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It is the island's most expensive area, lined with luxury hotels and villas, but its beaches are public and its buses cheap, so it is easy to enjoy on a budget.\r\n\r\nHoletown, in the parish of St James, is where English settlers landed in 1625 and founded the island's first settlement two years later. Today it has restaurants, bars, shops and St James Parish Church, one of the oldest churches on the island. The Holetown Festival in February marks the anniversary. Offshore, turtles feed in the shallow water at Paynes Bay and around Folkestone Marine Park.\r\n\r\nFurther north, Speightstown is an older, quieter port town with a fish market and Arlington House Museum. Beyond it, the north of the island has St Nicholas Abbey, a 17th-century plantation house that still makes rum, the Animal Flower Cave and the Barbados Wildlife Reserve. 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Spend afternoons on Mullins Beach or Sandy Lane Beach, and watch the sunset over the Caribbean.\r\n\r\nIn Holetown, visit St James Parish Church and the monument to the first settlers. In Speightstown, walk the waterfront and visit Arlington House Museum, in an 18th-century merchant's house, then watch the boats come in at the fish market.\r\n\r\nDrive or take a bus north to St Nicholas Abbey for its Jacobean house, rum tasting and heritage railway, see the Animal Flower Cave at North Point, and look for green monkeys at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve. 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Snorkelling from the beach with your own mask is free, and turtles often swim close to shore.\r\n\r\nSt James Parish Church and the Speightstown waterfront cost nothing.\r\n\r\nWest coast sunsets are free every evening.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Beaches | All public, even by resorts\r\nShore snorkelling | Turtles close in\r\nSt James Church | Free\r\nSunsets | Every evening","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Holetown","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Holetown has some of the best restaurants on the island, many of them expensive. 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Driving is on the left.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Bus fare | BBD$3.50 flat, exact cash\r\nFrom Bridgetown | Princess Alice terminal\r\nAirport | 40 minutes to an hour\r\nThe north | Hire car or taxi","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Holetown","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Holetown costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"The west coast is the most expensive part of Barbados. Budget stays are rare, with apartments and guesthouses from around \u20ac60 to \u20ac120 a night; Speightstown is cheaper than Holetown.\r\n\r\nCatamaran trips with turtle snorkelling cost roughly \u20ac70 to \u20ac110. Restaurant mains in Holetown cost \u20ac25 to \u20ac45, while rum shop food is much cheaper. 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Beach vendors can be persistent; a polite no is enough.\r\n\r\nIn an emergency, call 211 for the police or 511 for an ambulance.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Police | 211\r\nAmbulance | 511\r\nTurtles | Do not touch\r\nBoats | Watch close to shore","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Holetown","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Worth the trip","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The north and the centre of the island.","hw_hub_city_trips":"","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Holetown","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"December to April is the dry season and the busiest time, with the calmest seas. The Holetown Festival is in February. September and October are the wettest and quietest months.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs, rounded. 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Catamaran trips and car hire cost extra.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 60 | 25 | 4 | 15\r\nMiddle of the road | 110 | 55 | 20 | 50\r\nComfortable | 220 | 110 | 45 | 100","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"What is bookable in Holetown, live from Hostelworld. 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