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To better understand all that Barbados has to offer, you must first explore the handful of historic sites and properties that best reflect the rich cultural heritage of our beautiful island country.

For more information on the architectural, historical and ecological sites under the care of the Barbados National Trust, please visit trust.funbarbados.com.

To better understand all that Barbados has to offer, you must first explore the handful of historic sites and properties that best reflect the rich cultural heritage of our beautiful island country.

For more information on the architectural, historical and ecological sites under the care of the Barbados National Trust, please visit trust.funbarbados.com.

Barbados Museum

Based in the former British Detention Barracks, this distinctive museum traces the island's evolution from 16th century times to the present, featuring fine natural history exhibition galleries, historic maps and art installations, as well as shops and courtyard cafés. Many of the museum's galleries are housed in renovated prison cells and there is also a live theatre show in the courtyard entitled, "1627 and all that."

Bridgetown Synagogue

The island's historic Jewish temple, located just yards from Broad Street in Bridgetown, originated around 1627, shortly after the first British settlement with the exodus of Jews from Recife, Brazil. Grounds include a cemetery with graves of Jewish settlers dating back to the 1630s. This temple is believed to be the oldest in the Western Hemisphere.

Farley Hill

Rugged hills and picturesque grounds are the setting of this classic former plantation, a stately ruin with some 99 windows overlooking a national park with sweeping views of the Scotland District and the Atlantic coastline.

Grenade Hall Signal Station

In the early 1800s, six signal stations were erected across Barbados to relay messages quickly around the island. Recently restored by the Barbados Wildlife Reserve, the tower features exhibits and a panoramic view, with telescopes providing views to the other towers. The surrounding forest can be traversed on a coral stone walkway.

Sunbury Plantation House & Museum

This gracious home, dating back to the 1660s, is crafted of flint and other stones imported from England. Renovated twice and burnt down once, it is the only Great House on the island with all rooms open for viewing.

Gun Hill Signal Station

This 1818 signal station was used by the British Army. Families can visit the great white lion, a symbol of British rule on the island. The artist was also a soldier and is said to have carved the statute from a single block of stone, using a lion drawn on a book of matches as his guide.

George Washington House

Close to the heart of American history buffs might be the temporary residence of United States President George Washington. The handsome Georgian-style house has been restored and furnished as a typical but not luxurious plantation residence of the mid-18th century. Barbados was the only international trip Washington ever took at the young age of nineteen, spending six weeks here with his brother.

Sam Lord's Castle --Currently Closed for Renovations

Now a luxurious hotel, the house of Sam Lord's Castle remains open for public inspection. Among the antique paintings, furniture and tableware are several pieces of the man's original property. Island legend claims that Sam was a plunderer and hung lanterns in the trees of his property to lure unwary ships onto the rocks below.

Cherry Tree Hill

Approximately 850 feet above sea level, this area offers an excellent view of the "Scotland District." The area is named after a Patron Saint of Scotland and completely covers the parish of St. Andrew. It is believed that the name "Cherry Tree Hill" originated from the large number of cherry trees, which once existed there. Today the road is lined by mature mahogany trees, which were introduced to Barbados after the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill

This 250-year-old cane-crushing mill is the largest remaining windmill in Barbados. Recently renovated, the mill commands a splendid panorama of the Atlantic Ocean and the lovely Scotland District.

St. John's Parish Church

Situated on a cliff overlooking picturesque east coast, the church was built in 1836 to replace the church destroyed by the Hurricane of 1831. In the Church Yard, rests Ferdinando Paleologus, descendant of Emperor Constantine the Great, whose family was driven from the throne in Constantinople by the Turks. Ferdinando died here in 1678, after being a resident for over 20 years.

Codrington College

The oldest Seminary in the Western Hemisphere, Codrington College was founded in 1702 under the Will of Christopher Codrington and opened in 1745 as a Theological College. Originally a plantation house, the College was later bequeathed to a religious society that transformed the house and grounds into a seminary. This was the first institution of higher learning for Barbados. The College has fallen into ruin, but lines of poetry inscribed near the swimming pool still survive.

St. Nicholas Abbey

A famous Jacobean Mansion in St. Peter, St. Nicholas Abbey, Drax Hall in St. George and Bacon's castle in Virginia, USA are the only three surviving Jacobean style houses in the Western Hemisphere. They resemble the English Jacobean manor houses of the first half of the 17th century.

Sir Frank Hutson Sugar Museum

Inside a modern sugar factory, the museum features a collection of restored machinery gathered from island sugar cane plantations. Also witness today's process of grinding cane at the adjoining Portvale Sugar Factory