Port of Spain
Port of Spain is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago.
Port of Spain is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient daily population of 250,000, it is Trinidad and Tobago's third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando.
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Worth seeing in and around Port of Spain
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hasely Crawford Stadium
The Hasely Crawford Stadium, formerly the National Stadium, is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It was inaugurated and formally opened by Prime Minister George Chambers on 12 June 1982.
1.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02The Red House
The Red House is the seat of Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago. The architectural design of the Red House is of Beaux-Arts style.
1.6 km · Government building · Wikipedia - 03House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the elected lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, along with the President and Senate of Trinidad and Tobago. The House of Representatives sits at the Red House.
1.6 km · lower house of Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 04Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port of Spain
Holy Trinity Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Constructed between 1816-1823, it is the principal Anglican cathedral in the country and serves as the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago.
1.9 km · church in Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 05National Library and Information System
The National Library and Information System of Trinidad and Tobago is a corporate body established by the NALIS Act No. 18 of 1998 to administer the development and coordination of library and information services in Trinidad and Tobago.
1.7 km · national library of Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia - 06Library of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
The Library of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean was established in 1948 as part of the creation of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; this coincided with the inauguration of the Economic Commission for Latin America by the United Nations, in support of its mandate in the region. The Library has four branches: the Hernán Santa Cruz Library in Santiago, the Centro de Recursos de Información y Distribución de Documentos in Mexico City, the Raúl Prebisch Library in Brasília and the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre in Port of Spain.
700 m · Library at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean · Wikipedia - 07College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago
The College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago is a public, multi-campus college in Trinidad and Tobago, established in 2000.
600 m · university · Wikipedia - 08Memorial Park, Port of Spain
Memorial Park is an urban park in upper Downtown, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Memorial Park is a public city park in commemoration of the Trinidadian veterans that served in World War I and World War II. It is one of the most visited urban parks in the city.
800 m · park in Trinidad and Tobago · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The beaches. Carnival. The Trinidad Carnival is one of the best in the world and hotels can be guaranteed to fill up when it is held and double their rates! Taking place in the days before Lent it is a mixture of parades and music and calypso competitions. Participants wear elaborate costumes and parade dancing through the streets to the sounds of a steel band or a soca band.
- 01International Waterfront Centre
A major skyscraper development designed to revitalise the city's waterfront with the Hyatt Regency Trinidad at its heart.
- 02National Academy for Performing Arts
Frederick St (city side of the Savannah),.
- 03Emperor Valley Zoo
Trinidad and Tobago's only zoo, features a wide variety of tropical species including lions, tigers, monkeys, birds and fish.
- 04Royal Botanic Gardens
Established in 1818, these are one of the oldest gardens in the Caribbean.
- 05Royal Victoria Institute
This is the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago.
- 06The Magnificent Seven Houses
These seven buildings from colonial times have very interesting histories.
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Things to do
- 01Queen's Park Savannah
It has a circumference of 3.5 km and is a popular spot around sunset for joggers and walkers.
- 02Cricket at Queen's Park Oval
Opened in 1896 and rebuilt in 2006 after an earthquake, this has a capacity of 20,000.
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Where to eat
There are many types of traditional and Trinidad food that must be tried, some of these include: Roti Doubles Bake and Shark Chow (e.g. Mango/Pineapple Chow) West Indian Style Curry Jerk Chicken/Fish Western Main Highway at St James is a popular night spot with a long stretch of bars and eateries. There are also many food stalls selling Rotis, Doubles, and other local delicacies.
- 01Mano's Food Delight
52-B Park Street.
- 02Dopson's Roti
Maraval Road.
- 03George and Son Doubles
Carlos St.
- 04Sauce On The Avenue
The totally local fast food chain Ariapita Avenue, in the Woodbrook neighborhood of Port-of-Spain, is a popular dining and nightlife area with a good selection of mid-range restaurants.
- 05Lola's Food Company
82 Tragarete Rd.
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Getting to Port of Spain
- Airports
- Piarco (POS), 21 km · A.N.R. Robinson (TAB), 92 km · Maurice Bishop (GND), 152 km
- Stations
- Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, 800 m · Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Port of Spain, 1.7 km · Saint James, 2 km · Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, 400 m · Emperor Valley Zoo, 900 m
- Scarborough → Port of Spain103 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $12–17
- Saint George's → Port of SpainTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Barcelona → Port of Spain7039 km · quickest by air, 16h 27m · €920–1,420
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Port of Spain
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Port of Spain. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhen the coach is not running and you aren't carrying massive luggage, you can take a local taxi with a licence plate starting with H at the taxi rank (100 metres to the right of the arrival hall exit) towards what's called "The Junction" and, there, hail a frequently running red-white minivan (Maxi Taxi), which also will drop you off at City Gate (South Quay bus terminal).
- Get inThe taxi is TT$5, although you'll have to wait for the vehicle to fill up with 4 passengers (which does not take long), and the minivan is US$7 — altogether considerably cheaper than the US$30 for the authorized airport taxi.
- Get inThere is a Wednesday ferry from Venezuela.
- Get inFrom Scarborough, Tobago there are hydrofoils that take 2½ hours and conventional ferries that take 5½ hours to Port of Spain.
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