- Address: Bay Street, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Working hours: 7.00 - 15.00 every day, except Monday
In order to do shopping in Bridgetown , the well-known Chipside Market market, located in the northern part of the capital city of Barbados near the harbor, is ideally suited.
What can I buy on the market?
The market is full of genuine local color. The original Caribbean rum, without any fakes, you can only try in this place. Here you will buy not only ordinary, but also the most exotic local products, shoes, clothes, leather goods, as well as souvenirs: from inexpensive plastic trinkets to exclusive handmade products from local craftsmen. You are unlikely to leave here without an exquisite jewelery masterpiece made in the spirit of Barbados traditions .
In the morning, fresh vegetables and fruits, honey, as well as freshly caught ocean food are always brought to the market:
- fish;
- oysters;
- squid;
- octopus and much more.
On the Chipside Market is always the largest selection of herbs and spices, but lovers of hearty food will not be left without purchases: there are many meat rows where veal, lamb and chicken are sold. On the market you can walk almost all day even in the heat - many sellers will offer you refreshing cold drinks. Only here you will be able to taste an ice cucumber cocktail or coconut milk, which is obtained right at you, cutting a coconut with the help of a machete.
Chipside Market is a covered market, so it's comfortable to be in any weather. On the second floor is open for visitors to the cafe of national cuisine "Harriet". Try salted fish sticks and fish cake, ham with spices and bread and fruit. Also, climbing the stairs, you can get to the atelier by tailoring, a recreation room, a vintage second hand shop, a jewelry boutique. A particularly lively market is in the mornings on Friday and Saturday. Prices here are more than moderate compared to supermarkets, and benevolent sellers will always give you useful advice.
How to get there?
To get to the market, you need to rent a car or take a bus that goes through bridges over Bridgetown Harbor: Charles-Onil-Bridge and Chamberlain Bridge. The bus station, like the famous Independence square, is just around the corner from this local shopping center.
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