My partner and I had a splendid 3-weeks Bajan holiday being based in the well equiped and relaxing 1 bed roomed apartment having access to the plunge pool when we wanted. It was wonderfully peaceful location enabling us to relax and unwind as well as being our launch pad for various island based activities. This was our 3rd visit to the island having previously 'hoteled' in Hastings, self catering, and Holetown, all-inclusive. Long Beach was only minutes away for morning walks or a relaxing dip in the area fronting the surf club or we made the pleasant and relaxing walk up the road to Sea View and took the Number 11 van stopping off at either Miami and Enterprise beaches (Oistin's) or continued to the equally well known and popular Rockley beach. We made best use of the local amenities for shopping and enjoyment, be it days and/or evenings at Oistin's, utilizing the local supermarkets and shops or letting the van take us all the way to Bridgetown for a day out or 2. From Oistin's one can get public transport to most areas with us chosing to return to Holetown for a day to revisit a previous holiday location and catch up with friends and familiar places. Although we chose to use local transport and benefited from having several friends in Barbados to enable us to savor what the island has to offer from the cricket heritage to round the island trips and sight seeing, eating (lots of fresh food) - don't forget to visit a Cheffette, and drinking, be it Bank's beer, the local rum or what you bought in the Duty Free, the cinemas, including a 'drive in' and the malls etc hiring a car might enable the Inch Marlowe based visitor to retain the pace of the world from which they came if they did not have the time that we had, three weeks. Staying in Inch Marlowe gives you a different Barbados experience, being with among the local populace rather than in the manufactured tourist areas that are nearby for you to dip in and out of at your leisure. Would we go back - yes.