Platinum Coast

The Platinum Coast[1] is a stretch of powdery white sandy-beach located on the leeward side of Barbados. Located to the North of Holetown. Its area title has been broadened in more recent times to include much of the coastline of the parish of Saint James. The Platinum Coast is a spot consisting mostly of nouveau riche to the country of Barbados. Upscale hotels in the area include the Royal Westmoreland and Sandy Lane Beach resort where golfer Tiger Woods was married.[2]

The area is a hotspot for wealthy global people and many locals in the area are quick to point out the homes of the 18 global billionaires said to live in the Platinum Coast area.[3]

The original name for this area was the "Gold Coast" but the name has changed in recent years.

  1. ^ Aslet, Clive (13 December 2006). "Bowled over by Barbados". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2010-07-31. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  2. ^ Staff writer (31 October 2005). "Best Beaches for Surfers, Lushes, Nudists ... #13". New York. Retrieved 17 September 2010. The beaches along Barbados's west coast are prime territory for famous guests of high-end villas and resorts like Sandy Lane, where Cindy Crawford, Hugh Grant, and Tiger Woods have all recently stayed. The star power is especially rampant during the Christmas–New Year holidays.
  3. ^ A. Warner, Gary (2 April 2006). "Barbados". Portsmouth Herald. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 17 September 2010. Many of the rum barons had mansions along "the Platinum Coast" just to the north around Holetown, where British settlers first came ashore in 1627. Today the area, also nicknamed Billionaire Beach, has a string of high-end resorts clinging to the narrow ledge of sand.