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Turks and Caicos Deals: The Sands 4th Night Free offer

It’s not too late to book a mid-summer trip to Turks & Caicos (before the kids go back to school)…especially with our current 4th Night Free Turks and Caicos deal!

And it’s not just for the summer the 4th Night Free offer is valid for travel now through December 22nd! Just go to our booking page and enter your travel dates, use Promo Code “4NF” and the 4th Night Free promotion will appear!

And why book a trip to beautiful Providenciales in the Turks? There are so many things to do. Here are some ideas:

Bring the kids
You can visit the wonderful beach right in front of the Sands resort, of cours, but there are many other things to do with children here, too. Visit the  Children’s Park or the National Environmental Centre (NEC), or travel to Taylor Beach and Chalk Sound, there’s always something to do with kids on the island.

Leave the kids behing, bring the golf clubs instead
You don’t need children to enjoy a Caribbean luxury vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are many “adult” things to do here, for example… golf! One of the Top 10 golf courses in the Caribbean is right here in Providenciales..at the Provo Golf Club! If you decide to bring children, remember: kids play free.

Relax on world-famous Grace Bay Beach
For the second year in a row, an online community of millions of travelers has made Providenciales the number one beach destination in the Trip Advisor Traveler’s Choice Top 25 Beach Destinations. The majestic powdery white sandy beaches, such as our own Grace Bay, that surround the island were one of the top reasons for Provo’s first-place ranking in 2012.

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The Sands at Grace Bay, a hotel in Turks and Caicos

Located just 80 minutes by air from the American mainland, the Sands at Grace Bay hotel in Turks and Caicos feels like a truly special place.

There’s that perfect beach, the spectacular views looking west towards the sunset, and spacious and beautifully appointed suites. It all makes The Sands at Grace Bay the perfect combination of seclusion and sophistication at a Turks & Caicos resort.

The Sands at Grace Bay comprises 114 suites in six, three story buildings embraced by lush tropical landscaping. The location of our resort is spectacular – on the shore of the famous Grace Bay Beach Turks and Caicos with more than  15 kilometers of white powdered sand and dazzling transparent turquoise waters.

The Sands resort sits along world-famous Grace Bay Beach, voted the #1 Beach and Sun Destination in the World by Trip Advisor’s ‘Traveler’s Choice’ Awards. The beach itself is lined with palm trees, and is an easy hop, skip and a jump from the Sands resort itself, which also features private

Close by, there is world-class diving, a variety of water sports, golfing or day cruises to secluded islands. Providenciales also offers many quaint boutiques for fun shopping excursions and a number of historical attractions worth visiting.

The Sands at Grace Bay is a hotel in the Turks and Caicos

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Several Property-Wide Enhancements Are Being Made at The Sands at Grace Bay In 2012!

We are excited to share the news with our guests that several property-wide enhancements are underway (or have already been completed) at The Sands at Grace Bay – just in time for the upcoming busy winter travel season!

  • Our award-winning Hemingway’s Beachfront Restaurant has added an expansive retractable awning that provides our guests with additional shade from the sun and an even more enjoyable open-air dining experience just steps away from the beach.
  • We recently installed a heater in our main beachfront swimming pool, to keep guests comfortably warm during the cooler winter months.
  • Additionally, by December 2012, all 114 of our luxurious studio and suite accommodations are receiving complete bathroom upgrades with the following enhancements: Travertine stone shower, bathtub, flooring and baseboards; Kohler fixtures; curved shower curtain rods; cast iron slip resistant bathtubs; and a fresh coat of paint.
  • And finally, we have added stand-up paddleboards to our wide array of complimentary guest offerings, which also includes free use of kayaks, Hobie Cats, snorkeling and windsurfing gear, and bicycles.

 

We are continuously improving upon our resort accommodations to maximize our guest experiences during their stay with us – and we are excited to bring even greater value to return guests and new travelers who will be staying with us this fall and winter! Looking forward to seeing you soon….

