Island Tour Barbados (Cruise with the Royal Clipper in the Caribbean)

To avoid spending the entire day at the airport, we booked an island tour as our transfer.

From the cruise terminal, we initially headed north through the towns of Holetown and Speightstown, but unfortunately, we did not stop there.

Our first stop was “Farley Hill National Park.” The old mansion was restored in 1956 for the filming of the movie “Island in the Sun” with Harry Belafonte.

However, a lot of wood and flammable materials were used during the restoration, leading to it burning down to its foundations in a fire several years later.

Later, the area was designated as a national park, featuring forest and a viewing point surrounding the mansion.

The journey continued to the east coast of Barbados, where the climate and waves are somewhat rougher than in the west.

We made a stop at a beach with water-shaped rocks.

Also on this trip, we experienced “Caribbean hospitality,” enjoying a rum punch at a hotel on the coast, from the terrace of which we had a scenic view of the Atlantic Ocean.

Our final stop was the Anglican Church of St. John's, built on a cliff high above the sea.

The original 17th-century church was destroyed in a hurricane.

The current fourth church at this location dates back to 1836.

Behind the church is an old cemetery with many large family tombs.

Here lies the Prime Minister of Barbados, who passed away from cancer during his term in 2010.

After this, we proceeded to the airport, where we had to wait four hours for our flight to London.