Ruthann Discovery Tours specializes in guided tours through Historic Bridgetown and sightseeing tours around the island.
There’s no better way to explore the beauty and wonders of Barbados than with a walking tour through the City of Bridgetown which is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is one of the few World Heritage Sites in the Caribbean. Bridgetown Barbados is full of interesting history that dates back to 400 years, the culture, people, food, and amazing sights. See our fantastic attractions like the Barbados Parliament House, the screw dock, Admiral bronze statue that honors Lord Horatio Nelson, and walk the boardwalk on the site where enslaved persons were bought from the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves.
Discover some of the oldest surviving churches in Barbados, as your tour guide take you on a 2-hour journey back in the history going as far back as the 16th century. History comes alive in these churches as you walk from church to church. St. Mary Church has a rich history, built of brick with a Georgian architecture vaulted ceiling. Learn about the famous citizens who were buried in the graveyard of St. Mary Church. Take pictures as you stroll from historic church to church.
Join your experienced guide for an exciting morning of museum hopping and discover the past in the third oldest parliament building in the commonwealth. The Exchange Museum, an 18th-century building that is now one of the oldest in the area, once housed a school named Harrison Free School. It eventually turned into the Masonic Lodge. In addition, the Bridgetown screw dock (the meeting spot for this tour) is presumed to be the only one of its kind!
The tour begins at Pelican Island, which was a small uninhabited island that once existed off the west coast of Bridgetown and Fontabelle, in St Michael, Barbados. According to historical record, the island received its name from brown pelicans that would nest there. There is now a tourist attraction called The Pelican Village ("Pelican Crafts Centre") in the area, a port, as a tribute to the separate island that once existed there. The Pelican Craft Center is the largest arts and crafts center in the Caribbean with shops and many workshops with tours to watch the craftsmen creating glass creations, pottery and visit a cigar factory and see how cigars are made.
Enjoy an afternoon of horse races at the Garrison Savannah, small group tour 4 people the Max, get a glimpse of the house where George Washington stayed with his brother in 1751, then stroll around 30 acres of the Historic Garrison Savannah and spend the remainder of the afternoon betting and enjoying horse racing. Prior to the start of each race, the horses parade in front of the grandstand and at the end of the race, the winning horse and its owners take the traditional parade past the grandstand.
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