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Barbados climate

The Barbados climate is one of the best in the world. The average daily temperature is 26 C. It’s rarely too hot or too cold.

What is good to know if travelling to Barbados?

• Cover up on the beach. Nudism is illegal on Barbados.
• Cricket is Barbados’s national sport. The island is the birthplace of Sir Garfield Sobers, the legendary player who represented the West Indies between 1953 and 1974. The atmosphere at the Kensington Oval, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, is electric. Next year, with the World Twenty20 tournament taking place in the West Indies, the Kensington Oval will host the Super Eight matches and final.
• Groots for a rum punch. This pub on the West Coast (just outside Holetown, where the British landed, as settlers, in 1627) offers a seat to everyone, be they high-powered businessmen, vacationing actors or locals. While rum is obviously a Caribbean specialty (the local rum is called Mount Gay, pronounced Mungy) Bajan beer is called Banks and is very good.
• The Barbados Sports Camp (www.barbados-sports-camp.com) is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for children to receive coaching in cricket, football and netball from world-renowned sports stars. It runs throughout August. Best of all, it’s free. Book as far in advance as possible as places fill up quickly.
• Sandy Lane is more than the luxurious hotel, it’s the beautiful beach too and the nesting place of the Hawksbill turtles between July and October.
• The green monkeys that live on the island really have a green tinge to their coats.
• Crane Beach is just six minutes’ drive from the airport and half an hour from Bridgetown. It’s a public beach, but free access is at the far end of the beach. If you go via The Crane hotel there’s a charge for non-residents of the hotel (the charge is offset against restaurant and bar bills however).
• Soup Bowl is rated by in-the-know surfers as one of the top three waves in the world.