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Just because you’re more than 500 miles from the nearest shopping mall, don’t think you can’t get a memorable gift for that special someone. Turks & Caicos features lots of great shopping, including excellent deals on jewelry, watches, art and other accessories.
Popular spots include the Regent Village, home of Jai’s fine jewelry, and Salt Mills Plaza, with its several art and clothing stores. Ports of Call is home to several home furnishings stores, and next door is The Goldsmith. Most of the large resorts have boutiques and shops as well.
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Your vacation to the Turks & Caicos can last a lifetime. This Valentine’s Day arrange for a personalized photo shoot on the beach with your love ones with one of our professional photography studios.
Tropical Imaging is known for its high quality and ‘personal’ work, and offers a wide range of packages for couples, families, weddings, or special occasions You can even have them do a private swimsuit shoot on a secluded beach and make believe you’re a fashion model for the day!
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The holiday season is a festive one in the Turks & Caicos Islands, making it an even more attractive place to escape to when the snow starts to fly up north. There are plenty of events, and better yet, holiday specials on vacations that you can take advantage of well into the New Year. Take a look through this issue of Island Insights newsletter for great deals on hotels and information on more flights coming direct to our islands this winter. We hope to see you over the holidays or early in 2009.
Wishing you and yours the safest and warmest of holidays, and a Happy New Year.
The Turks & Caicos Tourist Board
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New Year’s is always a fun time in the Turks & Caicos with celebrations and parties throughout the week between Christmas and New Years. New Year’s Eve features fireworks displays at many resorts, such as Beaches, Club Med and The Sands, as well as gala dinner parties and rocking events with live music at places like Ports of Call and Danny Buoy’s.
For their inaugural New Years on Providenciales, Nikki Beach is throwing a massive New Year’s Bash. More than 1,200 people are expected to ring in the New Year at Nikki Beach watching the official Ball Drop of the Caribbean. Nikki has constructed a huge Ball Drop on their beach that will count down the final seconds of 2008. Entertainment will include a Columbian Female Dance Troupe and Cirque performers from around the world. Tickets can be booked at www.mynikkibeach.net.
New Year’s caps off with a traditional junk-a-noo rush in downtown Providenciales at dawn. For those revelers still awake, it’s quite a display of music, dancing and energy as two of the leading junk-a-noo bands collide.
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Don’t let the cold weather and depressing economy get you down. Take a quick trip to the Turks & Caicos and warm your soul…and toes. This winter it’s even easier to get here with additional flights coming from a wide range of gateways.
On American Airlines for the winter season there are 3 daily flights from Miami, and one a day from New York’s JFK. Direct flights are also available from Boston on Saturday.
Delta offers 6-times a week service from Atlanta (no Tuesday flight), plus a second flight on Saturdays.
US Airways offers daily flights from Charlotte, and will add a second daily flight from that city in February. Direct flights are also available from Boston and Philadelephia on Saturdays and Sundays.
Air Canada has direct flights from Toronto on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and from Montreal on Thursdays.
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After a close encounter with Hurricane Ike, Grand Turk is coming back to normal.
The Grand Turk Cruise Ship Centre is up and running with almost daily arrivals on Carnival Cruise Lines. The shops and tours are operating, too.
Over at the Bohio Dive Resort, they’re welcoming divers and gastro enthusiasts. As an added bonus, they have just put the finishing touches to their new beach bar, aptly named The Ike & Donkey. Located on award winning Pillory Beach, this nautical bar is just steps from a turquoise-blue ocean that offers some of the best diving on the planet.
As well as the usual suspects on the cocktail list there are some delicious numbers like the Gaunahani, or Serendipity, and the house special Bohio Rum Punch comes with a warning “guaranteed to make you smile or your money back”.
Bohio has sixteen rooms with beachfront views and terraces. Four deluxe rooms have king beds and kitchenettes. The resort has its own dive centre with experienced PADI qualified instructors catering for beginners and more experienced divers.
For more information visit www.bohioresort.com.
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This winter season will see a number of new restaurants on the already world class Turks & Caicos dining scene. Here are a few to whet your appetite:
Local restaurateur Tony Arata takes his magic to Ocean Club, where he has transformed that property’s restaurant into Opus, Wine Bar and Grille. Featuring a fabulous mahogany bar, an extensive wine list, and a creative menu from Chefs Rollie and Abby, Opus is sure to be a hit. The friendly atmosphere is great for any occasion and the restaurant offers indoor and outdoor dining in a lush garden setting. Opus is open late night til 11pm every night, perfect for thoes arriving on the late flights.
