The sun and the beaches in Barbados are undoubtedly among the top attractions that urge people to go on Cheap Barbados Holidays. However, there is more to Barbados that can hold the interest of the thousands of tourists who go on Cheap Barbados Holidays each year. On top of that is Blackmans Gully in St. Joseph, which is part of a series of gullies in the island, considered home by the amazing green monkey and other animals.

Blackmans Bridge which overlooks the gully is another destination that will make your Barbados Cheap Holidays a truly natural experience. The 25-metre long bridge, which dates back prior to 1682 is made of limestone boulders plastered together using sand and white lime mixture. This is no joke, but the mixture was strengthened by adding a mixture of egg whites and molasses. Your Barbados Cheap Holidays is on to a good start by getting to know the real story behind the Pirates of the Caribbean. Not the movie, but real-life pirates Stede Bonnet and Sam Lord.

You will discover during your Cheap Barbados Holidays that not all pirates hijack ships to accumulate treasure. There is one enterprising pirate named Sam Lord who did not take to the sea, but who plundered ships in the Caribbean just the same, by attracting ships with the use of lanterns hanged on coconut trees by the beach near his castle. Most often than not, the captains wreck their ships on the reefs thinking that the lanterns were city lights. And as the story goes, Sam Lord would attack and plunder the ships. Another pirate that would make your Cheap Barbados Holidays hilarious is gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet, who used to be a British army major prior to becoming a pirate. He actually paid for his first pirate ship, and established a friendship with Blackbeard.

And while you're on Barbados Cheap Holidays, don't forget to drop by Sam Lords Castle, a Georgian mansion he built in 1820 out of the proceeds of his ship-plundering! Sam Lords Castle has been turned into a hotel and would have been demolished by the new owners to pave the way for a bigger hotel until it was gutted by a major fire in 2010. Drop by Harrison's Cave during your Barbados Cheap Holidays and see the most impressive limestone cave in this part of the globe.