With its amazing beaches, rich history, excellent gastronomy and laid-back lifestyle, Barbados is one of the world’s most desirable holiday destinations. The island’s average daytime temperature is 30C all year round with permanently warm seas and a prevailing north-eastern trade wind rolling in off the Atlantic to prevent it from ever feeling too hot.
Most of Virgin Atlantic Holidays’ (see boxout below) hotels are found on the island’s stunning west coast where the narrow, golden-sand beaches are lined with villas, smart places to stay, and the sea is calm and crystal clear. A sunset cocktail on one of the palm-shaded hotel terraces between Bridgetown and Speightstown is a memorable way to end a day of sunbathing, jetskiing, snorkelling or lazing in a glass-bottomed boat.
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