Sam Lord´s Castle (Barbados) > Reviews

Advantages: Amazing weather,great views ,good nightlife.
Disadvantages: People can be a little laid back.

Sam Lords Castle Barbados. I was married in Barbados on 25th Feb 2000 at Sam Lords Castle; this was my second attempt at marriage and also my husband to be. So we decided to go away somewhere warm and inviting and do the wedding bit just for us instead of the worry of inviting hundreds of guests and all the hassle that goes with it. When we set out on this task we were unsure as to where we wanted to go at first but decided on the Caribbean ... Read review

Advantages: Peace and quiet
Disadvantages: Not an action packed hotel

...of a really beautiful place, Sam Lords Castle. Get your timbers nicely shivered, because Sam Lord was a pirate, and a very bad man. Legend has it he lured ships this way with torches, so that they would get shipwrecked on the rocks. He would then loot the ship, the naughty man. You can read about him and his mistresses in the hall of the historic casle that forms the centrepiece of the resort. Below it is a mile long beach of pale vanilla sand, ... Read review

Advantages: Attractive resort
Disadvantages: Service going down, not much to see in the castle, not a swimming beach

...well as the legend of Sam Lord and his pirate ways. However when you get inside the castle it looks like a mini stately home. It isn't very big at all. Sure the views are very nice but the pictures can be very deceiving. The resort is pretty nice as well, sporting 3 pools and a large range of facilities. Eventhough it is close to the beach, as it is on the eastern Atlantic side of the island, don't expect to go out swimming there as the sea is ... Read review