The annual Move-a-thon held in January in Turks and Caicos is a celebration of starting the new year off in the right way! This year there was a half marathon, 10K and 5K races as well as beach games for the kids and stalls from local health and wellness practitioners. The funds raised during this event
Maskanoo is an annual street festival held on December 26th (Boxing Day) in Providenciales. Now in its fourth year this years event was bigger and better than ever with the street around the Saltmills Plaza and Regent Grand shopping area packed with locals and tourists alike. Great food, local music and a parade followed by
On any given Sunday, barefoot tourists and locals of Providenciales mingle at an airy, lemon-colored building facing the beach of Grace Bay. On the restaurant deck, people chat at the bar, families watch their kids on the beach over lunch, and a swimsuit-clad group plays volleyball not far from the water’s edge. Officially, this is
We know that first impressions count and the growth in tourist arrivals into Providenciales often stretches the current capacity of the Airport, especially at peak times on holiday weekends. It was wonderful to see the progress of the $10million terminal expansion project over the course of the summer months. Work is still on schedule with
It’s been a historic week in Turks and Caicos with the arrival in Providenciales of the HTC Enable Passion kite-boarders after their successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean on kite-boards! Local water sports company Big Blue arranged for a local group of kite boarders to go out into the deep blue ocean just off North Caicos and meet the
Every November, the island of Providenciales hosts the Turks and Caicos Conch Festival – a celebration of the islands’ national symbol and No. 1 export, a marine snail that for years has played an integral role in local cuisine. This year, TCI celebrated its 10th annual Conch Festival as local restaurants served up their best
There hasn’t been a Triathlon in Turks and Caicos for a few years so it was wonderful a couple of weekends ago to see this event come back to life. Competitors from the island as well as a few visitors enjoyed the late afternoon sun as they swam, cycled and ran there way around the
There are many wonderful and tasty local restaurants in Turks and Caicos serving a broad range of dishes from around the world, but a big attraction is finding a real “locals” place. A restaurant that is just as popular with the local residents as it is with tourists. Mr Groupers is such a restaurant and
Many visitors to the Turks and Caicos Islands are not exactly sure what music they will get to hear during their stay? Will it be steelpan? Some influence from Jamaica or other parts of the Caribbean? The Laporte brothers are two talented Turks and Caicos musicians that have become familiar fixtures around the island in
The Turks and Caicos Tourist Board is partnering with Island Life & Times to produce an insightful guide to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Andy Mann, CEO of Brilliant Studios — one of the top five photography studios in the Caribbean — announced last week the launch of a Turks and Caicos Islands’ digital-only publication
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