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Port of Spain
Capital of Trinidad and Tobago

Port of Spain

Port of Spain is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago.

Plan a trip to Port of Spain→From Scarborough

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.

Get in

Getting to Port of Spain

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    Piarco International Airport
See

Worth seeing

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.

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    International Waterfront Centre

    A major skyscraper development designed to revitalise the city's waterfront with the Hyatt Regency Trinidad at its heart.

  2. 02
    National Academy for Performing Arts

    Frederick St (city side of the Savannah),.

  3. 03
    Emperor Valley Zoo

    Trinidad and Tobago's only zoo, features a wide variety of tropical species including lions, tigers, monkeys, birds and fish.

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    Royal Botanic Gardens

    Established in 1818, these are one of the oldest gardens in the Caribbean.

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    Royal Victoria Institute

    This is the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad and Tobago.

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    The Magnificent Seven Houses

    These seven buildings from colonial times have very interesting histories.

Do

Things to do

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    Queen's Park Savannah

    It has a circumference of 3.5 km and is a popular spot around sunset for joggers and walkers.

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    Cricket at Queen's Park Oval

    Opened in 1896 and rebuilt in 2006 after an earthquake, this has a capacity of 20,000.

Eat

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.

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    Mano's Food Delight

    52-B Park Street.

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    Dopson's Roti

    Maraval Road.

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    George and Son Doubles

    Carlos St.

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    Sauce 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.

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    Lola's Food Company

    82 Tragarete Rd.

How locals move

Getting around Port of Spain the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Port of Spain, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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