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Century 21 Erishar Properties Real Estate Company offers you the Turks and Caicos Islands Real Estate Multiple Listing Service. This MLS service allows us to view every property for sale in the Turks and Caicos Islands and aids in identifying the right home for you. We will dedicate ourselves to making the process of Selling or Buying your home in Turks and Caicos Islands as easy as possible. We would like to help YOU so please feel free to contact us at: Cell: 649 331 7166 Stay in touch with us and receive the latest Turks and Caicos real estate offerings each month in our newsletter. To download a sample real estate newsletter click here |
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Turks and Caicos Islands Grand Turk Grand Turk is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands and also financial center of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It has the second largest population. Grand Turks is one of the main historical points of the Turks and Caicos Islands. This island harbors the Turks and Caicos National Museum and alongside Salt Cay holds the historic and cultural sites of the islands with ruins and old colonial buildings. The main attraction for this Island is diving, with many dive operators and schools it can cater for novice snorkels to experienced divers. There is outstanding protected coral reef which has clear and calm waters. Grand Turk and Salt Cay offer some of the best wall diving and whale-watching in the world. Other historical sites in Grand Turk are the Light House and the St. Thomas Parish Church built in 1823. Grand Turk is known to be the first place that Columbus discovered in 1492 and known for much more. Salt Cay Salt Cay covering 2.5 miles is the smallest island in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Salt Cay was the center of the Bermudan salt industry and the mainstay of the Turks and Caicos economy from the late 1600’s until the early 1960’s. South Caicos South Caicos is an 8.5 square mile island which attracts visitors for its fishing, bird life, history, fresh sea food dishes and diving. This island is the center of the country’s fishing industry. South Caicos is the fishing capital of the islands, and boasts of the natural harbor and several fishing plants, processing most of the nation’s seafood harvest of lobster, conch and fish for export and local consumption. Historical features of the island include the 18th century Commissioner’s House where Queen Elizabeth stayed during her visit to South Caicos in 1966, The Old Salt Works and the boiling hole, which once fed the saltpans that once made South Caicos the islands’ largest producer of salt. Providenciales Providenciales is the business center of the islands. Providenciales is the most developed of all the islands, and offers alongside water sports and golf, an American Casino and tennis, as well as an inexpensive array of World Class Spas. Providenciales, covering an area of 38 square miles, is the hub of tourism and development. Its white long stretch sandy beaches rank among the best in the world, with 12-mile Grace Bay being the most well known. Provo Golf Club, designed by Karl Litten, is considered one of the best place to play in the Caribbean North Caicos North Caicos is known as the ‘Emerald Isle”. It is the greenest of all the islands with exotic fruit trees has the largest flock of Flamingos. Wades Green was one of the most successful plantations of the Loyalist era; the ruins of which is preserved. You will find ospreys and many other birds at the island’s numerous nature reserves and sanctuaries, along with a rich variety of other wildlife. This pristine island has recently begun to undergo controlled development. Middle Caicos Middle Caicos is the largest Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands covering 48 square miles. This island is famous for having one of the longest limestone cave networks in the world, with stalactites, stalagmites, and salt lakes that connect to sea. East Caicos East Caicos is an uninhabited island but is large in size being 18 square miles. A majority of the island is inundated by swamps and mangroves, you can find the highest point of the islands here. There is a splendid 17 mile beach on the north coast of the island, this is usually only used by Sea Turtles to lay their eggs because of the large mosquito population. Near Jacksonville in the north west of the island there are a series of caves that used to be used for mining bat guano, and petroglyphs shows early evidence of settlers on the island. Parrot Cay Local legend purports that female pirate Anne Bonny stayed here in the 1720s, lending the original name –Pirate Cay. Now home to the exclusive 5-star Parrot Cay Resort & Spa reached by boat from Providenciales.
Pine Cay A private island is home to a small cadre of homeowners and seasonal residents. The prestigious Meridian Club offers visitors a totally relaxing get-away vacation. No Phone, no TV, no automobile, just peace. Nine miles of nature trails and miles of pristine beach, excellent snorkeling.
Ambergris Cay One of 3 large cays, was used as a whale lookout during the mid-1800’s and the Turks and Caicos Islands whaling days. Now being developed with residential lots, deep water port and runway.
Caicos Cays The uninhabited Cays can be reached only by boat. Trips can be arranged for picnics, snorkeling and deserted isle adventures.
Dellis Cay A combination of current and tide patterns create our best beach combing and shell collecting opportunity.
Little Water Cay. A sanctuary for Turks & Caicos roc iguanas and osprey and a popular stop-off for island beach cruises. Bring you’re your camera to photograph the iguanas hamming for a handout. Your knowledgeable boat captain will have iguana food.
Fort George Cay A National Historic Site, your charter boat captain can point out cannons lying on the ocean bottom in three or so feet of water that were once poised to protect Loyalist plantations in the Caicos Islands.
Ambergris Cay One of 3large cays, was used as a whale lookout during the mid-1800’s and the Turks Islands whaling days. Now being developed with residential lots, deep water port and a runway
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