Airport is the nearest major airport to Holetown located at a distance of 27 kms. It has direct flights to and from many of the Caribbean and selected USA, Canadian and European cities such as Miami, New York, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Antigua, Dominica and Georgetown, operated by British Airways, IAT, Thomson Airways, US Airways and many of the prominent airlines.

Culture, Food and Shopping in Holetown:

Annual Holetown Festival celebrated in the month of February with great joy that features different music programs and parades.

To buy colorful handicraft products, jewelry and traditional clothes, it is recommended for tourists to visit First Street and Second Street of Holetown.

The famous food corners in Holetown are:

Tides
Zaccios
Surfside
The Beach House

Things to do in Holetown:

Sin-Bad Sailing Day Cruises
The Holetown Festival
Sea Spray Watersports
Aqua Tiger Watersports
IOU Fishing Charters

Places of interest in Holetown:

Holetown Monument:

Holetown Monument is the main landmark as well as tourist attraction of Holetown. It was built to commemorate the first landing of British and the initial settlement of Barbados.

St. James Parish Church:

St. James Parish Church is the oldest church in Barbados, constructed in 1628 and later many times reconstructed because of the hurricanes. The current structure was built around in the end of 19^th century. The interior of St. James Church looks amazing.

Flower Forest:

Flower Forest is spread over an area of 53.6 acres with well maintained paths, striking trees and flowers as well as wild garden with an area of 7 acres. Tourists can reach by hiring taxi or rental cars.

Other places of interest in Holetown include:

Limegrove Cinemas
The Country Club at Sandy Lane
Royal Westmoreland Golf & Country Club
The Green Monkey Golf Course
Paynes Bay Beach
Barbados Polo Club
Frank Hutson Sugar Museum
Blue Monkey Beach
Church Point Beach
Lord Combemere

Best time to visit Holetown:

The month of February will be the ideal time to visit Holetown, while the Holetown Festival to be held in the town and also weather remains invariable.

Accommodation options in Holetown:

Holetown boasts some of the top Barbados accommodation centres including resorts, guest houses, resorts and holiday home with different facilities such as lounge, pool, AC, doctor on call, airport shuttle and wide variety of Barbadian dish. The prominent hotels, resorts and other types of accommodation centres in and around Holetown are listed here below: