Category: Trinidad
Top 10 things to do & see in Trinidad
Our top 10 picks for what to do and see in Trinidad
Port of Spain: International Financial Centre (IFC)?
Economist Jwala Rambarran on the moves to make Port of Spain — Trinidad’s capital — an International Financial Centre as part of the country’s diversification thrust into financial services
Trinidad & Tobago: the perfect film location
The T&T Film Company invites film producers to take advantage of all the islands have to offer as a film location
The steelpan — from creation to Panorama to the world
The steelpan (it’s really a bit of a faux pas to call it a steel drum!) is one of Trinidad’s proudest exports. It distinguishes itself by being the only acoustic, non-electric instrument invented in the 20th century, and one incubated in Laventille, Port of Spain, during the Second World War
Chaguaramas & the northwest peninsula | Touring Trinidad
Hiking, watersports, beaches, offshore islands, museums, nightclubs, caves, all in the protected Chaguaramas national park. Plus: Fort George and Diego Martin highlights
Touring Trinidad: Port of Spain
Port of Spain is a booming, buzzing metropolis, expanding within its boundaries with new business developments stimulated by inward investment. The capital of Trinidad and Tobago, it sprawls from the Gulf of Paria back into the foothills of the rugged Northern Range. When it became the capital in 1757, it was a muddy little seaport. Now, it is one of the busiest commercial centres in the Caribbean, and a hotbed of entrepreneurial and artistic activity as well.
The Queen’s Park Savannah | Touring Trinidad
A mile or so north of Woodford Square, between the downtown area and the hills of the Northern Range, the Queen’s Park Savannah is the city’s largest green space, enjoyed by everyone from joggers and cricketers and Easter kite-flyers to vendors of oysters, corn and coconuts.