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Kingstown
Capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown

Kingstown is the capital and largest city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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The city, located on the main island of Saint Vincent, has the main port and the biggest commercial center of the islands. With a population of 12,909 (2012), Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's agricultural industry centre and a port of entry for tourists. The city lies within the parish of Saint George in the south-west corner of Saint Vincent.

Get in

Getting to Kingstown

Air Canada, American Airlines, and Caribbean Airlines all fly to Argyle International Airport (SVD IATA), which is a 30-minute taxi ride to Kingstown's city centre. If you're flying from a neighbouring Caribbean island, Mustique Airways, One Caribbean, and SVG Air operate a variety of routes throughout the Caribbean.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Botanic Gardens
Do

Things to do

Cricket:

  1. 01
    Arnos Vale Stadium

    With a capacity of 18,000, this is multi-use but primarily a cricket ground.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Veejays

    Cheap traditional Vincentian Cajun/Creole cuisine.

How locals move

Getting around Kingstown the local way

  • Get inOther commercial and charter providers with destinations in parenthesis include: Air Canada Rouge (Toronto-Pearson) American Airlines (Miami) Caribbean Airlines (Barbados, Grenada, New York (JFK), Port of Spain) InterCaribbean Airways (Barbados and Saint Lucia-Charles) Mustique Airways (Barbados, Bequia, Canouan, Mustique, Union Island) One Caribbean (Barbados, Grenada, Tortola) SVG Air (Barbados, Bequia, Canouan, Mustique, St.
  • Get inLucia-Hewanorra, Union Island) Virgin Atlantic (Barbados, London-Heathrow) Air charter companies such as Air Charter Advisors offer access to aircraft rentals around the world, with planes for on-demand charter ranging from economical single & twin engines aircraft to small jets and luxury planes.
  • Get inSunwing Airlines also specializes in charter flights from Canada using a fleet of Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

From Wikivoyage: Saint Vincent, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-04.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.