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THE SALT POND
LA SALINA DI BARBUDA
DIE SALINE VON BARBUDA
LE MARAIS SALANT DE BARBUDA
BESUCHEN SIE DIE SALINE VON BARBUDA MIT ANTIGUA + 39
VISITE DU MARAIS SALANT DE BARBUDA AVEC ANTIGUA +39
The Barbudan community owns the land in common and no one can sell or buy it, but investors can lease it for development. Codrington hosts a few guest houses, bars and street food sellers. The Art Café is a small cafe and art gallery where you can relax over local drinks or buy souvenirs including Claire Frank’s silk paintings and hand painted T-shirts. Claire is a good source of useful information about Barbuda and offers delicious lunch or
dinner by reservation. Other points of interest are the 18th-century Martello Tower at River beach, the perfect place to relax and enjoy a panoramic view, and Two Foot Bay beach where there are complex caves with ancient Arawak drawings. You can hike to Derby Cave, a spectacular sink hole, 70ft deep and 300ft in diameter, with stalactites and stalagmites. The interior ecosystem supports 50 foot palmetto palms, bats, birds and frogs. Truly worth a visit. Barbuda
is an island of beaches: the most beautiful runs from Palmetto Point where the Beach House Hotel is being re-built, to Cedar Tree Point where Barbuda Belle Hotel is situated. This 30 km stretch of white sand sometimes glows pink at sunrise thanks to the millions of tiny shells thrown up by the sea. Although Barbuda has suffered a major hurricane recently, in this tropical paradise you can still visit the magni cent Frigate Bird Sanctuary where you can see
BARBUDA
Barbuda lies 20 minutes by plane or 90 minutes by ferry to the north of Antigua. Its 160 sq km is edged with reef-enclosed beaches of pink and white sand.
The interior of the island is mainly scrubland and is practically uninhabited, with the only village of Codrington connected to the incredible beaches by mostly dirt roads. It is not uncommon to meet donkeys or cows wandering placidly along them!
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