Barbados Shore Excursion: Local Food Walking Tour in Historical Bridgetown
4.8
31 Ratings
Bridgetown
Immerse yourself in Barbadian culture and cuisine on this local food walking tour in historical Bridgetown. Discover the fascinating history of the city while indulging in popular local treats. Book now!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Independence Square -
Tour details:
-Indulge in the food, history and culture of Bridgetown with one of our excellent guides! Our tour covers about 1.5 miles and lasts 3 hrs. You will visit various monuments, public squares and churches and learn about their history.
What's Included
- Bottled water provided
- Complimentary food and drink samples
- Guided by a fun and knowledgeable local
What's Not Included
- Transportation
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Savor the taste of Barbados during your brief stay. Our gastronomic walking tour doesn’t just educate you on the intriguing past of Bridgetown, but also features several food-related stops, ensuring you get to sample a variety of well-loved local delicacies. Immerse yourself in authentic Barbadian culture through a combination of cuisine and history, all part of the Lickrish Food Tours experience.
Our food tours are the PERFECT choice for shore excursions!
-Our pedestrian exploration takes you around the lanes and byways of Bridgetown, conveniently located a short distance from your ship’s berth.
-Offers more value for money compared to similar outings sold by the cruise line.
- Please wear comfortable shoes and sunscreen
- DIETARY NOTICE: Please let us know at least 24 hours in advance of any food allergies or request for vegetarian diets. We can usually accommodate and offer substitutions. We are unable to make any substitutions at the beginning of or during the tour. Please note that gluten free and vegan diets cannot be accommodated.
Location
Independence Square
Departure Point: Central Bridgetown location
Address: Independence Square
Bridgetown
Directions: How to make it from the Bridgetown Cruise Terminal to Independence Square (start location)
Option 1: Taxi (Approx. 5 mins)
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Get a cruise terminal taxi to take you to Independence Square (about USD $3 per person)
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Look for the large bronze statue (Errol Barrow)
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Yay, you have arrived!
Option 2: Walking (approx 15 mins)
• After exiting the Cruise terminal, head south-east onto the Princess Alice Highway
• Follow the road until you see a boardwalk to your right. The boardwalk will appear after the Carlisle Wharf building (also on your right).
• Continue along the boardwalk to the end and turn right onto the Chamberlain Bridge
• At the end of the bridge, turn left into Independence Square
• Look for the large bronze statue (Errol Barrow).
• Yay, you have arrived!
Here's a map to help you a little more if you decide to walk to Independence Square:
Please copy and paste the link into your browser:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bridgetown+Cruise+Terminal,+Bridgetown,+Barbados/Independence+Square,+Fairchild+St,+Bridgetown,+Barbados/@13.098092,-59.6300677,15z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8c43f713e5ad2a7b:0xb3bd60d2e1570a4a!2m2!1d-59.6287787!2d13.10088!1m5!1m1!1s0x8c43f71cdee5ccfb:0x1ecf007b5e63fc6d!2m2!1d-59.6134868!2d13.0956364!3e2?hl=en-US
Return point: Tour ends within 5 minutes walking distance from the Cruise Ship Terminal.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(31 Ratings)
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Kathleenms4638ii
Feb 29, 2024
History and great local food. - Great tour with Paulette around Bridgetown. The food was varied and plentiful and Paulette explained the origin of the food and its present day use. She was very knowledgeable and super interesting. The history of the island was interspersed with the food history. It was a great walking tour, visiting out of the way restaurants, street vendors, and a market etc. The food was great!
Highly recommend it!,
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Conniehowe2003
Feb 23, 2024
Great food and history - What a great experience! We were able to sample a lot of the local cuisine. Enjoyed that it was a combination of restaurants and food carts. My only suggestion it that by the last restaurant we were so full we couldn’t eat much.
Our tour guide gave us so much history of Barbados along with the food history. We learned a lot. Highly recommend this tour to anyone
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Y4132dimargarets
Dec 7, 2023
Excellent Food Tour Bridgetown with Lickrish Food Tours - We were met at the meeting point by our tour guide Janelle. She was very informative not only about the food but also the history of Bridgetown. We visited a number of sites from cafes to the Food market and bakery . Doing the tour gives an added dimension to a visit around Bridgetown bringing the culture alive through the food stops and interaction with the locals. The tour group was small which meant that you were able to spend time with the guide and ask lots of questions. This is the first food tour we have done and I would recommend that you do this one early in your visit so that you understand the foods available during your visit.
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Hughescathriona
Nov 13, 2023
amazing culture and food experience - Paulette and trainee were absolutely amazing enjoyed learning all the history about the Barbados enjoyed the food and culture, would definitely recommend
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Evija
Mar 24, 2023
Food tour / dash of history - Paulette was AWESOME, tour was educational and delish! Saw thing with “local eyes” really worth it ! Highly recommended
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Chaluke
Sep 13, 2022
Awesome experience - Learning the history of Barbados and tasting the local cuisine. Tour guide Paulette made the experience amazing
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Ohmom3
Mar 5, 2020
Fun, different way to tour! - Paulette told us so much about the history of Barbados, led us around Bridgetown & fed us so much food (!) most of which we probably never would have tried on our own. She took us to little neighborhood businesses that most tourists would miss and gave us a chance to try many local favorite foods. We actually had more than we could eat! Be prepared to do some walking, but there are many stops along the way. We definitely enjoyed our day with Paulette.
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Fellowtraveler727609
Dec 15, 2023
A home cooking locals tour - This was a nice way to spend part of our day in Bridgetown. We were in a group of 9, and it is a nice walking tour. You are going to “hole in the wall” places for the most part and getting a taste of where the locals eat for home cooking. This isn’t a true “foodies tour”, but was still really good! Your guides were so sweet and well informed. Food was tasty but be careful if you have allergies. Won’t do it again, but would recommend!
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Kobeb354
Jul 27, 2023
Amazing - I really enjoyed the tour, and getting to know more about Barbados and our heritage is always fun. Plus the food was amazing, i really enjoyed our first stop which was Tims restaurant. Our tour guide Janelle was very good as well, she made the experience worth our time and money.
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10po
Jun 21, 2023
Walking Food Tour. - So we met our guide Janelle after a great ride to a square in Bridge Town. Our driver was great,and was chatty. He had a nice clean van and it was cool inside. On arrival we were met by another guide she was very nice and said we were with second group. Our guide cam along just in time. So we started with a 15 minute talk on Barbados, saying about all the influences that made the island. Was informative but bit long. We set off same time as the second group so we were on the same route/ food tour so it would mean bumping into the other group and mobbing our hosts. The food was good, large amounts . I was surprised that the vendors let the guides do everything with no help. Water was provided, overall it was a good tour. Would I do it again....
Maybe
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