Must-see attractions in Port-au-Prince & Around

  • Junkyard sculpture on Grand Rue.

    Grand Rue Artists

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    While most of Haiti’s artists are represented in the rarefied air of Pétionville’s galleries, a collective of sculptors and installation artists produces…

  • Museum of the People

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    This small jumble of a museum attached to the mission is worth a stop on your way up to Kenscoff. There are taxidermied specimens of Haitian fauna …

  • Musée du Panthéon National

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    This modern, mostly subterranean history museum, set below gardens, hosts a permanent exhibition chronicling Haiti’s history, from the Taínos and slavery…

  • Marché de Fer

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Several of Haiti’s cities have iron markets, but Port-au-Prince’s is the original and the best. Constructed in 1889, the exuberant red-metal structure…

  • Maison Dufort

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    This recently restored gingerbread home is the first of its kind to be not only preserved by a nonprofit, but also opened to the public. The creamy-yellow…

  • Musée Colonial Ogier-Fombrun

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    On the grounds of hotel Moulin sur Mer, Musée Colonial Ogier-Fombrun and its old sugar mill are housed in a restored colonial plantation. It’s definitely…

  • Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    At the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution, the Plaine du Cul-de-Sac was one of the richest parts of St-Domingue. Little remains of this period, but one…

  • Fort Jacques

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    Fort Jacques was erected during the burst of fort-building following independence in 1804. It was built by Alexandre Pétion and named after Jean-Jacques…

  • Champs de Mars

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    A series of parks split by wide boulevards that collectively make up the Place des Héros de l'Indépendence, with the former site of the demolished Palais…

  • Plage Publique

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    This beach is tucked in between the Kaliko Beach Club and Wahoo Bay, and offers basic facilities, food sellers, sound systems and booze – it’s a great…

  • Barbancourt Rum Distillery

    Port-au-Prince & Around

    North of the airport and tucked among sugarcane fields, this famous rum distillery welcomes visitors occasionally and seemingly at random – don't make the…