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Long Bay, then the rest

The beach at the end of your street is three miles of shallow water and steady wind. The rest of Provo is a short drive.

Empty stretch of Long Bay Beach with layered turquoise water under a blue sky
On your doorstep

Long Bay and around

The villas sit about 900 metres from Long Bay Beach. Walk it in ten minutes, or take the golf cart in five. The Long Bay guide

Long Bay shoreline with kites over the turquoise flats and a strip of warm sand

Long Bay Beach

Soft white sand and clear water that stays waist deep far from shore. Sunrise walks, conch shells, and safe splashing for little ones.

Kiteboarder catching air over the shallow turquoise flats off Long Bay

Kiteboarding and wingfoiling

Steady trade winds over shallow flats make this a kiteboarding beach, and Visit TCI calls it hard to beat for beginners. Lessons and rentals run right on the beach.

  • Horseback riding

    Minutes away

    Provo Ponies leads gentle guided rides through Long Bay Hills and into the shallows of the beach itself. No experience needed.

  • La Famille Express shipwreck

    About 2 miles offshore

    The freighter you can see off Long Bay ran aground in Hurricane Frances in 2004. Jet ski and boat tours go out to it.

Where everything is

Every place in this guide, pinned against the villas, with how far each one is. Tap a pin or a name for the full guide, or open the map to zoom in on the roads and beaches, with the supermarkets and the airport marked.

Map of Providenciales with the villas and every place in the island guide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The villas
  1. Long Bay Beach Under 1 km by road
  2. The Hole About 4 km by road
  3. Grace Bay Beach About 5 km by road
  4. Bight Reef About 7 km by road
  5. Chalk Sound About 20 km by road
  6. Taylor Bay About 19 km by road
  7. Sapodilla Bay and Sapodilla Hill About 18 km by road
  8. Cheshire Hall Plantation About 11 km by road
  9. West Harbour Bluff About 28 km by road
  10. Malcolm’s Road Beach About 24 km by road
  11. Iguana Island (Little Water Cay) Fifteen minutes by boat from Leeward
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Where to go

Eleven more places, closest first. Each guide says how to get there from the villas, what to know first, and answers the questions people ask.

Also worth knowing

  • Northeast

    Leeward Beach

    The quieter eastern end of the Grace Bay shoreline, a short drive from the villas.

  • Near Turtle Cove

    Smith’s Reef

    Another shore snorkel, a little further west than Bight Reef. The better reef lies out past the shallows, so watch for boats.

  • Off the north shore

    Glow worm evenings

    A few nights after each full moon, tiny marine worms light the shallows green just after sunset. Evening boat trips go out to watch.

  • A short flight from Provo

    Grand Turk

    The old capital. Walk the Bermudian-style streets of Cockburn Town, past St Thomas’ Church from 1823 and the prison that held inmates from the 1830s until 1994, out to the lighthouse above the reef.

Plan your days

Three perfect days from the villas

Borrow one, mix them up, or ignore them entirely. Every stop is in this guide.

  1. Day 1

    The slow day

    • MorningA swim in the pool before anyone else is up.
    • Late morningGolf cart down to Long Bay. Wade out until the beach looks far away.
    • AfternoonLunch off the grill, then back to the beach when the kites come out.
    • EveningDusk under the pergola.

  2. Day 2

    The southwest loop

    • MorningKayak Chalk Sound on a calm day.
    • AfternoonWade into Taylor Bay, warm and waist-deep.
    • Late afternoonClimb Sapodilla Hill to find the sailors’ carvings.
    • SunsetStay on the sand at Sapodilla Bay as the sky turns.

  3. Day 3

    Reef and town

    • MorningSnorkel Bight Reef while the water is calm.
    • MiddayLunch at Cocovan under the palms.
    • AfternoonA long walk on Grace Bay, or the shops for anything forgotten.
    • EveningThe Fish Fry if it’s Thursday. Da Conch Shack if it isn’t.

Conch on the sand and Thursday nights

  • Long Bay

    Near the villas

    A few restaurants sit minutes from the villas, for the nights nobody wants to drive far.

  • The Bight

    Thursday Fish Fry

    The island’s weekly evening out: food stalls, live music and Junkanoo. If you’re here on a Thursday, go.

  • Blue Hills

    Da Conch Shack

    Tables on the sand and conch every way you can think of.

  • Grace Bay

    Cocovan

    Casual plates under the palms, served from a restored 1974 Airstream.

Before you go

  • When to come

    December to April is dry and breezy. Hurricane season runs from June to November.

  • The sun

    Stronger than it feels, even under cloud. Bring a hat, reef-safe sunscreen and more water than seems sensible.

Taxis, car hire, groceries, plugs and money are on Guest Info.

Did you know

Things to tell everyone back home

  1. Named for a cactus

    The Turks Islands take their name from the Turk’s head cactus, whose red top looks like a fez.

  2. A string of islands

    “Caicos” is thought to come from the Lucayan words “caya hico”, a chain of islands.

  3. Conch everything

    The national dish comes cracked, frittered or in salad, and has its own festival every November.

  4. The national bird

    The brown pelican. Watch for them folding up and diving off the marinas.

  5. Whale season

    Humpback whales pass through these waters from January to April.

  6. Found nowhere else

    The Turks and Caicos rock iguana is native to these islands alone.

Checked and updated October 2026.

Facts checked against: Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: kiteboarding · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Atlas Obscura · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: Princess Alexandra National Park · Tripadvisor press release, 2018 · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: snorkelling locations · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · DECR visitor rules (gov.tc) · Times of the Islands, 2007 · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · RTC news, 2018 · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: Sapodilla Hill carvings · Turks and Caicos National Museum · Turks and Caicos National Trust · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Wikipedia · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: car rentals · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: Northwest Point · Turks and Caicos National Trust · Visit Turks and Caicos Islands · Visit TCI: rock iguana · Visit TCI: North Caicos ferry · Caribbean Cruisin’ timetable · Visit TCI: causeway · Visit TCI: Mudjin Harbour · National Trust: Conch Bar Caves · National Trust: Flamingo Pond

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Out on the island by day, easy evenings by the fire pit.

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