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Getting there: After landing in Piarco International Airport in Trinidad, take a 20-minute flight to Tobago's Robinson International Airport, or board the four-hour ferry from the Port of Spain in Trinidad to Scarborough in Tobago.

To do: The Kimme Museum, an art and sculpture museum, is open on Sundays; admission is $3.50 (luisekimme.com). Tobago Mountain Bike Tours offers a three-hour tour starting at $50 per person (tobagomountainbike.com). Adventure Farm and Nature Reserve is a birdwatcher's paradise; admission is $3 (tinyurl.com/y7tjkn6v). Tobago Cocoa Estate offers tours on Fridays, November to May (tobagococoa.com).

Where to stay: Mount Irvine Bay Resort has 105 rooms. Doubles start at $128, not including breakfast (mtirvine.com). The Seahorse Inn offers four rooms. Doubles start at $100, including breakfast (seahorseinntobago.com).

Where to eat: La Tartaruga is an Italian restaurant featuring the family's Sicilian and Neapolitan cuisine (latartarugatobago.com). The Seahorse Inn Restaurant is a fine-dining establishment serving Creole cuisine with an international sensibility.

More information: visittobago.gov.tt