Port of Spain - Queen's Park Savannah Area

About seven blocks north of Woodford Square is a open green space about a kilometer square known as Queen's Park Savannah Area. It is not the open space which is interesting, but the elegant old and modern buildings around the perimeter. In touring these attractions, note that the traffic is one way clockwise with parking on the side of the street opposite the buildings themselves.

The highlight of these structures are a row called the "Magnificent Seven" on Maraval Road north of Queen's Park West.

Another interesting concentration is that along Queen's Park West to the south of the park and up the little jog near Marli. Here one sees an elaborate gingerbread tropical house, All Saints Church (1846) and the modern U.S. Embassy.

To the north of the Savannah the President's House (1873) sits in the middle of the Botanic Gardens which features international tropical trees and flowers. A small zoo is tucked next to the Botanic Gardens.

The grandstand on the Savannah is used for concerts. A horse track is situated on the plain as well.

On the southeast corner, a small panhandle called Memorial Park sits opposite the National Museum and Art Gallery.