Caribbean Dreams Magazine Volume 2 | Page 58

Looka de view Sight Seeing Bridgetown aka “town” The city of Bridgetown is Barbados’ largest city, and the commercial centre of the island. With an estimated population of 90,000, this St. Michael town was established by the English settlers in 1628; it was the second town to be settled in Barbados and quickly became one of the main shipping ports in the Caribbean. 01 When the settlers arrived, at what is now called Bridgetown, they \