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.
Taylor Bay
Turks & Caicos · Free
A sheltered 2,000-foot cove on the south coast with exceptionally shallow, calm, warm water, the best family beach on Providenciales.
Time needed
1 to 2 hours
Tips
From South Dock Road take Chalk Sound Drive for 0.8 miles, turn left onto Ocean Point Drive, and parking for about eight cars is on the right, with a short path to the sand. Rarely crowded. Bring insect repellent, as biting midges are bad here at dawn and dusk. Snorkelling is limited; come at low tide for the exposed seabed patterns.
Neighborhood
Chalk Sound, Providenciales
Activity providers
Kosher map of Turks & Caicos
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.