Travel Reference
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VISITOR INFORMATION
Before you go, check out the
Cayman
Islands Department of Tourism
website (
www.caymanislands.ky
),
an extensiv e sear ch engine designed to help y ou find information
about accommodations, dining, shopping, waterspor ts, and other
travel services. You can also sign up for printed or e-mail br ochures
and book v acations dir ectly on this site. Alternativ ely, write to the
Cayman D epartment of Tourism at P .O. Bo x 67, G eorge Town,
Grand Cayman, B.W.I., or call the
Cayman Department of Tourism
at
&
345/949-0623.
It's located in the Pavilion Building on Cricket
Square in G eorge Town. Hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30am
to 5pm.
In the
United States,
the Cayman I slands Department of Tourism
maintains the following offices: 8300 NW 53rd St., Miami, FL 33166
(
&
305/599-9033;
fax 305/599-3766); 30 N. LaS alle St., Ste. 1650,
Chicago, IL 60602 (
&
312/263-1750;
fax 312/263-1753); Two
Memorial City P laza, 820 G essner, S te. 1335, H ouston, TX 77024
(
&
713/461-1317;
fax 713/461-7409); 350 F ifth Ave., #1801, N ew
York, NY 10118 (
&
212/889-9009;
fax 212/889-9125).
In
Canada,
contact Cayman I slands, 2 B loor St. West, Ste. 700,
Toronto, ON M4W 3R1 (
&
416/485-1550
or 800/263-5808; fax
416/972-5071).
In the
United Kingdom,
contact Cayman Islands, 6 Arlington St.,
London SW1A 1RE (
&
0207/491-7771;
fax 0207/409-7773).
The
Cayman Islands Government
(
www.gov.ky
)
website is full of
important tourist and trav el information, reports current local news,
and features a community and sports calendar.
Destination Cayman
(
www.destination.ky
) is another great information source, including
a Cayman business directory in addition to a visitor center with travel
news and local for ecasts, annual ev ents, photographs, and much
more.
Since the Cayman I slands ar e so small, v ery detailed maps ar e
rarely a problem. All you'll need is the
Cayman Islands Travelers' Road
& Dive Map,
which is free. This foldout map also includes good maps
of Little Cayman and Cayman B rac if y ou're planning to visit these
satellite islands. Car rental firms distribute this map, and it is available
at hotels or condo rentals, even dive shops, tourist attractions, restau-
rants, and the Owen Roberts Airport.
WATER
The water in the Cayman Islands is, for the most part, safe
to drink. Two desalination plants on G rand Cayman supply good-
quality purified tap water to the entir e West E nd, including S even
Mile B each. I f y ou can determine that y ou're drinking desalinated
water, then it 's safe to drink. J ust ask. Cayman B rac's desalination
plant also supplies purified water to r esidents, but Little Cayman
establishments have their o wn water systems. I f your hotel on Little
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