Holidays to Turks and Caicos offer fantastic white sand beaches fringed with warm, emerald waters and coral reefs with a rich and colourful marine life. Like the Bahamas to the north, the Turks and Caicos are sunshine islands ideal for a lazy week or two by the sea. Officially they are a British Crown Colony, but the style here is abundantly American. Expect big cars, well-stocked supermarkets, prices in US dollars and accommodation in resort hotels where your room comes with a huge fridge and kitchen facilities. International flights land on Providenciales, and few travellers go further thanks to the 12-mile/20-km sweep of Grace Bay, which has a superb beach where most hotels are situated. Standards are high and the island is developing fast, and while the arid, low-lying interior has little of interest, there is a lot of fun to be had out to sea. The Turks and Caicos are renown for their excellent diving, and there are good excursions to outlying islands should you want to get off the sun-lounger.
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