Secret Caribbean
Hideaways of the Rich & Famous By Brooke Comer
A unique guide to celebrity-style vacations for a real-person price, with an impressive selection of places to stay. Most of the establishments detailed here can be expensive or they can be affordable – depending on whether you take de Nero's eight-room villa or a one-bedroom apartment next door at one-tenth the price. Star-spotting visitors will delight in the accurate listings of where to find the big names – the nightclubs and restaurants, the resorts and hideaways.

Popular Barbados West Coast attractions:

• Andromeda Gardens - Six acres of native flora and fauna.

• Harrison's Cave - Must see attraction for all cave spelunkers. Finest cave system in the world complete with tram tours, 40 foot interior waterfall, stalactites and stalagmites.

• Welchman Hall Gully

• St. Nicholas Abbey - 1650 monastery located in St. Peter.

Area Code is 809

Second largest town on the island, formerly called 'Little Bristol'. Visit the old cannons lining the esplanade of the old fortress overlooking the harbor.

The west part of Barbados is referred to as the "Gold Coast" and has the most tranquil and popular beaches of the island.

• Paynes Bay - popular for snorkeling and watersports
• Brighton Beach - at Fresh Water Bay
• Brandon's Beach - at Fresh Water Bay
• Paradise Beach - at Fresh Water Bay
• Church Point - popular swimming beach by St. James Church
• Mullins Beach