Salt Cay is truly a TCI classic. We call it the ‘island the time forgot’ and that’s pretty much how it is over there. No need for a watch on Salt Cay! It’s our least populated island, but there are few places to stay and eat – surf on over to their local web site [...]

For all you flying on private planes, you’ll be happy to know that Turks and Caicos is now home to the longest lighted, paved private airstrip in the Caribbean. Located on the island of Ambergris Cay, the airstrip is 5,700 feet long and serves as the ultimate welcome mat for Turks and Caicos Sporting Club [...]

The Turks and Caicos hosted its first every World Cup qualifying soccer match this month at the beautiful new National Stadium in Providenciales. Our boys took on St. Lucia in a home-and-home series that will see the winner advance to play Guatemala, with an eventual chance to advance the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. [...]

From the December, 2007 issue of Outside: UNTIL RECENTLY, IT WAS SCUBA DIVERS who salivated over the turquoise waters and Technicolor reefs. But recently, kiteboarders have discovered the Turks and Caicos—a 166-square-mile archipelago in the eastern Caribbean—and it’s fast becoming a hallowed destination for world-class riding. During the winter, cold fronts rolling across the lower [...]

Providenciales (or as the locals call it, “Provo”) is the main tourist center for the Turks & Caicos Islands, but there are actually several other islands across our chain that are worth considering as you plan your trip to visit us. Grand Turk is the capital of the Turks and Caicos and reputed to be [...]

As one would suspect of an island country, sailing and boat building are an integral part of the TCI history, culture and economy. Although much has changed since the early days when hand built sailboats were our country’s lifeline, the Turks & Caicos Maritime Heritage Federation does excellent work in preserving our seafaring legacy through [...]

The Third Annual Turk & Caicos Underwater Photography Contest was another ‘splashing’ success as we received a multitude of colorful entries. In the end, the panel of judges selected TCI local Roddy Macleod for his beautiful Blue Anemone (pictured) shot, which earned him the $5,000 first prize. There were a host of other great entries, [...]

Tourists weary from the cold and snow aren’t the only ones arriving in the Turks & Caicos every winter. Each December begins a 3-month long migration of humpback whales through our waters. These magnificent creatures travel thousands of miles to reach their breeding grounds a bit further south of here, and on their way treat [...]

Turks and Caicos put on its best Hollywood-style ‘do’ last week when it hosted the Annual World Travel Awards, which is likened to the travel industry’s version of the Academy Awards. Indeed, there was no shortage of tuxedos and fashion gowns among the 300+ attendees, who witnessed a variety of awards bestowed upon destinations and [...]

American Airlines has announced a new direct service from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) airport in Texas to Providenciales. The non-stop begins in December and opens up the entire Western portion of the US and Canada to a more efficient route to our island paradise. With the huge number of connecting flights available through DFW, getting to [...]