Barbados offers a unique and wide shopping experience for visitors to the island. Bridgetown is renowned for its retail and tax free stores; however, Holetown is definitely now on the map due to the recent opening of Limegrove.
Limegrove is a brand new lifestyle centre set in ten acres. Shops include: Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Breitling, Tag Heuer, Michael Kors, Bulgari, Cartier, Vilebrequin to name but a few. There is also a state of the art new cinema with comfy lounge seats and waiter service, restaurants and bars plus a fabulous new night club.
Away from Limegrove there is...
Holetown - West Coast Mall
This has the best supermarket. Cave Shepherd for swimwear, cosmetics, perfume, books etc. Madison Boutique - good for unusual shoes. Next door is the Chattel Village, a colourful cluster of interesting chattel house shops. Here you will find Lazy Days and Island Waves - probably the most complete beachwear and surf shop in the Caribbean it has good brands of swimwear, clothing, shoes and accessories.
In addition to the Chattel Village location in Holetown, the flagship store is located on the South Coast at Quayside Centre in Rockley - opposite Accra beach which has huge range. Here you will also find Lazy Days Kids - clothing and swimwear for kids up to 16.
Also in Holetown, just opposite the lovely little church is Indigo Courtyard where you will find Gaye boutique - lovely old building - good for resort wear for ladies and kids - e.g. Gottex, Ralph Lauren, CK and also home wear. Café Indigo is just upstairs if in need of a drink and bite to eat.
Gatesby Boutique can be found at Sandy Lane Hotel, Fairmont Royal Pavilion, Crystal Cove and The Bridgetown Harbour their main focus is high quality resort wear - e.g. Eres, La Perla, Etro, Manuel Canovas, Guiseppi Zanotti. Each one carries its own range of items. The branch at Crystal Cove is good for swimwear.
Leonard's for men. Stocks golfing apparel, casual stuff and beachwear.
Speightstown
Here you will find a wonderful gallery of Caribbean Art.
Mangos Restaurant also has an Art Gallery and a supermarket.
Bridgetown
Broad Street in Bridgetown has the stores Cave Shepherd and Harrison's which includes Duty Free shopping. There are lots of jewellery shops including Harrison's, Colombian Emeralds, Diamonds International and Tiffany & Co.
Dwelling - Stocks lovely bedding and items for the home