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The nearest beach to the apartments is Bacolet beach, 5 minutes by car, just to the east of Scarborough.
To reach it from the apartment, drive to the main highway traffic lights, turn left and follow the highway until you reach the next set of lights. Turn right and drive into Upper Scarborough. At the lights, continue across into Bacolet St. past the main fire station. Continue along, past a cemetery on the right, then guest houses until you see a small sign for Blue Haven Hotel. Just by the white picket fence is the sign for Bacolet Beach. It is a small entrance with stone steps leading down.
The beach is run by the hotel, and has a bar/restaurant on the sand. Mornings are the best time to be there for sun and to watch the ferries come and go. It is well shaded in the afternoon, good during the hot season.
Up to a short while ago, it was privately owned and was becoming run-down. The local Government has bought the site and made it much better. There is an admission charge, not too expensive, and the beach and sea are well worth a visit. Bars and food places are there, catering for all tastes, though you can take your own. You can find changing rooms/showers/ toilets and places to hire sports equipment or buy souvenirs.
It is well posted from the main road.
Continuing on, you will see a light fawn stone wall which encloses Mt. Irvine Hotel beach. To access the beach, park by the wall and pass by the guard hut. There is a restaurant/bar (good burgers) and loungers for rent, and you will have to pay for the changing facilities.
Following the road past Mt. Irvine Public Beach, which also has reasonable facilities and good surfing, you will soon see signs for Stone Haven Bay. This is a favourite, long sandy beach with some restaurant / bar facilities and souvenir sellers. The excellent Seahorse Inn is based here.
A little further along this road you can see a sign for Fort Bennett. Here is an outlook with little of the fort remaining, but the situation is great for those sunset pictures across Stone Haven Bay.
Continuing along the main road brings you to Great
Courland Bay, with Turtle Beach Hotel at the far end. There is
parking on the opposite side of the road, near the tennis courts, to enable
you to reach the beach, or you can go through the hotel, and use their
bar / restaurant facilities.
During the turtle breeding season, March - August, the hotel will take
your telephone number and put you on the Turtle
Watch list. Be aware that the turtles invariably come up to
lay their eggs late at night, but seeing these magnificent and threatened
creatures is not to be missed.
Other
sandy beaches on the north coast can be reached from Upper Scarborough
by driving along the Northside Road, going through Calder Hall, Mason
Hall and Moriah.
The first good beach is at Castara Bay.
This has fine sand and a good community feel with plenty of facilities.
Further along you will come to Englishmans Bay, set off
the main road. Here you will find a steeper beach with deep water, some
souvenir sellers and one eatery ( plus a man selling expensive ice-cream
).
Driving further, one reaches Parlatuvier Bay, which has
a fishing village and some snackettes.
The next bay, Bloody Bay, was very secluded, but there
is development at the moment, so is less attractive.
A
number of beaches of note can be found on the southern, more wind-swept
side.
From Scarborough, you follow the Windward Road past Dwight Yorke Stadium
and come to Hope on Hillsborough Bay, a long stretch
of sand, good for the early morning jog.
Further, you will find Granby Point, site of an old fort at the end of
Pinfold Bay, then a long drive before coming to Roxborough.
Not long after this is posted signs for Kings Bay, which
has a nice beach and various facilities. Nearby, Queens bay
exists, but is more difficult to find, and has no real things of note.
You will eventually come to Speyside in Tyrrel's Bay,
the diving capital of eastern Tobago, with some beaches, but you should
continue to Charlotteville, in Man'O'War Bay. Here there
are plenty of places to eat and rest, and for many Trinidadians this is
the best place to stay.
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On the way back to England, after checking in for your overnight flight you will have about 2-3 hrs wait. We often go to Store Bay beach if early enough either for food, shopping or a last swim. It is only 5 minutes walk, and the beach is quite lively. There are plenty of souvenir shops for that last-minute purchase. As a bonus, for TT$10 one can use the shower facilities enabling you to change directly into your in-flight clothing . Definitely worth doing!
Our favourite beaches are Stone Haven Bay and Englishman’s Bay.
