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Paynes Bay Beach

Barbados
Ranked #4 of 12 attractions in Saint James
4.0 of 5 stars 33 Reviews
Type: Beaches
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Surrey
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118 reviews 118 reviews
Reviews in 56 cities Reviews in 56 cities
86 helpful votes 86 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 April 2012

A small but clean beach. No roped off swimming area. A lot of jet skies around so wouldn't recommend swimming out far from beach. Fish market More

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San Clemente, California
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32 reviews 32 reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
59 helpful votes 59 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2012

Loved the beach and it's sugary sands. This location is central to everything! Water is spectacular and warm. More

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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24 reviews 24 reviews
Reviews in 18 cities Reviews in 18 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2012
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Park your car opposite the Coconut Bar and walk through the bar to the beach. We had our own snorkeling gear, but usually you can rent on the beach for 15 US for the day. For best results take some fish bait along which you can buy at the fish market in Holetown. Swim out to the marker buoy in... More

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Surrey, UK
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4 reviews 4 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2012
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Unusually for Barbados a beach with all sand even a long way out to sea, the only issue for some is that it is backed by the road, though in practice you don't notice it More

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Woodford Green, United Kingdom
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2012
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We stay at the Treasure beach hotel so we can be near to the turtles. Every morning i'd advise swimming out to sea at about 9am, some boats will have started to appear and will feed the turtles so you can swim with them without the expense of a catamaran trip. The beach is clean and great for walking to... More

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Fort Collins, Colorado
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4 reviews 4 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 March 2012
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Quiet, beautiful water, pleasant chaise vendors (Jerry), convenient to hotels and B and B's More

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Chaska
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4 reviews 4 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 March 2012

No excursion caught our eye so we hit the beach on our own. The biggest thing of interest I felt was to see the sea turtles and the excursions seemed over priced so we took the bus! Lots of questions are posted about this on-line so here is what we did. We chose to go to Paynes Bay which is... More

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connecticut
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 March 2012

Nice beach to walk on. I didn't spend much time sunbathing, but there seemed to have been chairs for rental. The Blue Monkey Bar was closed. More

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Dublin, Ireland
2 reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 March 2012

Clean soft sand. No sharp coral bits. The sea was warm and clean. More

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Barbados
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 March 2012

we were hustled down a small narrow path way where we were met by vendors immediately.chairs umbrellas.,jewelery,boat to the turtles witch is with in swimming distance from the shore.guy came buy and offered my wife a massage. food and drinks over priced.jet skies ripping around and speed boats . it was horrible.then if you try to leave the locals bug... More

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