Insight Guide: Barbados

By Insight Guides

Book Overview

Visiting a museum, a monument, a market? Want some quick facts to truly appreciate what you're seeing? Make sure you have an Insight Compact Guide tucked into your pocket or travel bag. Compact Guides... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134665333
• ISBN13: 9780134665337
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 10.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.6" x 5.9" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent insightful read

As a Bajan I was pleased when I read this book it goes beyond the typical tourist representation of the island and tastefully and tactfully covers many of the uniques cultural mores and forces that have shaped our island. It gives a brief and acuurate history of the island concerning race relations, politics and culture and even quite accurately explains why Bajans are percieved as smug! : ) Hopefully on reading this book the tourist more informed will be able to enjoy the island many flavors and facets more deeply.

Perfect for both visitors and armchair travellers.

I have always found Insight Guides to provide an excellent 'taste' of the peoples, cuisine, history, folklore, customs, music and arts and other aspects of a country's culture. The Barbados book is no exception. While it does list places to see, hotels, restaurant recommendations, etc. like other guidebooks, 90% of this book is filled with insightful writing and wonderful photography from a variety of contributors both Bajan and visitors to Barbados.