A British crown colony located southeast of the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos (or TCI) comprise some 40 islands and cays, only eight of them inhabited. Travelers come for superb diving (on the world's third-largest coral reef), sportfishing, and impeccable white-sand beaches. Nearly 300 square miles of TCI are given over to protected parkland and wildlife sanctuaries. Launch a boat from the busy marina on Providenciales (a.k.a. Provo) and within 10 minutes you can land on a sand-fringed cay whose only residents are iguanas.
Read the articleDestinations: Providenciales
Themes: Beach · Hotels + Resorts
Inspired by: First Look at Amanyara — by Peter Jon Lindberg, Published Mar. 2006