Things to See in Barbados

Built between 1660 and 1670, the handsome Sunbury Plantation House was painstakingly restored after a 1995 fire. The house has 2ft-thick (60cm) walls built of local coral blocks and ballast stones, the latter from the ships that set sail from England to pick up Barbadian sugar.

Welchman Hall Gully is a thickly wooded ravine with a walking track and nearly 200 species of lush tropical plants. Gullies like this were virtually the only places planters were unable to cultivate, and thus represent an important remnant of the forest that covered Barbados before the arrival of English settlers.

Housed in an early 19th-century military prison, this museum has engaging displays on all aspects of the island's history, with good treatment of the colonial era, slavery, emancipation and military history. There's also an African culture gallery and a children's gallery.