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Canoe Bay
Accessed by a turnoff from the main highway a few kilometers east of Crown Point, Canoe Bay is a gorgeous shallow bay that’s popular with picnicking families. The lone hotel here is Canoe Bay Beach Resort. A bar serves drinks and snacks.
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Kimme’s Sculpture Museum
Turn right off the main road by the golf course and you’ll see signs leading you to the home of German eccentric Luise Kimme, who sells and displays fantastic, 2m to 3m wood-and-metal Caribbean-themed sculptures from her blinged-out mansion.
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Turtle Beach
Another long stretch of yellow-brown sand, with wave-whipped waters shelving sharply off from the beach, this is also one of Tobago’s main nesting sites for leatherback turtles. A couple of tour companies offer turtle-watching tours in the March–August season.
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Stonehaven Bay
The next beach northeast of Mt Irvine, this fabulous sweep of coarse yellow sand offers some good swimming and bodyboarding. A couple of large-scale hotels overlook the sand, one of which has a beach bar selling lunch and drinks; the eastern end has calmer waters.
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Fort Bennett
Built by the British in 1778 to defend against US enemy ships, little remains of Fort Bennett other than a couple of cannons, but there’s a good view of the coast. It’s on a rocky hill at the north side of Stonehaven Bay, about 500m west of a marked turnoff on the main road.
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Argyle Falls
The triple-tiered Argyle Falls are on the Argyle River, just west of Roxborough on the southeastern coast. In addition to the entry fee, you must pay an authorised guide to lead you on the 20-minute hike up to the falls. Along the way you can cool off in a series of natural pools.
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Man of War Bay
The large, horseshoe-shaped Man of War Bay is fringed by a palm-studded brown-sand beach with good swimming. Roughly in the middle of the beach, you’ll find changing facilities (TT$1) and the Suckhole beach bar. The pier towards the eastern end is a nice spot for fishing or sunset-
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Mt Irvine Beach
This pretty public beach, 200m north of Mt Irvine Bay Hotel, has sheltered picnic tables and changing rooms, plus a good beachside restaurant , roti shacks and plenty of shade trees. Surfers migrate here from December to March. You can rent sun loungers, kayaks and surfboards on th
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Waterfront Park
Off Wrightson Rd opposite Independence Sq, the swanky new Waterfront Park is overlooked by high-rise offices and the Hyatt hotel. Though a bit sterile, with its could-be-anywhere waterfalls and manicured landscaping, the waterside promenade does allow you to get close to the Gulf,
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Grafton Caledonia Wildlife Sanctuary
After Hurricane Flora in 1963, Brit Eleanor Alefounder converted her 36 hectares into a bird sanctuary. There are some short hiking trails and excellent bird-watching . Visitors can come to the reserve any time, but the best time to come is around the 4pm feeding time. To get there
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Magnificent Seven
Along the west side of the Queen’s Park Savannah are the Magnificent Seven, a line of eccentric and ornate colonial buildings constructed in the early 20th century, and now in various states of repair. From south to north, they are Queen’s Royal College ; Hayes Court ; Mille Fleurs
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Pigeon Point
You have to pay to get access to Pigeon Point, the fine dining of Tobago’s beaches, with landscaped grounds, bars, restaurants, toilets and showers spread along plenty of beachfront. The postcard-perfect, palm-fringed beach has powdery white sands and milky aqua water; around the h
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Store Bay
You’ll find white sands and good year-round swimming at Store Bay, a five-minute walk from the airport. Its also the main departure point for glass-bottom boat trips to the Buccoo Reef, with hawkers offering these and rides on Jet Skis or banana boats, and renting umbrellas and sun
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Anglican Trinity Cathedral
The majestic, Gothic-designed Anglican Trinity Cathedral, at the south side of Woodford Sq, dates from 1818. Its impressive ceiling is supported by an elaborate system of mahogany beams, a design modeled on London’s Westminster Hall. Stained-glass windows open to the breeze, and th
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Independence Square
The hustle and bustle of downtown culminates along Independence Sq, two parallel streets that flank a central promenade. The commanding 1836 Roman Catholic Cathedral caps the promenade’s eastern end; at its western end, past the high-rise blocks of the Nicholas and Central Bank tow
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Indian Caribbean Museum
Just inland from Waterloo Temple, this absorbing museum is dedicated to the Indian history and experience in Trinidad. Some gorgeous antique sitars and drums are displayed as well as photographs and informational displays about early Indian settlers. Other highlights include local
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Hanuman Murti and Davenna Yoga Centre
Towering 26m over the Davenna Yoga Centre and Ashram, the richly decorated Hanuman Murti is another potent icon of Trinidad’s Hindu community. Devotees from all over the country come here to pray and walk devotional circles around the statue. The only Southern Indian–style temple i
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Woodford Square
Sometimes referred to as the University of Woodford Sq because of its occasional use by soapbox speakers and gospel preachers, this is the symbolic center of downtown. Dr Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago’s first prime minister, lectured to the masses here about the importance of
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Little Tobago
Also known as Bird of Paradise Island (though it isnt home to any of the eponymous birds), Little Tobago was the site of a cotton plantation during the late 1800s, and is now an important seabird sanctuary that offers rich pickings for bird-watchers. Red-billed tropic birds, magnif
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Waterloo Temple
This tranquil, almost surreal Hindu temple sits at the end of a causeway jutting 90m off the central west coast. Its formal name is Sewdass Sadhu Shiv Mandir, after its creator. Grateful for his safe return from India through the WWII-embattled waters of the Pacific, Sadhu committe
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