Ortinola Great House

In the lush green Maracas Valley, set amidst the mountainous rainforest of Trinidad’s Northern Range, lies Ortinola Estate.

Created by colonial land grant in the late 18th Century, when the spanish Town of St Joseph was still the Island’s capital, it later became, during the cocoa boom of the 1890’s, a thriving and prosperous cocoa estate operated by world renowned confectioners Cadbury Bros. of Birmingham, England.

The plantation Great House still stands majestically on 9 acres of undulating grassland at the entrance to this magnificent estate.

If you want to know more about this beautiful venue, you can visit the Ortinola Great House website

Directions

From the Eastern Main Road in St. Joseph take Abercromby Street to Maracas Royal Road and keep driving straight until you meet the University of the Southern Caribbean campus located on your LHS. Thereafter, you will cross a very small bridge, take the first right onto Acono Road (landmark-Liu's Wok sign) and drive straight (keeping left) until the W.A.S.A. water station. Go further for about 200 yards, the Ortinola Great House entrance is on the left.

From the Eastern Main Road junction, it will take about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on traffic congestion.