{"id":70,"date":"2021-02-01T15:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2021-02-01T15:49:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:49:36","slug":"barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/01\/barbados\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This small beautiful Caribbean island is an average of 4 hours from East Coast departure points and when you step off the plane at Grantley Adams International Airport you will have been transported to a different world but some elements of familiarity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The temperature rarely drops below 25\u00b0C, with daytime temperatures in August reaching around 30\u00b0C. The sea in Barbados is warm enough to swim all year round. The driest period is from December through to April. If soaking up the sun is for you then there are few prettier places in the world to do it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but it\u2019s generally considered that Barbados has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Visit Barbados - See You Soon\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VBjUb3T_O8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is more to Barbados than just beaches and due to its size its relatively easy to travel around the island. Buses travel all over the island and are super cheap! They are a great way to experience Barbadian (aka Bajan) life. Meet some locals and see life outside your hotel or villa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2011 Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barbados - Historic Bridgetown and It&#039;s Garrison - World UNESCO Heritage Site\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edYqA0hVM-0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course there is modern Bridgetown where you can get your fix of shopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This small beautiful Caribbean island is an average of 4 hours from East Coast departure points and when you step off the plane at Grantley Adams International Airport you will have been transported to a different world but some elements of familiarity. The temperature rarely drops below 25\u00b0C, with daytime temperatures in August reaching around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,15,54,17],"tags":[78,12,56,11,27],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barbados","category-caribbean","category-heritage","category-sun","tag-barbados","tag-beach","tag-caribbean","tag-sun","tag-winter-sun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}