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ACCOMMODATIONS
Accommodations in the Turks and Caicos are mostly in hotels, resorts and the odd smaller
establishment. On Provo you'll mostly find larger resorts, but there are still a large number
of smaller hotels and guesthouses, most of which are well established and reasonably priced.
In high season budget rooms go for around $80 to $100 a night, though options are limited.
Midrange hotels average $100 to $200 per night, while upscale resorts and hotels begin at
$200 per night upwards. As you head out to the less populated islands the establishments get
more intimate.
The
Turks & Caicos Hotel Association
(
www.turksandcaicoshta.com
)
has a useful web-
site with an exhaustive list of accommodations options, while the following agencies arrange
villa rentals:
Coldwell Banker
(
www.coldwellbankertci.com
)
Grace Bay Realty
(
www.gracebayrealty.com
)
Prestigious Properties
(
www.prestigiousproperties.com
)
Turks & Caicos Sotheby's
(
www.turksandcaicossothebys.com
)
ACTIVITIES
The most popular activities are diving and snorkeling, fishing and boating. Diving highlights
include Salt Cay (
Click here
) where you can dive with humpback whales during their annual
migration. Grand Turk (
Click here
) has pristine reefs and spectacular wall-diving. And then
there is diving off Provo (
Click here
), where you might just get the chance to share the sea
with JoJo the dolphin.
In Caicos, a two-tank dive typically costs around $100 and a half-day snorkeling trip is
around $65. Fishing can cost $400 to $800 per half-/full day, while windsurfing averages
$30 to $40 per hour.
A two-tank dive in the Turks typically costs from $40 to $80 and snorkeling around $50
per half-day. Fishing is around $300 to $400 per half-/full day.
EATING PRICE BANDS
In restaurant reviews throughout this chapter, we've indicated the price band.
