Turks and Caicos islands has long been one of the pricier destinations in the Caribbean. Now, on one of the world’s most highly rated beaches, Grace Bay Beach on Providenciales (Provo), you’ll find a laid-back, amenity-rich resort which will fascinate you so you will want to be back over and over again. Ocean Club Resort with its 86 suites (from 400-square-foot studios to 1,900-square-foot, three-bedroom units) extends a wide stretch of sugary sand along prime Grace Bay Beach.
Ocean Club Resort on Grace Bay Beach
Each suite offers a private terrace or balcony, kitchenette or kitchen, coffeemaker, in-room safe, iron and ironing board, VCR. All rooms, except studios, are equipped with a washer and dryer. The suites, all of which have kitchens or kitchenettes, are as livable as apartments. Large, screened-in balconies and terraces allow guests to enjoy ocean views and the resort’s lush and colorful landscaping (generic tropical art, palm tree prints).
Other extras such relaxing under the resort’s signature salmon-colored umbrellas or take a sunset walk down the 12-mile beach, poolside grills, free bicycles for exploring the island, access to the pools/restaurants at sister property Ocean Club West will justify your every paid penny.
If you’re fan of golf, near the resort you’ll find Provo Golf Club, an 18-hole golf course. For the more active vacationer there are scuba lessons and snorkling and sailing trips some that will pick you up at the hotel beach. Provo Turtle Divers has an on-site dive shop so you can arrange your own expeditions to a 200-mile coral reef. Big Blue provides kayaking and eco-tours and Sail Provo offers chartered sailing trips. Or, you can visit the Caicos Conch Farm, the world’s only conch farm. If you prefer to shopping, the major grocery store (IGA) is one block from there.
Ocean Club Resort is twenty minutes from Providenciales International Airport.
