CaribbeanTravel.com Directory - (Page 226) TURKS & CAICOS beautiful by NATURE ensualists come for posh spas and butler-served suites. Divers come for pristine swim-to reefs and walls that drop an amazing 8,000 feet. Families enjoy reef-sheltered beaches. And almost everyone savors the seclusion and celebrity spotting around this 40-isle, sparsely populated nation. Several award-winning deluxe hotels and all-inclusive family-oriented resorts, as well as low-key guest houses, inns and villas, accommodate visitors. A British Crown Colony where the currency is the U.S. dollar and English is the official language, the country consists of two island groups — the Turks and the Caicos—divided by the 22-mile-wide Columbus Passage, which serves as natural highway for migrating spotted eagle rays, manta rays, turtles, dolphins and humpback whales to the delight of whale watchers and divers. Most are within 10 to 25 minutes of the main island of Providenciales by air and close enough to reach by boat. S THE CAICOS’ CORNUCOPIA Providenciales, or Provo, the most developed of the islands, has an international airport, a small casino, and an 18-hole golf course as well as luxury hideaways, TURKS & CAICOS GEOGRAPHY: This archipelago of 40 islands and cays is located 30 miles southeast of the Bahamas, halfway between Miami and Puerto Rico. They comprise two island groups — the Turks Islands and the Caicos Islands — and cover a total land area of 193 square miles. A continuous coral reef surrounds each island. Grand Turk is the administrative and political capital. Middle Caicos, also known as Grand Caicos, is the largest island in the archipelago at 48 square miles. Providenciales has the most tourism-related development. LANGUAGE: English. POPULATION: Estimated today 30,000. CLIMATE: Summer: high/low 90ºF /83ºF. Winter: high/low 75ºF /70ºF. Average humidity: 35%. Average annual rainfall: 21”. TIME: EST October to April. EDT April to October. 226 www.caribbeantravel .c om http://www.caribbeantravel.com
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