Providenciales Island Part Of The Turks And Caicos Islands In The Caribbean

P rovidenciales Island is          date map. You can pick a map up    known to all as Provo, and      at the Tourist Information Stand   is less than ninety minutes     just to the left of the baggage    flying time from Miami, and is        arrivals. A car, even a small one  part of the Turks and Caicos          will enable you to get to many of  Islands, being only a short hop       the beaches and restaurants on     from the International Airport,       the island, and be in control of   although it has its own direct        when you want to go, and when you  flights from the USA.. It has an      want to leave.                     almost perfect temperature for a      Be aware that car rental isn’t     holiday destination being around      cheap but will be worth every      83 degrees Fahrenheit on average      dollar.                            with about 35 inches of rain per                                         annum. The hottest months are         It is also sensible to bring with  September and October, but the        you some snorkelling equipment     constant easterly trade winds         because the undersea sights at     offset the heat at this time of       Providenciales are just superb,    year which can rise to 95F and        and it would be less than          keep things reasonably cool.          sensible not to take the time to                                         swim amongst the marine life.      The Turks and Caicos islands are                                         located in Eastern Standard Time,     You will easily find on the map    and are around nine hours flying      two good places which are Coral    time from London, and are a           Gardens and Smith’s Reef.          totally different world from many     The Coral Gardens can be easily    other Caribbean Islands.              found on the map, just off Lower                                         Bight Road on Penn’s Road.         It is worth hiring a car if you       Park in front of the resort and    are going to Providenciales, and      walk down. The reef is protected   also make sure you get an up to       and cordoned off with buoys, but   go round the buoys and you will       point of Providenciales Island..   see a huge number of fish, and        Here you will find a very          perhaps even a reef shark, but        isolated and empty but beautiful   certainly parrot fish, and very       beach. It takes a little finding,  often sea turtles to swim with.       just head towards the Blue Hills,                                        and stay on the main road going    The water is deeper at Smith’s        past Da Conch Shack, then pass a   Reef and it is quite a lot harder     school on the right until you      to get to. Drive towards Turtle       reach a major road to the left.    Cove and follw the road the Yacht     By this time you will be praising  Club Resort and Sharkbite             the new map you bought at the      Restaurant[Well worth a visit].       airport!! Stay on that new road    Go left at the T junction and         until the end, and there you will  after parking, walk away from the     see three tracks. With a decent    marina until you see the rock         car you can take the left hand     cairn. Swim out to the second and     one, and this leads to the beach.  larger reef, and watch out for        If you walk along the beach        boats, which perhaps spoils           around the corner until you get    Smith’s Reef..                        to a cave to explore and you will                                        pass a rock absolutely covered     The real beauty of your own car       with pelicans.                     of course is the independence it                                         gives you, and you should visit       There are a lot more things to     the beautiful beach at Sapadillo      see and do on Providenciales       Bay off Chalk Sound Road. It is       Island, superb hotels especially   worth driving right down the road     on Grace Bay, and there are many   just to see the huge houses, as       who feel that this part of the     well as the stunning views.           Turks and Caicos is as good as                                           the Caribbean gets.                Take the car to the southwest                                            For more information go to href="http://www.caribbean-vacati     color="#001000"                    onspots.com/pages/Site-Map.html"      size="-2">http://www.caribbean-va  title="http://www.caribbean-vacat     cationspots.com/pages/Site-Map.ht  ionspots.com/pages/Site-Map.html"     ml                      About the Author: Gordon Steven writes about Caribbean Vacation Spots as well as Worldwide Vacation Spots He also recommends in Kenya Safaris Published At: www.Isnare.com