点评:My family and I visited and booked the full combo - The extended train tour, house tour and distillery. The visit took us just over 3 hours, and we stayed on for lunch in the cafe, so almost 4 hours in total.
I think the combo was great value and would pick that option again.
We were staying near Bridgetown, and took the 10am train, so we left our accommodation at 8.45am and it was good that we did, as there was a lot of traffic getting onto the highway, and we arrived with only 10mins till departure.
We booked directly and took an Uber to get there, and then booked a taxi using PickUp taxi app to get home. Both were straightforward, and worked out cheaper for our family of 4 than booking a tour.
The steam train was fab, the cherry tree hill stop had incredible views - and it was fun to be one of the 6 who helped turn the train on the turntable!
Wished we'd brought a some cash with us for souvenirs at the top, as it would have been nice to support those vendors who sold the usual goodies of bracelets, carved turtles, bags, hats etc.
Another vendor sold coconuts you could have just the coconut water or add rum!
The commentary was great and we enjoyed standing out watching the scenery pass by on the open balconies at either end of each carriage.
The house tour was a good pace, long enough to get some interesting info, but not too long to drive the teenagers crazy!
It was great to see the distillery, wish we were visiting in a few weeks once the steam press is in action working on the sugar cane harvest.
We enjoyed a chat with members of the Warren family - Anna was gracious with her time, and it was wonderful to hear her pride in the plantation and what they've achieved, and Simon is a hoot! - and rum tasting. We chose a beautiful bottle to take home and had our names and date engraved on it for no extra charges which was a lovely touch.
The video of footage from the former owner was a delightful surprise - how fortunate that her had so thoroughly captured parts of the crossing, the town and the plantation and the harvesting and processing of the sugar cane, and associated trades - again long enough to be informative, but not too long for the more restless in our group!
Our lunch was tasty and well timed - with a 10am visit, we were done at 1pm - and was a perfect end to the visit.
I think it's great for Barbados that the Warren family took the leap to purchase the plantation and were bold in their aspirations.
As a family holidaying on the island, we've enjoyed many lazy days, but this was a great way to spend half a day - if I'd had more foresight, I'd perhaps have paired it with a visit somewhere else in the north of the island to get even more value out of the travel - and it would give us a reason for 'why Barbados' if someone asked us where to go for for some winter sun!
Would also make a perfect cruise excursion!
翻译:我和家人前去参观,并预订了全套服务——包括延长版火车游览、庄园参观以及酿酒厂导览。整个参观过程耗时3个多小时,之后我们又在咖啡馆用了午餐,所以总共待了将近4个小时。
我觉得这个套餐性价比很高,以后还会选择这一选项。
我们当时住在布里奇敦附近,乘坐的是上午10点的火车,于是早上8点45分就离开了住处。这个时间点选得不错,因为随后上高速公路时交通十分拥堵。我们出发前仅剩10分钟就到时间了,这才匆匆赶到。
我们直接在线订票,然后乘坐Uber前往车站;回家时则通过PickUp打车应用叫了一辆出租车。整个流程都很简单,对我们四口之家来说,这样比购买旅游套餐要省钱得多。
蒸汽火车真的很棒,在樱花树山丘那一站的景色更是令人陶醉——能成为协助火车在转车台上掉头的6个人之一,也特别有趣!
真希望我们带了一些现金上去,那样就能购买些纪念品了。能支持那些售卖手链、雕花海龟摆件、包袋、帽子等常见商品的摊贩就好了。
还有个摊贩出售椰子,你可以只喝椰汁,也可以往里面加朗姆酒!
解说非常精彩,我们很喜欢站在列车两端的开放式阳台上,欣赏沿途的景色。
参观房屋的行程安排得恰到好处:时间足够我们获取一些有趣的信息,但又不会太长,免得把青少年们惹得心烦意乱!
能参观酿酒厂真是太棒了。真希望几周后我们能再来参观,那时蒸汽压榨机就能开始用于甘蔗收割了。
我们与沃伦家族的成员们畅谈甚欢——安娜非常热心地与我们交流,能听到她对自己经营的种植园以及所取得的成就引以为傲,实在是令人愉快;西蒙更是风趣幽默!此外我们还品尝了朗姆酒。我们挑选了一瓶漂亮的酒带回家,还免费在上面刻上了我们的名字和日期,这个贴心服务真是太棒了。前主人拍摄的视频真是个令人惊喜的礼物——她如此细致地记录了渡口、小镇、甘蔗种植园的景象,以及甘蔗的收割与加工过程,还有相关的行业活动。这段视频时长适中:既足够提供信息量,又不会让我们团队中那些坐不住的人感到厌烦!
我们的午餐既美味又适时——我们上午10点开始参观,下午1点就用餐完毕,这真为整个参观之旅画上了完美的句号。我认为,沃伦一家毅然决定买下那个种植园,且怀有远大的抱负,这对巴巴多斯来说是件大好事。
作为在岛上度假的一家人,我们享受了许多悠闲的时光,但这样度过半天时间也相当不错——要是我有更长远的规划就好了。或许我会把它和岛上北部的其他景点游览结合起来,这样就能让这次旅行物超所值了——要是有人问我们去哪里享受冬日阳光,这样我们也有理由回答“为什么选巴巴多斯”啦!
这也会是一次完美的游轮观光行程呢!