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 Turks & Caicos

 Pine Cay, a tiny private isle, boasts undoubtedly the softest
sugar sand beaches -- owned by the Meridian Club, whose
guest lists include many Hollywood stars. Close by on Parrot
Cay, properties are owned by Julia Roberts, Jerry Seinfeld and
others. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were married there;
Eva Longoria honeymooned. Bruce Willis hosts parties on his
private island. You can rent the action star's villa there, for a
mere $3,000 per night.  Barbra Streisand calls it the perfect
escape from NY .
 Ocean Club was selected as one of the “50 Most Romantic
Resorts to Marry, Honeymoon, or Renew Your Vows.”
Turks and Caicos shallow seas boast some of the tropic’s most
beautiful waters. Black coral reefs, orange sponges, butterfly
fish, 230 miles of white sand beaches, and a selection of
uninhabited cays to “just get away from it all.” A destination for
vacationers, cruisers, divers, ecotourists, families.
Close to the southern Bahamas, Turks & Caicos is actually a  
British Independent Territory. This small group of cays –
which claims Columbus’ first landing – is a waypoint for
cruisers to pause when traveling south; as well as a happy-land
destination. T&C celebrates Chris’ arrival each year in what her
people call the “Real Discovery of the Western World.” A
plaque at Guanahani Beach on Grand Turks celebrates the
feat.           
Its annual beauty pageant chooses a Queen whose winner
competes for Miss Universe.
Having dozed in relative obscuurity for centuries; ten years ago
the islands sported fewer than a dozen major resorts. Now, this
diminutive island group blossoms. Luxury resorts have risen on
the white sand shores of Grace Bay, and its 12-mile half-moon
beach. Major development is so new the paint is hardly dry on
some properties.
Most popular vacation isle is Providenciales – Provo, if you’
have been there. It bustles with fine restaurants,
accommodations, tennis, golf, and every water sport.
Yachts approach T&C from the sea, entering the Caicos Bank
between West Caicos and Provo, via the Sand Bore Channel
allowing a draft up to 8’ – coral heads on both sides.
















 Sapodilla Bay is a popular anchorage and commercial port of
entry, with Customs at the South Dock. Flying in, American
and U.S. Air offer direct flights from Miami as well as Boston
and New York.
Comprised of 40 islands, T&C is 575 miles southeast of
Miami. Capital is Grand Turk, while Salt Cay, South Caicos,
Middle, North Caicos, Pine Cay make up the inhabited balance.
Two Ocean Clubs and a dozen other large and small resorts are
on the white-sand expanse of Provo’s Grace Bay. Nowhere is
the feeling crowded. More like floating away on the tide.
A charming and elegant restaurant “Ghecko’s” – named long
before that TV commercial –  is set apart in a glass-domed
building which features lobster, shrimp, every cut of steak.
Also caviar, mango, papaya, passion fruit cocktails, plus a fine
wine cellar.
Another fine eatery is Turks & Caicos Club; Simba Restaurant
boasts  an outstanding chef. His Tiger Shrimp rivals the Great
Chefs of the Caribbean.
The key here is a great get-away. Keep it simple. Beyond golf,
tennis, endless diving and watersports, especially diving the
astounding T&C Wall, with 100-ft. visibility. A small casino,
not a whole bevy of night life. Tina’s Taxi Tours take you to
the action.
There’s world-class 18-hole golf, with magnificent ocean
views, impeccable greens, lush grounds. Special plantings
attract a wide variety of bird life. Shopping is not a great
obsession, but there are charming native wares and local art.
A fun afternoon visit; the world’s first Conch Farm. That tasty
shellfish is such a staple in the Carib diet, this tiny island started
re-populating the species. From near-microscopic larva –
fertized egg masses of up to 500,000 – they’re raised to
maturity in salt water pens. An inventory of four million
growing conch is about one third of the Caicos Bank harvest.
Other exotic wildlife inhabit Little Water Cay, where 4-ft. long
rock iquanas will snatch a cookie from your hand. Another
quirky phenomenon at the full moon is when mating inch-long
glow-worms produce masses of brilliant luminescent green
blobs in the shallow seas. Striking to witness.
Jo-Jo the friendly wild dolphin loves to perform for boat loads
of people in the open ocean; no one knows why, but he’s been
cavorting here for 15 years. He is a rare treat. Humpback
whales are spotted every year offshore by the hundreds, mating
before moving north to calve.
Grand Turk, the Capital, easternmost and smallest, is also the
industrial center.
Salt Cay’s Windmill Plantation is a spectacular opus by
architect S. Guy Lovelace, who built it “to recreate the
Caribbean as it once was; in an island vernacular for stressed
CEOs and celebrities who want the ultimate in a private
hideaway.” It truly is a place where you’d love to be marooned.
Charter sailing for an afternoon is popular, as passengers wade
for sand dollars at pristine white sand beaches (some a few
hundred yards from movie celebrities’ private islands).
Of course the government decrees you may not remove
anything from its crystal clear waters. The island's motto is:
 "Take only photos, leave only footprints in the sand."
But you can visit them down there; this tiny world, and its
many sisters, could easily vie for the hemisphere’s most
glorious water color painting.
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