City overview
The Turks & Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory of about forty islands and cays at the southeastern end of the Bahamian chain, best known for Grace Bay Beach on Providenciales and for the reef that runs the length of the archipelago. Providenciales holds almost all of the country's resorts, restaurants and shopping, while Grand Turk, North, Middle and South Caicos and Salt Cay stay quiet and largely undeveloped. Jewish life in the country is young and centres entirely on Providenciales: Chabad of Turks & Caicos Islands, founded by Rabbi Shmulik and Chaya Berkowitz at the end of 2019, is the only Jewish congregation anywhere in the islands. The resident community is small and expatriate, and it swells through the winter season with second-home owners and visitors. Kosher food on the island is limited but real, and everything Jewish sits within the Grace Bay area.
Blue Hills
Turks & Caicos · Free
The oldest settlement on Providenciales, a coastal-road community and the only place in the country where traces of traditional Caicos sloop shipbuilding survive.
Time needed
1 to 2 hours
Tips
Drive the coastal road for the traditional architecture, the local seafood restaurants and the views out to the sloops. Blue Hills Beach gives waterfront access, though it collects more sargassum than the north-shore beaches. This stretch is the best place on the island to eat like a local rather than like a resort guest.
Address
Blue Hills, ProvidencialesNeighborhood
Blue Hills, Providenciales
Activity providers
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