Meanwhile, the award-winning Regent Palms Turks and Caicos signature restaurant Parellel23, A Tropical Grille, has re-launched with a new focus on Caribbean-inspired specialties, perfect prime meats and fresh-caught seafood under the helm of acclaimed Executive Chef Torsten Rumprecht. The new menu features flawlessly grilled, 28-day dry-aged and corn-fed Nebraska beef, tender and tangy buffalo cuts, vanilla-infused fresh Caicos lobster tail and Chateaubriand pour deux. Each dish is prepared from organic and locally sourced provisions in the restaurant’s state-of-the-art display kitchen with a vintage-style brick oven to seal in authentic flavors and textures.
Further down the road, The Atlantic Bar & Grill has opened at the West Bay Club. The restaurant is set in an outdoor living area that is exquisitely and attractively landscaped with lush tropical foliage. The culinary expertise of Executive Chef Liz Tracey will tantalize your taste buds with a Caribbean cuisine experience.
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The Fifth Annual Conch Festival was held November 29, and the Winners are:
Category Winners
(as decided by panel of expert judges)
Best Conch Chowder:1st Place: Club Med
(2nd: Salt Mills, 3rd: Bay Bistro)
Best Conch Salad: 1st Place: Harbour Kitchen
(2nd:Amanyara, 3rd: Kissing Fish)
Best Specialty Conch: 1st Place: Hemingway’s
(2nd: Hole in the Hall, 3rd: Simba)
Best Mojito: Amanyara
Grand Champion:
Aqua (3rd Consecutive year as Grand Champion)
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The second annual TCI Gourmet Safari will be held December 19-21 and showcases some of the finest restaurants in the islands. The dine-around concept features two nights of whirlwind dining stops where diners sample a course from one of five establishments. The event also features a gourmet brunch on Sunday December 21, to be hosted by Nikki Beach, and featuring dishes from all the participating restaurants.
Participating restaurants include: Anacaona (Grace Bay Club); Coyaba, Parallel 23 (Regent Palms), O’Soleil (The Somerset); Amanyara and Nikki Beach. Go to TCI Gourmet Safari for more information.
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Posted by TurksTraveler on
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 ·
Filed in Vacation Specials
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Call 1-877-774-5486 to check rates & availability at any of these properties or at MANY other resorts in the Turks & Caicos Islands
- VILLA DEL MAR - Perfect island retreat for a vacation filled with endless sunshine and delightful diversions. *5th night free with every 4 nights booked
- NIKKI BEACH - An exhilarating new way to relax and have fun enjoying unique entertainment and dining. *Stay 4 nights or more and get 1 free
- CORAL GARDENS ON GRACE BAY - Absolutely the very best snorkel beach resort on the island. *5th night free
- SEVEN STARS - Luxurious accommodations and Impeccable service, you’ll never be disappointed! *Stay 3 nights or longer and get one night free or stay 7 nights or longer and get two nights free (also get a 20% resort discount for entire stay on all food and beverage, spa and boutique purchases)
- REGENT GRAND - Unwind and relax on the white powder sand beaches or laze around the beautiful infinity pool at this fantastic new resort. *Book 7 nights for the price of 5 or book 4 nights for the price of 3
- ROYAL WEST INDIES - Great value, exceptional beachfront location, excellent restaurant, very well priced. *Get your 5th night free
- WEST BAY CLUB - Private and intimate as it comprises only 46 suites with breathtaking views of a peaceful stretch of pristine beach. *Free night offers available for several package combinations
- OCEAN CLUB and OCEAN CLUB WEST - Directly on exquisite Grace Bay Beach, along a wide, immaculate white beach, lots of place for the kids to run wild! *Get your 7th night free
- NORTHWEST POINT - Wide open spaces make it an attractive island getaway to enjoy the peace and serenity of our islands. *3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th night free offers, or, 6th and 7th night free on 7 night stays
- THE ALEXANDRA RESORT - Enjoy every moment in the sun at this sprawling beachfront resort in the heart of Grace Bay Beach. *Stay for 4, 5 or 6 nights and you’ll get an additional night for FREE
(*certain restrictions and blackout dates may apply)
For Reservations at any of these fine properties and to experience perfect Turks and Caicos vacations, call toll free for reservations 1-877-774-5486
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