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Maracas Valley

Maracas Valley is in northern Trinidad.

12km

10.7446-61.4369

Chaguaramas

Chaguaramas is a port and peninsular in the northwestern Trinidad.

13km

10.6833-61.6333

Scarborough (Trinidad and Tobago)

town in Trinidad and Tobago

104km

11.1833-60.7333

Tobago

autonomous island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

114km

11.25-60.667

Margarita Island

(Isla Margarita)

270km

11.01778-63.9222
Sights (13)

Queen's Park Savannah

park in Trinidad and Tobago

930m

10.669296-61.514082

Magnificent Seven Houses

The Magnificent Seven Houses are mansions located alongside Queen's Park Savannah in northern Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Maraval Road in the St Clair neighborhood. They were built between 1902 and 1910 on land that was previously used as a government stock farm and are listed as heritage sites at the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago. Stollmeyer's Castle was the first building in the neighborhood and took several years to complete, as was typical with the Magnificent Seven Houses.

1.1km

10.671-61.519

Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre

The Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre is a construction project aimed at revitalising and transforming the waterfront of the capital-city Port of Spain located in Trinidad and Tobago. The project is a part of the overall Vision 2020, a government policy attempting to take Trinidad and Tobago to developed country status by 2020. That policy has since been shelved. The towers, which were supposed to usher in the beginning of a "Financial Centre" never materialized, and have slowly been occupied by government departments and offices.

1.2km

10.65158333-61.52146389

Eric Williams Plaza

Eric Williams Plaza, also known as the Eric Williams Financial Complex, located on Independence Square, Port of Spain, consists of two of the tallest buildings in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as in the English-speaking Caribbean. It consists of a pair of skyscrapers 22 stories high and 302 ft tall, locally known as the "Twin Towers". Construction on the complex started in 1979 and ended in 1986. The complex was officially opened on March 29, 1986. The architect who managed the construction was Anthony C. Lewis Partnership.

1.4km

10.6489-61.5124

Nicholas Tower

Nicholas Tower, situated on Independence Square, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago is the fifth tallest building in Trinidad and Tobago. It has an elliptical floor plate and stands 21 floors tall and 88 Meters high. Construction was completed in 2003 and each floor, 8,000 square feet (700 m2) of space, was rented out at a cost of $96,000 a month. It is a blue glass tower.

1.4km

10.6492-61.5108

Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Trinidad and Tobago is located in Port of Spain. The Gardens, which were established in 1818, are situated just north of the Queen's Park Savannah. This is one of the oldest Botanic Gardens in the world. The landscaped site occupies 61.8 acres and contains some 700 trees, of which some 13% are indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago, whilst others are collected from every continent of the world.

1.5km

10.6744-61.5143

Caroni Swamp

The second largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad and Tobago

9.6km

10.5914097-61.4640326

Mount Saint Benedict

13km

10.6628-61.3964

Monos

18km

10.683333333333-61.683333333333

Blanchisseuse

27km

10.78333333-61.3

Pitch Lake

48km

10.2325-61.62805556

Pigeon Point, Tobago

90km

11.1167-60.839

Englishman's Bay

114km

11.28333333-60.68333333
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Port of Spain seemed to get a bad rap for crime when we researched visiting here however we enjoyed the food and coffee options!

We stayed for most of our time in Maracas Valley which although more cut off from conveniences (you'll likely be self catering) was a bit more wild (jungle! Waterfalls!).

We highly recommend the Caroni swamp visit while you are here (see photos below!)

Port of Spain

Port of Spain, on the northwest coast of Trinidad island, is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago. The city is famous for its carnival, second only to that of Rio in importance but preferred by many because of its perceptions of being safer.

Trinidad has a rich tapestry of cultures which create occasions for celebrations beyond many's expectations for a small Caribbean island; thus there is much to see and do after work hours in Port of Spain, even long after the annual Carnival celebration. While the popularity of the major shopping area around Frederick Street as a nightspot centre has remained steady or declined, expansion of entertainment venues into the malls and outlying towns has occurred. St. James, 'uptown' Port of Spain (St. Clair and Woodbrook) have seen a boom in nightclubs, sports bars and fine dining restaurants as workers from government offices and large corporations disgorge on evenings from high-rise headquarters built in newly commercialized formerly upscale neighbourhoods.

Port of Spain has a population of 18,008 males and 19,066 females, with 5,694 businesses and is home to 12,333 households with an average size of 2.9 according to the 2011 census. The city experienced an average annual growth rate of −2.3% between the censuses of 2000 and 2011

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

28°C17
Precipitation: 43 mm

Feb

29°C19
Precipitation: 40 mm

Mar

30°C21
Precipitation: 17 mm

Apr

31°C22
Precipitation: 28 mm

May

33°C23
Precipitation: 68 mm

Jun

32°C23
Precipitation: 156 mm

Jul

31°C23
Precipitation: 194 mm

Aug

32°C23
Precipitation: 244 mm

Sep

32°C23
Precipitation: 191 mm

Oct

32°C23
Precipitation: 143 mm

Nov

32°C22
Precipitation: 211 mm

Dec

31°C21
Precipitation: 76 mm
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