Thanna's Place

Port of Spain


Tucked away in residential Belmont, but just a five-minute walk from the Savannah, this is a friendly little place with a range of clean, brightly decorated rooms, some without bath, all with air-con.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Port of Spain attractions

1. National Museum & Art Gallery

0.38 MILES

Housed in a classic colonial building, the rather dry historical exhibits range from the oil industry to Amerindian settlers, the colonial era and…

2. National Academy of the Performing Arts

0.42 MILES

The glinting curves of this arts center, looming over the southeast corner of Queen's Park Savannah, are an eye-catching backdrop to the park, a sort of…

3. Queen’s Park Savannah

0.47 MILES

Once part of a sugar plantation, formerly home to a racecourse and now the epicenter of the annual Carnival, this public park is encircled by a 3.7km…

4. President's House

0.73 MILES

Built from local blue limestone and roofed with Welsh slate, this palatial house was once the home of Trinidad's presidents, but has been protected by an…

5. Botanical Gardens

0.85 MILES

Resplendent with exotic trees and plants, and networked by paved paths, the Botanical Gardens date from 1818. Take a stroll or relax in one of the…

6. Hall of Justice

0.89 MILES

All pointy balconies and angular turrets, this 1980s concrete building houses Trinidad and Tobago's main criminal court.

7. City Hall

0.89 MILES

Painted a fetching shade of burnt umber, this block-like concrete construction from 1961 is the HQ of Port of Spain's mayor and the local governing body,…

8. Emperor Valley Zoo

0.91 MILES

Port of Spain's 2.5-hectare zoo has a host of indigenous species – red howler monkeys, ocelots, caiman and various birds, snakes and tropical fish – there…