Explore Barbados: Photo Essay

The Portugese were so impressed by the island's bearded fig trees that they may have named the island after them. This fine specimen is in Welchman Hall Gully, a reserve maintained by the National Trust..

Parts of text are from Explore Barbados. All is original material.

Useful for residents and visitors alike, Barbados Travel Companion, our new travel app to Barbados, supplies comprehensive information along with pictures, maps and links to hundreds of videos and relevant websites.

There is an Android version and an iTunes version.

St. John Visitors:

Please check out Explore St. John, our new travel app to St. John, which supplies comprehensive information (useful for residents and visitors alike) along with pictures, maps and links to hundreds of videos and relevant websites.

iPhone/iPad/iPodTouch version

Android version