2009-10-30
Your Just BIM tour begins at the Mount Gay Visitor's Center where you'll be given a guided tour. As part of this tour, you'll also learn about the history and making of rum in Barbados. Your next stop will be at Harrison's Cave where you'll tour the caverns bellow by tram. You'll then enjoy a scenic drive through the beautiful Bathsheba and Cattle wash with a stop for lunch.
The last stop will be St. Nicholas Abbey which is possibly the last remaining authentic house of the 17th Century that exists anywhere in the "New World". While most of the structures in North America were built out of timber, this residence was made of brick and limestone. The residence was built only 30 years after Barbados' settlement by the British in 1627 and is of significant historical value to the island. The plantation also has a small but very beautiful gardens with the largest and most colorful hibiscus on the island.
Stops on the tour include:
You will also get a glimpse the Morgan Lewis windmill on this tour.