Historic Garrison Tour: Explore George Washington's Stay in Barbados

Embark on a captivating historic tour of Barbados’ Historic Garrison, where you’ll discover the fascinating stories of British military occupation and explore the sites where George Washington stayed. Join us for an immersive journey through time!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Barbados Museum & Historical Society - We will share a little about our stories preserved here.
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • Personal audio device to hear the guide clearly
  • Headsets
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Are you yearning for an authentic historic tour of Barbados? Look no further!!
Let me show you the Historic Garrison as I share my most treasured and intimate memories of my visits to this area with my father. He often took me back to 18th century Barbados, to a time when the life and times of British military occupation in Barbados was at its height….

Location
Bush Hill
George Washington House
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Soccer002
Oct 8, 2024
Must Do Barbados 🇧🇧 Tour !!! - This is a wonderful trip I would recommend this trip to anyone . We had a wonderful time with our local guide and the owner . She knew the culture and history and was great and her hospitality was the best ! When you do one of these trips you never know who you might run into out of the blue this time we ran into Sean Hall professional jockey what a treat . In short terms book this trip you will not be sorry you did!!!
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Yolanda_l
Aug 17, 2024
Informative tour - Our tour guide(Kristen) was very knowledgeable and took the time to explain all the interesting facts about the Garrison and the George Washington House. He was obviously very passionate about the history of Barbados, which gave the tour an additional element. He also made the tour fun. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Carol_d
Jun 12, 2024
Lovely tour but not disabled friendly. - Our guide was very informative regarding the garrison part of the tour which made it more interesting for my husband, an ex military man. Unfortunately I was not able to participate in this part of the tour as I am disabled. Washington’s house was the highlight for me & my husband and having the story devices made it so that we could go at my pace rather than being rushed from point to point. We had a fabulous lunch in the cafe afterwards, so a lovely few hours all in all.
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Wendy_s
Jul 16, 2023
Would recommend! - Our tour guide was extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the past and current history of Barbados, including George Washington’s time in the country. We enjoyed our goodie bag and our walk around the Garrison. This was a fun experience.
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Howardcohen
Mar 14, 2023
Garrison and George Washington House - Tour guide educated me a lot about the Garrison's History and seeing where George Washington lived in Barbados was great
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483susanb
Feb 11, 2023
Historical look at the Garrison area - This was a wonderful educational tour with Christen, our tour guide, who was extremely knowledgeable and answered all our questions. Christen walked us around the Garrison & inside the race course explaining everything we saw what it's use was in the past & how the buildings had changed or were going through their transition period. We loved the house & and grounds, although it was quite hard to see some of the exhibits. The tunnels were very spooky. We felt privileged as we had Christen to ourselves, and although sometimes that can feel awkward on this occasion, it felt we were taking an interesting walk with a young, knowledgeable friend. Definitely recommend this if you're interested in the history of the island.
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H289vikarenj
Jan 8, 2023
Unexpected insights into Geo Washington's early life - We booked tour through Princess Cruise Line, lead by James who was incredibly knowledgeable about military base, influence Barbados experience had on young George, slave-based booming sugar economy, smallpox/malaria issues affecting soldiers, huge windmill technology, how constrcton with coral keeps homes cooler, etc, and we enjoyed a cup of rum punch! Enjoyed damp walk through drainage tunnel - did video to show friends. Hope to do program on this for my local DAR chapter, One of the BEST tours I've ever taken. Purchased George's Barbados Diary there for $37! Fascinating!
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Deborah
Aug 13, 2022
Excellent personal tour of the Garrison and George Washington House. - Deborah was a great communicator during the booking and rebooking process. She made sure we were left in the capable care of Zachary. He was friendly and knowledgeable.
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Danelle_c
Sep 5, 2022
Excellent history tour - If you like history or just like knowing about a places (Barbados in this case) this tour is great for that..they go into detail about events that happened. I had a wonderful time and the tour guide was super knowledgeable and very polite.👍🏾
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Tonynz3585fq
Oct 27, 2019
Interesting experience - Had a very enjoyable tour in this grounds with our tour guide Margaret had a tour of tunnels and tour around George Washington house for price we payed it was value for money would recommend it to anyone cheers tony&Estelle uk couple
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From $45
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).