Bridgetown Food and Heritage Tour: Savor Authentic Local Cuisine in UNESCO Designated Caribbean Town
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Bridgetown
Savor authentic local cuisine and explore the rich heritage of Bridgetown, a UNESCO designated Caribbean town. Join our food and heritage tour for a nostalgic stroll through centuries-old history and architecture.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Museum - The Synagogue is one of our several stops on our food and heritage tour. Our walking tour starts at 11:30 am and the meeting point is in Jubilee Gardens, Bridgetown ( across from Courts store and Queen’s Mary Anglican Church).
Our expert guide will direct you through the city, pointing out the numerous historical sites of interest.
We will make three food stops at local eateries where you will be treated to a guided sampling of authentic, delectable Bajan cuisine.
Our guide will explain and answer your questions about food history, flavours, ingredients and preparation.
There is a different menu at each stop so you can get a real taste of the range of Bajan cuisine.
There is one dedicated beverage stop where you can quench your thirst with the beer of champions, Banks Beer or just rehydrate with bottled water.
Our last food stop is near the Wharf, with a triple whammy of food, history and sea.
You will take home a ‘likkle’ loot bag with a local sweet treat to savour later and think of the sweetness of Barbados.
The tour lasts 2 - 2 1/2 hours and the tour guide will accompany you back to the meeting point.
What's Included
- Snacks
- Alcoholic Beverages
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
A can’t miss opportunity to sample the rich authentic local cuisine of Barbados whilst taking a nostalgic stroll through one of the oldest towns in the Caribbean ( Bridgetown is a designated UNESCO Heritage site).
Eat like the locals and discover their favourite food haunts in bustling Bridgetown whilst taking stock of a history and architecture that spans centuries.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Wear light weight cool clothing and comfortable clothing.
- Protective head gear and sun glasses are encouraged as this is a mid day tour sometimes under full sun.
- This tour may not be suitable for persons with severe mobility restrictions because of the narrow sidewalks and busy streets.
- Persons with any food or dietary restrictions should advise upon booking so these can be accommodated.
Location
Bridgetown
Meeting point is Jubilee Gardens, Bridgetown.
Directions: Tour departs from Jubilee Gardens,a park or green area across from St. Mary's Anglican's Church, the Old Town Hall and Courts furniture store. Your guide will be holding a sign saying Lick De Bowl Food Tours.
Dates: See Availability
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Paul_g
Mar 27, 2024
Bajan tasting tour around Bridgetown - Had a really great time with Don, she took us around Bridgetown, to the places used by the locals, we tasted some great food, saw the sights, whilst Don educated us on history culture and food
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Kathysimons3
Jan 13, 2024
Cultural history tour - Kezia was an incredibly knowledgeable and personable guide! We had a wonderful time touring the historic areas of the city, learned a lot about its history and local culture, and enjoyed sampling local street foods.
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Prsnorkeler
Feb 13, 2023
Not the typical tourist experience - I'm not sure what I expected, but we enjoyed this unique, non-touristy sightseeing and food tasting walk through Bridgetown. Nicola is chatty and fun, and she can answer questions about anything! The "hole-in-the-wall" first stop was interesting, although I'm not sure I'm crazy about souse. The second stop was tasty, but in a generic air-conditioned restaurant. We all enjoyed the final stop with chicken necks, mavi and more that was new to us, at the oldest bar in the city. We enjoyed viewing the architecture, old synagogue and cemetery, Parliament buildings and more.
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Scott8147
Feb 6, 2020
Fantastic tour and Nicola was the best! - Nicola was our guide and she was fantastic. Met us as scheduled and then we spent about four hours walking through Bridgetown, Barbados, stopping at four places to eat. Nicola discussed history, architecture and most importantly the food we were going to eat. There was a good variety of places we stopped as well as the types of foods we sampled. One of the best tours we have taken in the Caribbean. If you are in Barbados, definitely try them!
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Kristischriberl
Dec 30, 2019
Excellent Food Tour - Nicola, our tour guide, was excellent!! I would highly recommend this food tour when you are in Barbados.
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Avlwanderer
Dec 13, 2019
Great tour - Nicola was our guide and gave us some some history of Bridgetown, Barbados and most importantly the food we were going to eat and then ate. Good variety of venues visited (4 in all) including everything from a rum shop (for food) to a nice restaurant on the water. Good variety of food also including some of the best Bajan dishes.
Highly recommended.
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Rocy0008
Nov 30, 2019
You never know what your eating - Had a great tour with Nicola, the Hunters bar was amazing where we had all manner of traditional food. Got to say glad I did not know what it was before trying. However it was good fun, Nicola was very relaxed and easy to talk to and very knowledgable on the local history. We are going to have a try at making "Conkies". Would recommend this tour to anyone you will see places you would not find on your own.
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166ljsimp
Feb 12, 2019
Awesome Barbados Tour - My sister and I enjoyed the Bridgetown Food & Heritage Tour, and met up with our tour guide in Jubilee Gardens and found that the tour was in essence a private tour, as it was just us and our guide. Our time in Barbados was very much enjoyed, made that way by our tour guide's high energy that drew us into learning the history of Barbados, as well as sampling food and drink. If we ever find ourselves in Barbados again we'll be sure and sign up for another tour through Lick De Bowl Food Tours.
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Rick
Mar 18, 2024
Friendliest People You Could ever Meet - Had a wonderful stay at a VRBO, 6 weeks in a Villa with a private pool and situated on a cliff overlooking the ocean on the southeast side of the island. We were 15 minute drive east of the airport. One key word is expensive : food, golf, fuel.
Despite these issues, climate was ideal, 30C during the day, 26 C at night. Despite the adjustment to driving on the left, Barbados has some of the worst roads I’ve ever driven on. Oistins fish fry on Friday evenings is a must see. We also had enjoyable trips to Brightons Farmer Market ( Saturday mornings…go early and enjoy breakfast and fresh produce shopping), Huntes Gardens, and you don’t want to miss Harrison’s Cave. The Four Square Rum factory tour and tasting is a must in Barbados. The hospitality and friendliness of the locals made us feel at home. You will especially notice this driving. Cost YouLess was our go to grocery place although they didn’t always have everything you might be looking for.
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Karol452
Feb 17, 2019
Off the beaten path - On our food tour we had 4 stops. These stops were all local establishments. We even went to the oldest bar in Bridgetown. We walked down Swan Street were the locals shop. Our first stop was Hunters Bar where we sampled cutters. We had the choice of ham or fish. Cutters is a local dish. Our second stop was Square restaurant we sat at the table. We sampled black pudding and souse. Black pudding is made of sweet pudding, cloves, spice and scotch bonett pepper. Souse is pork with shredded cucumber, bell pepper, onion, parsley, lemon and salt to taste. The third stop was at the oldest bar. The choice at this bar was beer or homemade mauby.. Banks is the traditional beer. Mauby has a bitter after taste. To make mauby you boil bark, stick spice then add water and sugar. The last stop was Bridge house we had Mauby made from syrup, fish cakes, plantain, salad and bake(pancake) The service at the Bridge House was very slow we waited a long time for our food. Nicola was my tour guide she talked about history, cooking and rum. She was informative. We walked to the old library.
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