We were supposed to go on a tour on Wed but never got picked up and wasted a whole morning waiting for our tour to begin. On the Monday I called the number on our booking and was told I would get an email on Tuesday confirming our pickup time. The only email I got was late Tuesday from Tripadvisor with a phone number telling us to call to call our tour provider. The number was not in service. I called the other two numbers listed on our booking confirmation but never got a live person and left numerous messages. None of my calls have been returned or emails. Waiting for a refund from Tripadvisor. Hopefully they come through!

The abbey is lovely and well kept, the tour guide Tonia was very informative and fun. You only go through two rooms in the house and see a few bits outside and a film show. It was okay. I booked through Viator it cost £101. The tour company rang me the day before and said Viator had undercharged and it was an extra 37$us -then they put us on the train ride which is not included in the above and rang the hotel later asking for a further 60 $us . So in total it cost £187 for 2 of us. I would not have booked if I had known it was going to end up that much as it wasn’t worth that much .

We were collected from our hotel by Kate and Cleston who drove us to St Nicolas Abbey explaining on the way about the new steam train ride and tour we would get at the Abbey. On our ride there they told us about Barbados and answered our many questions regardless of what they were about. When we changed our minds about going on to Sunbury Plantion we were not made to feel as though we were being difficult. Nothing was to much trouble. Would certainly recommend this company and their friendly helpful people. We enjoyed the train trip with driver giving a talk half way round about the railways in Barbados and the informative and friendly tour of the house etc. Especially the rum tasting!!

I recommend this particular tour here on Barbados. They pick you up from your hotel and drop you off . Well worth the money spent . Plus the visit at the Abby was awesome . The guide gives you some rich history and guide advise to and from your hotel . Great person to talk to as well.

I love this very old authentic rum distillery. Everybody seems to think it’s an Abbey (church) but irs one of the oldest on the island. It is old and the rum is hand made. It is bottled and labelled by a lovely lady. You can have your bottle specially engraved as a memento and it is a really special present. The highlight of the tour for me is the very old film from the 40’s that shows Barbados how it was then. I wish I could buy a copy, it is priceless. The old family member that does the commentary is wonderful and I could watch it over and over. Watching the sugar cane being crushed and talking to the friendly people there is brilliant. Not to mention the wonderful lunch/afternoon tea cafe. Wonderful proper teapots and China and sugar that tastes like honey, with wonderful banana bread - the best on the island I think - and the old house with wonderful original toilets etc and furniture like a museum but authentic from the period. You can sit on the furniture as well and read the ol