Discover Trinidad & Tobago 2020 | Issue 31 | Travel & Destination Guide
Discover Trinidad & Tobago is the islands' longest-running and most trusted destination guide, with all the info you need to plan your holiday, vacation, or exploration of the islands. DTT has published 31 issues since 1991, and helps readers discover where to stay, dine, lime, party, and shop; and what to see (including the islands’ best sites) and experience (festivals, arts and culture, sports, and eco escapes), in both islands. There’s also a national calendar of events; info on getting here and getting around; tips for safe and sustainable travel; T&T history and society in a nutshell, maps; and more. For the fifth edition in the row, the magazine features a distinctive dual-cover design, with one cover for each island — a Phagwa or Holi celebrant in Trinidad (photo by Chris Anderson), and dancers at the Tobago Heritage Festival (photo by Alva Viarruel). For more: https://www.discovertnt.com
Discover Trinidad & Tobago is the islands' longest-running and most trusted destination guide, with all the info you need to plan your holiday, vacation, or exploration of the islands. DTT has published 31 issues since 1991, and helps readers discover where to stay, dine, lime, party, and shop; and what to see (including the islands’ best sites) and experience (festivals, arts and culture, sports, and eco escapes), in both islands. There’s also a national calendar of events; info on getting here and getting around; tips for safe and sustainable travel; T&T history and society in a nutshell, maps; and more. For the fifth edition in the row, the magazine features a distinctive dual-cover design, with one cover for each island — a Phagwa or Holi celebrant in Trinidad (photo by Chris Anderson), and dancers at the Tobago Heritage Festival (photo by Alva Viarruel). For more: https://www.discovertnt.com
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Maps and essentials
month of Ramadan, and
celebrated in homes and
mosques
•
30: Indian Arrival Day
June
• 11: Corpus Christi
• 19: Labour Day —
marked by trade union
marches and gatherings
in Fyzabad, Trinidad
• WeBeat Festival (Trinidad)
• Rainbow Cup International
Triathlon (Tobago)
July
• Tobago Heritage Festival
(Tobago)
• Lidj Yasu Omowale
Emancipation Village opens
(Trinidad)
• Opera Festival (Trinidad)
• Carnival band launch
season begins
• Great Fete weekend (Tobago)
September
• 24: Republic Day —
marks the adoption in 1976 of
a new republican constitution
(in which a President replaced
the Queen of England as the
head of state, and the islands
became a republic within the
Commonwealth), and the first
meeting of the republican
parliament
• trinidad+tobago
film festival (ttff) —
the Caribbean’s second
largest festival devoted to
film, showcasing short and
feature length productions
from the region and its
diaspora, plus industry
workshops and training
sessions
• Trinidad & Tobago
Restaurant Week
• Maracas Open Water Swim
(Trinidad)
December
• 25: Christmas Day
• 26: Boxing Day
• Paramin Parang
Festival (Trinidad)
• Tobago Flying Colours —
annual kite flying festival in
Plymouth
August
• 1: Emancipation Day
• Arima Borough Day (Trinidad)
• Oshun River Festival (Trinidad)
Marked by Orisha devotees
celebrating the goddess of
love, fertility, and inland waters
• Pan on d'Avenue (Trinidad)
• Moruga Heritage Day Festival
(Trinidad)
• Great Race (from Trinidad to
Tobago)
• 31: Independence Day —
commemorates the islands’
independence from Britain in
1962
October
• Tobago International Cycling
Classic
• Ramleela Festival (Trinidad)
• Blue Food Festival (Tobago)
• COCO Dance Festival (Trinidad)
• Steelpan & Jazz Festival
(Trinidad)
• Chinese Arrival Dragon Boat
Festival (Trinidad)
November
• Green Screen: The
Environmental Film Festival
(Trinidad)
• Sailing and surfing seasons
begins (through April)
• TBC: Divali
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