 

 

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The pool at The Sands at Grace Bay.Within a Caribbean Plantation style setting, The Sands at Grace Bay comprises 114 suites in six, three story buildings embraced by lush tropical landscaping. The location of our resort is spectacular – on the shore of the famous Grace Bay Beach Turks and Caicos with more than 12 miles of white powdered sand and dazzling transparent turquoise waters.

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The beautiful garden that forms and integral part of our resort.

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Another view of our beautiful free-form swimming pool, just off Grace Bay Beach on Turks and Caicos.

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The pool is the perfect place to spend a shady afternoon, close to your room – or the bar.

 

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Grace Bay Beach is the most popular destination on the Turks and Caicos Islands, and lies just outside our front door!

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Miles of sandy beach await you here, plus umbrellas and beach chairs to enjoy the view.

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Looking northeast, towards the distant Bahamas.

 

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Top Turks & Caicos Resort Unveils Property-Wide Enhancements In 2012

Providenciales, Turks & Caicos (June 10, 2012) – The Sands at Grace Bay resort situated on Providenciales’ world-famous Grace Bay Beach has made several property-wide enhancements that will be completed before the busy winter travel season. The resort’s award-winning Hemingway’s Beachfront Restaurant has added an expansive retractable awning that offers guests additional shade from the sun and an even more enjoyable open-air dining experience just steps away from the beach. A newly installed heater in the resort’s main swimming pool will keep guests comfortably warm during the cooler months. Additionally, the resort has undertaken a green initiative by installing an environmentally friendly Bionest wastewater treatment system to irrigate the lush resort grounds and gardens.

Scheduled for completion by December 2012, all 114 luxurious studio and suite accommodations are receiving the following bathroom enhancements: Travertine stone shower, bathtub, flooring and baseboards; Kohler fixtures; curved shower curtain rods; cast iron slip resistant bathtubs; and a fresh coat of paint. And finally, The Sands at Grace Bay has added stand-up paddleboards to their wide array of complimentary guest offerings, which include free use of kayaks, Hobie Cats, snorkeling and windsurfing gear, and bicycles.

“We are continuously trying to improve upon our luxurious resort accommodations and maximize our guest experiences during their stay with us,” said Mona Beeson, General Manager of The Sands at Grace Bay. “We are delighted with our growing number of repeat guests who continue to call our property their “home away from home,” as well as the increasing number of new guests who are choosing to stay at our resort. We are excited to bring even greater value to return guests and new travelers who will be staying with us this fall and winter.”

Not only has The Sands at Grace Bay enjoyed a record number of guest bookings over the past year, but the resort has also earned several prestigious awards recognizing its dedicated employees and impeccable service, popular restaurant and outstanding guest reviews. The Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism Association awarded two employees of The Sands at Grace Bay the prestigious, “Employee of the Year” and the “Heart of Hospitality” awards during the 2011 Star Awards. Additionally, the resort’s Hemingway’s Restaurant was named “Restaurant of the Year” at the 8th Annual Turks & Caicos Conch Festival held in November 2011. And finally, The Sands at Grace Bay received the prestigious TripAdvisor 2012 “Certificate of Excellence” award for consistently achieving outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor. For more information on the resort and for current announcements and special travel offers, visit www.thesandstc.flywheelstaging.com.

About the Sands at Grace Bay

The Sands at Grace Bay is situated on the world-renowned 12-mile crescent of powdery white sand known as Grace Bay Beach – voted the #1 Beach Destination In The World by Trip Advisor’s 2011 ‘Traveler’s Choice’ Awards. This gracious, family-friendly 114-room resort located on six oceanfront acres offers accommodations in studios and 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom suites ranging from 1,000 to 1,600 square feet, all of which combine comfort-focused amenities and spectacular natural surroundings. Suites also come with fully equipped kitchens appointed with stainless appliances, granite countertops, coffee makers and more. The Sands at Grace Bay is the home of Hemingway’s Restaurant and Bar – a legendary beach-side venue and local favorite – where guests can enjoy gourmet selections and island specialties seven days a week. Spa treatments by Spa Tropique are also available by appointment.

For reservations, call toll-free from the U.S. (877) 777-2637; from Canada (800) 567-5327; online at www.thesandstc.flywheelstaging.com or contact your travel agent.

