St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Great House and Rum Distillery Tour
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The Great House and Distillery tour captures an authentic insight into life on a 17th century plantation showcasing artifacts from Amerindian settlement through to colonial times. The movie c. 1935 is a rare and unique glimpse of this life and also of Barbados at the turn of the 20th century.
The attraction is intended to allow visitors to tour at their own pace or have a guided tour while also allowing opportunities to have quiet spaces for reflection and for relaxing within the gardens and landscaped grounds.
The cafe offers refreshments and light fare for the visitors taking the tour within the setting of a lush tropical gully.
Our artisan distillery showcases our manufacturing in a manner that allows the visitor to be immersed in the processes of making rum for "the sugar cane field to the bottle", viewing the crushing of cane within the antique steam mill allowing them to take away a more meaningful experience of their visit.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Wheelchairs have partial access to the attraction and there is no charge for wheelchair users
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
St. Nicholas Abbey
Guided tour of 1658 Jacobean Great House, House Museum, rare and unique1930 movie of Plantation and Barbados, Syrup Factory with c. 1890 working Steam Mill, Rum Distillery including rum tasting. Tour includes a complimentary drink and there are a gift shop and terrace cafe for visitors taking the tour
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St. Nicholas Abbey Heritage Great House and Rum Distillery Tour
Reviews
258 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Fantastic tour - amazing rum.
cabinqueen,,Dec 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a fantastic tour! We toured the Great House and Rum Distillery during our resent Barbados stay and it was fantastic. The tour was so informative about how life was in Barbados. The rum distillery tour was great with a historic video of live on a plantation many years ago. One of the highlights was having Simon, one of the owners speak with our group. He was such a delight. We ended up purchasing the Coffee liquor that was absolutely amazing. If you are interested in history and rum, this is a "not to be missed" tour.
Great visit
maureensQ2914QF,,Dec 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Superb tour. Informative and enjoyable. Thank you Veronica and Simon. Loved the rum tasting!! Beautiful house and that you acknowledge history.
Beautiful property
angelo g,,Dec 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A must visit while in barbados. What a beauty of a property. We got married here in 2012 and visit every time we go back to barbados.
See the Abbey and ride the Train
p y,,Dec 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We visited St. Nicholas Abbey, now the site if Barbados Rum factory. This beautiful historical site includes a Railway tour on a carefully restored train crossing Victorian steel trestle bridge and stopover at Cherry Tree Hill. The train "engineer" was amazing with a beautiful voice -- she sung the Stevie Wonder version of Happy Birthday. The tour mixed history with scenery and allowed for a brief stop on Cherry Hill. We enjoyed a rum tasting after the tour and finished up with a delicious lunch in on-site picnic patio area. The scenery was pretty and made for a relaxing day.
A Great place to visit with one exception - PLEASE provide better, larger and more interactive aviaries for your parrots
Martyn M,,Nov 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00macaws & cockatoo are never let out, no stimulation. V stressed 'pets' that have been this way in your family for decades - Which makes your lack of understanding all the more tragic for these very intelligent birds. You have the space to make new wonderful homes for all of the birds that you are privileged to have! Please Show compassion and give them what they deserve. They have many years left to live. Thank you
Great trip back into history
Lee S,,Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Went yesterday, Wednesday 5th Nov, was going to do the short train+ house tour but ended up doing the long tour, quite pricey but worth it, train was quite fun with the comedian conductor , got off at the house where another lady showed us around , very interesting then we did the distillery tour and while this place isn't on the scale of some other distillery tours I have been on its still interesting, watched a short video about the history of the whole place then did a spot of rum tasting hosted by a lovely guy called Simon, the current owners son , who was also a comedian. I bought a bottle and a young lady kindly engraved the bottle for me, all together a fun and worthwhile trip though we went in or hire car so it was easy , dont know about other means of transport
A wonderful place!
HappiholzLancashire,,Oct 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a brilliant way to spend 3 hours. A great tour of the house and distillery before watching the amazing family film! Followed by a lovely lunch, overlooking the beautiful trees in the gully at the rear of the house, where we met at spoke to Simon, who is the perfect ambassador for the house.
Fabulous tour & steam train but please release the parrots!
182LisaC,,Oct 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00We did the full tour today. Our tour guide was great - the house has a fascinating history. The rum tasting was good and very informative. The steam train and guide was amazing. We would highly recommend. But please release the parrots and if that’s not possible for some reason then give them bigger and better homes. Beautiful intelligent birds like that should not be kept in cages and definitely not in ones that small. Apart from that it was a great tour overall.
Fascinating and stunning
GlobeTrotting734066,,Aug 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Loved everything about this tour. Everyone so very friendly, and knowledgeable. . Amazing gardens and Jacobean home. The rum tasting was the highlight of this tour for me and Carol was the perfect tour guide. I would highly recommend this tour.
Tour down memory lane
ocheanc2024,,Aug 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Went on a tour the property was beautiful and have so much history. My tour guide Megan was wonderful, very informative and she was friendly. Learned the true history behind st Nicholas Abby!
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