Queen's Park Savannah

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.

Lady Chancellor Road, which ascends the hills overlooking the Savannah, is one of Port of Spain's most exclusive residential areas.

The western edge of the Savannah, along Maraval Road, is the location of the Magnificent Seven houses, a group of late-Victorian buildings built in an eccentric and flamboyant variety of styles.

These are Queen's Royal College; the residences of the Anglican bishop (Hayes Court) and the Roman Catholic archbishop; Whitehall, once a private residence, now the office of the prime minister; Mille Fleurs, the future home of the Law Association; Roomor, an ornate black-and-white chateau-like building that remains a private residence; and Stollmeyer's Castle, a turreted house supposedly modelled on Balmoral Castle that is now being converted into subsidiary offices for the prime minister's staff.

It is the perfect spot to grab local food during the warm evenings in Port of Spain, whether doubles or corn soup, shawarmas/gyros or jerk chicken, bake and shark or shaved ice.