The first place most visitors get to see in Barbados is Christ Church; specifically the airport. The Grantley Adams International Airport is named after the man who appears not only on our one hundred dollar note, but was the first Premier of Barbados and the only Prime Minister of the failed Federation of the West Indies. The Grantley Adams International Airport has been equipped to meet the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and has thus kept up with the standard of most modern airports in the world for all kinds of weather. Indeed it is the best equipped airport in the Caribbean.
Coastal Christ Church offers it all, from the the ragged Silver Sands where the best windsurfers from around the world got to test their mettle, to the calmer more lucid waters of Sandy Beach and Accra.
Oistins, known chiefly as the islands fishing port, is now the main town on the South Coast.
The yearly Oistins Fish Festival is held here. The festival was first held in 1978, and amidst exhibitions of local art and craft there are demonstrations, and competitions, of fishing skill - like the de-boning competition.
The present Christ Church Parish Church only dates back to 1935, but it is the fourth church to be built on these grounds, the previous three were all destroyed in fires or hurricanes. The famous Chase Vault is located on the grounds of this church. The vault, owned by the Chase Family housed the coffins of the family. Every time the vault was opened for a new coffin to be places in it the previous ones were found in a disarray. The vault was officially sealed for one year, and when reopened the coffins were found out of their places. The only solution that could be found was to bury each coffin separately.