Turks and Caicos Tourist.com: About the Turks and Caicos islands

With 230 miles of white sandy beaches and one of the largest coral reef systems in the world, Turks & Caicos is a premier destination for diving, snorkeling and just relaxing on the ideal beach.

Turks & Caicos is a beautiful group of 40 islands just 75 minutes from Miami by plane. Only eight of these islands are inhabited, and each one is very different from the next.

Providenciales is the most well known of the Turks and Caicos Islands and is the center of the tourism industry with a wide range of hotels, restaurants, attractions and facilities.

Grand Turk and Salt Cay have some of the best diving, great architecture and the most tranquility of the populated islands.

Middle Caicos and North Caicos are the most lush with green forests and the biggest cave network in the Caribbean. North Caicos has a variety of plant and bird life.

Smaller South Caicos is the center for fishing, processing most of the nation's lobster, conch and fish for export and local consumption. There are many secluded beaches with views of surrounding islands and the Boiling Hole, which fed the salt pans that once made South Caicos the islands largest producer of salt.

Parrot Cay and Pine Cay are privately owned islands and have the luxurious Parrot Cay Resort and Spa, and the Meridian Club.

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