Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2016 — 25th Anniversary Edition

The lime & party
epicentres
While clubs and bars exist
nationwide, there are some
epicentres: Western Main
Road in St James; Woodbrook
and St Clair (Shaker’s, Nuvo
Serra, Martin’s, the Oval, Paprika,
and Drink for liming, while 51 Degrees,
Aria, and Tzar are some of the
mainstays for clubbers); One Woodbrook
Place and MovieTowne locations
(which have movies, food, drinks,
live entertainment and more on site);
Trincity Mall; Grand Bazaar (Valsayn);
Arima; and San Fernando. You’ll also find a
range of swanky lounges in the larger hotels
around the country (see our Accommodation
and Food & Dining sections for more.) And of
course, there’s Ariapita Avenue!
Fetes
Trinis are pretty good at finding reasons
to party (fête is the French word for
party) — all year round. Public holidays,
fund-raisers, Carnival band launches
— we can always find an excuse to
throw a fete or host a major event, from
cooler fetes to large-scale, stadium-filling
brams. School and community grounds
are often venues, and when things get really
big, the action heads for venues like
the O2 Arena (Chaguaramas), Queen’s
Park Oval, National Stadium, and
Queen’s Park Savannah (all in Port of
Spain), as well as other sporting arenas
across the nation. Sometimes these
events feature international headline
acts, in addition to local stars.
Bunji Garlin revs up the crowd. Photo by Aaron Richards
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