El Palacio Hidden City Place #2

Owner was extremely helpful. Good location.

Refrigerator never got cold. Shower was warm not hot.

The location is perfect. Surrounded by local people in quite area. Dont be intimidate by the look of the surroundings; its safe, quite and peaceful.

It would be great to have a btter shower head

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.

The host was excellent. Shirley (a man) was an excellent host, since he was very helpful, and accessible. He helped my sister and I to find an honest taxi driver, and gave us some recommendations regarding places to visit (mainly restaurantes). The apartment is located in the same neighborhood of the famous singer Rihanna, and I had the chance of take some pictures in front of her house, and in front of corner named Rihanna's Drive WITH Rihanna pictures and a decoration of her main famous discs. People in the entire Island are educated and gentle. This island is prepared to received tourists and my sister and I felt safe all times.

The location is a little far away form the main beaches and restaurants; then, everytime We needed to go to a restaurant we had to take a taxi, since the public transportation is not the best.