Plan a trip to Turks & Caicos Islands

Places to see in Turks & Caicos Islands

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  Cockburn Town

  Town · Grand Turk

  Cockburn Town is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands, spreading across most of Grand Turk. It was founded in 1681 by salt collectors.

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  Providenciales

  Island · Providenciales

  Providenciales is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of 98 km2 (38 mi2) and had a population of 23,769 as of 2012, the latest date for which an island-by-island census was published by the government.

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  Grand Turk Island

  Island · Grand Turk

  Grand Turk is an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. It is the largest island in the Turks Islands at 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi).

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  Salt Cay

  Island · Salt Cay

  Salt Cay is the second largest of the Turks Islands, one of the two island groups forming of the British territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean. Its area is 6.74 square kilometres.

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  Middle Caicos

  Island

  Middle Caicos is the largest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. To the west, it is separated from North Caicos by Juniper Hole, and to the east, from East Caicos by Lorimer Creek, both narrow passages that can accommodate only small boats.

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  Cockburn Harbour

  Town

  Cockburn Harbour is a settlement in the Turks and Caicos. It is the largest community on the island of South Caicos, with some 811 people. It has the best natural harbour of the Caicos Islands, and was once an important centre for regional trade and a major exporter of salt.

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  Grand Turk Lighthouse

  Lighthouse · Grand Turk

  Grand Turk Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. The 60-foot-tall (18 m) structure, overlooking North Creek, was completed by British architect Alexander Gordon in 1852 to alert sailors of the shallow reef.

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  Turks and Caicos National Museum

  Museum · Grand Turk

  The Turks and Caicos National Museum is the national museum of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is located in Guinep House on Front Street to the north of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, which is also the capital of the archipelago.

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