Mayaro Beach

Trinidad


Around the headland to the south of Manzanilla Beach, expansive Mayaro offers calmer waters than its neighbor, and the beach scene is more genial. Locals play cricket on the flat sands at low tide. One of the busier spots is adjacent to Church Rd, south of Mayaro village.


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