Shopping

Barbados offers world class shopping experience. Duty-free shopping is especially popular, with prices being 30 to 50% less than in Europe and North America! To purchase goods duty free look for specific signs and have your passport or airline ticket ready.

The heart of shopping in Barbados is Broad Street in the capital city, Bridgetown. There you will find several large department stores and duty free shops. In addition to the specific shops like jewellery stores, there are several shopping malls offering a wide variety of products and services. Pelican Village, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, is the place to get local handicrafts such as wall hangings, batik, paintings, rum cakes, and much more! However, shopping in Barbados is by no means confined to Bridgetown. There are several towns like Holetown in St. James and Speightstown in St.Peter that feature craft shops and gift shops. Several shopping malls and plazas are also located outside of Bridgetown. Chattel Village shopping areas are now very popular in Barbados. These feature shops made in traditional chattel house style and selling souvenirs, gift items, clothing and local arts and crafts. You can find these chattel villages at Holetown, St. James and St. Lawrence Gap, Christ Church and few other places across the island. If you decide to buy outside conventional stores from the street vendors do haggle aggressively. If you are good at it, you can get your desired item for as low as one third of initial price.

Main things to look for: designer clothing, perfume and beauty products, jewellery, watches, local arts and crafts, local rum.