Queen's Park Savannah. Grand Stand and Food Court, Port of Spain (must see)

Queen's Park Savannah is a park in Port of Spain. Known locally as simply "the Savannah," it is Port of Spain's largest open space. Once sugarcane farm land, it was bought by the town council in 1817 from the Peschier family (except for a small parcel near its centre that served as the Peschier cemetery, which remains in private hands).

At first it was used as a vast cattle pasture in what was then the town's suburbs, but by the middle of the 19th century it had become established as a park. In the early 20th-century it was used as an airstrip when there were no airports built. Until the early 1990s, horse racing was held frequently at the Savannah race track, and it also contains several cricket, football and rugby pitches. Apart from a ring of trees round its perimeter, the Savannah was never really landscaped, except for the small area in its northwest corner called the Hollows, a former reservoir now drained and planted with ornamental shrubs.

The Open Air Food Court is a night market at Queen’s Park Savannah. It is the perfect spot to grab local food during the warm evenings in Port of Spain. Whether it’s doubles or corn soup, shawarmas/gyros or jerk chicken, bake and shark or shaved ice. The stands start to set up in the early evening, and food is available from 18:00 at the earliest with many of the stalls closing about 22:00. Some of the stands will sell out of popular dishes. There is a stall just outside the gates selling fresh coconut water.