Trinity

Trinity was a major fishing and trading port from the sixteenth century, with merchants from England and Jersey working the cod, and its decline left the built fabric intact: saltbox houses, a mercantile premises, a courthouse and churches, all restored rather than replaced, in a harbour of three arms. The New Founde Lande Trinity Pageant is the local invention: a walking theatre performance in which the audience moves through the village and the actors perform in the lanes and gardens, using the buildings as the set. Rising Tide Theatre runs a full summer season. The Skerwink Trail is a few kilometres away.

What you actually see

• The saltbox village - restored eighteenth and nineteenth-century buildings.
• The walking pageant - a play performed through the streets with a moving audience.
• The mercantile premises - restored trading buildings from the cod era.
• The three-armed harbour - the shelter that made the port.

When to go

June to September for the theatre season and open museums; the village largely closes from October to May. Pageant and play tickets sell out and need booking.

Honest expectations

Almost everything closes outside summer. Accommodation is limited and books ahead. The pageant walks outdoors and runs in whatever weather arrives.

Nearby

Skerwink Trail lies close; Bonavista is north.