My Barbados - Top five activities

- Sail on a catamaran. Swim with turtles, snorkel over shipwrecks, and then enjoy a delicious buffet lunch and rum punch while touring the beautiful west coast. Look out for flying fish! - St Nicholas Abbey. Explore this tranquil plantation house and watch its fascinating movie from the 1930s depicting life in Barbados at that time. Rum is still produced here; for a real treat and a fantastic souvenir take home a beautiful personally engraved bottle. - Visit the East Coast. Most visitors don’t make it here, which is a huge shame. Not for swimming, the wild waves of the Atlantic pound the coast line. It is undeveloped, peaceful and stunning. Head to Bathsheba and you can watch the surfers (professionals only) catching a wave. - Mingle at a fish fry. Oistin’s is a well-known fish fry, popular on a Friday with both locals and tourists. For a more authentic experience head for lunch in Martins Bay on the east coast (Thursdays only). - Explore deeper. Barbados is a great location for scuba divers, with warm water and high visibility. For beginners there are six wrecks in Carlisle Bay all under 18m, and for the advanced there is the SS Stavronikita, a 365ft Greek freighter sitting upright at 40m.