Rum, cricket and platinum beaches
Barbados combines calm, sheltered beaches on the west coast, known as the Platinum Coast, with the wild Atlantic side, where surfers ride the Soup Bowl at Bathsheba. Bridgetown and its Garrison are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the island is widely held to be the birthplace of rum, with Mount Gay's distillery tracing its history to 1703. Harrison's Cave has stalactites viewed by tram, and the Friday fish fry at Oistins is a local institution. Cricket is a passion, played at Kensington Oval.