Villa Location in Barbados

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Above Map shows South Coast Area and Villa Location

Barbados has two main holiday areas – the West Coast and the South Coast .

The  South Coast has lovely sandy beaches, waves and plenty of opportunities for surfing, windsurfing and sailing. The West Coast is lined with hotels and,  whilst the sea is very calm there,  the beaches tend to be rather narrow and often crowded.

Joias is on the South Coast, about a mile and a half south of Oistins close to beautiful Miami beach, and only 20 minutes drive from the airport; so there are no long transfers and you can start relaxing as soon as you land!    If your only experience of Barbados has been the West Coast you will be in for a pleasant surprise in the South. The beaches are better and you are within easy reach of golf, surfing, kite surfing, banks and shops and the well known St Lawrence Gap with its array of restaurants, bars and night life.

Oistins, the nearest town, is famous for its fish market.  You can sit on the veranda at Joias watching the little fishing boats come past and then nip down to purchase your supper!

The shoreline immediately outside the property is reef and amazing for turtle watching but the best swimming is at beautiful Miami Beach just 5 minutes away. Here you will find plenty of shade to sit under and Mr Delicious in his old bus dispensing hot Bajan fish cakes and cold rum punches.   Surfers Bay is another nearby beach and a major windsurfing base.

Other  Southern beaches include Worthing and Dover  whilst round the coast to the South East of the island,  trips to Bottom Bay, Foul Bay and the extraordinarily beautiful East Coast are well worthwhile.

We would recommend hiring a car as there is so much to see on the island and it  is well worthwhile visiting a variety of beaches and not just those closest to the villa.