El Palacio Hidden City Place #2

Exceptional

10.0

Good

7.0

A lovely an interesting short break in an exuberant city

9.0

The property was very clean and well presented. It was comfortable and well equipped as a small apartment, having everything required for a short self-catering holiday. The host, Shirley, greeted us on arrival and was very helpful and friendly. We were able to contact him by phone during our stay. The property is a residential area, well away from the city centre and large hotels. Local people were friendly and welcoming. We are vegetarians and were very pleased to find an excellent Plant based food trailer on Bay Street, Eleven Oh Seven. In the same area, Savvy On The Beach is an excellent Beach Bar which had live music on several nights during the week we were in Bridgetown. We visited Holetown, The Barbados Animal Reserve, The Animal Flower Caves, Bathsheba Beach, Paynes Bay Beach and Oistins Fish Fry (on Friday). For these trips we mostly used the local “Reggae”buses which were cheap, plentiful and fun, although sometimes very crowded and nearly always noisy!

− It is about a 30 minute walk into the city centre, although buses are available nearby. The shower took a bit of getting used to, it was never very hot but was adequate considering the warm climate. The official timetabled bus services were a bit unreliable; reggae buses often came when scheduled buses did not show up.

Marvellous stay

10.0

Very convenient for beach and downtown activities

− It was very clean, and fully stocked with all mod cons

Exceptional

10.0

The manager Shirley was super helpful in particular in enabling us to leave luggage for a few hours after check out. The apartment was within walking distance from the cruise terminal.

Superb

9.0

Very clean. Host was considerate and drove me to the shops to get food on arrival.

− Ideally the option of a slimmer pillow..