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Top things for Families to do while vacationing in Turks & Caicos

There are lots of ways for families to have tons of fun and make lasting memories while vacationing in Turks & Caicos at The Sands at Grace Bay – especially this summer and fall when you can receive your 4th Night Free at our resort! Here are just a few ideas for fun family activities and adventures that family vacationers at our resort can enjoy:

* Enjoy free use of our resort’s complimentary watersports equipment and have fun under the sun in the turquoise clear warm ocean water with our Hobie Cats, snorkeling and windsurfing gear, stand up paddle boards and kayaks

* Learn to Scuba Dive with Ocean Vibes, where a professional PADI instructor will introduce your family to the skills of scuba diving – first in a safe, shallow swimming pool until you’re ready to dive in the ocean and experience the breathtaking underwater sites and coral reefs surrounding Providenciales

* Take our complimentary resort bikes out for an island ride and explore the Oceanside scenery and the local sights with your family by bike

* Tour the nearby Caicos Conch Farm, where you can see the island’s native conch that are commercially grown and your family can learn about the farm’s unique breeding techniques that could help save the conch from extinction.

* Enjoy outdoor casual open-air dining at Hemingway’s Beachfront Restaurant & Bar, that has a delicious breakfast, lunch & dinner menu for both kids and adults! Our restaurant is just steps from the beach and our swimming pools and features live music, a festive atmosphere and outdoor deck, and island-inspired food that the whole family will be sure to enjoy!

We hope to see you and your family here soon!

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Turks & Caicos restaurants: Hemingway’s

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Facing scenic Grace Bay Beach with a great view of fantastic flaming Caribbean sunsets, Hemingway’s beachfront restaurant at the Sands offers elegant open air dining with a menu devoted to regional specialties you can’t anywhere else.

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While Hemingway’s is located at luxury resort The Sands at Grace Bay, resort guests and beach-walkers alike come here to enjoy the beautiful view from Hemingway’s wood deck and tuck into breakfasts including cinnamon raison French toast or huevos rancheros with fresh black bean salsa on a seasoned tortillas.

There’s also everything in between from fresh fruit to traditional Eggs Benedict – and that’s just for breakfast.

Hemingway’s does a great lunch too. There’s the usual and much loved fare of tasty sandwiches, and meal-sized salads, plus local specialties including soft fish tacos, mango shrimp salad and Caribbean jerk chicken & chips.

If you have a sweet tooth you’ll love our key lime pie with a graham cracker crust to fried ice-cream with cinnamon powdered sugar and chocolate sauce. That’s right – fried ice cream, a dessert made of a breaded scoop of ice cream that is quickly deep-fried creating a warm, crispy shell around the still-cold ice cream.

The Chicagoans invented it, and the Caribbeans perfected it.

We like to serve fresh grouper for dinner, lightly spiced and pan seared and served with a tequila sauced veggie salsa with charred onions, black beans, corn, carrots and red and green peppers.

We’re also proud of our sauteed shrimp with pesto cream over penne pasta. For the gourmet palate, try the filet mignon grilled with a fragrant red wine mushroom sauce.

We also feature a Catch of the Day, using fish caught in local waters.

Grace Bay Beach is also known for JoJo the Ambassador Dolphin (recognized as such by the government of TCI), and there is a little brass bell on the beach for your kids to ring to summon him.

There may be a bit of a wait – JoJo is getting older now and spends most of his time out in the Caicos Bank – but it makes for great conversation, especially with kids, while anticipating dinner.

Hemingway’s is a Turks & Caicos restaurant. Hours of Operation: 8am – 10pm Daily

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Quench Your Summer Thirst With Our Famous Turks & Caicos Rum Punch Recipe

Our award-winning Hemingway’s beachfront restaurant has been serving up a delicious Rum Punch cocktail since the restaurant first opened – and after receiving several requests for this coveted recipe, we have decided to share it with our blog readers. Not only is this drink the perfect way to cool off after soaking up the sun all day on Grace Bay Beach or beside one of our three swimming pools, but it’s also a delicious and easy summer cocktail recipe that is perfect for summer parties! This recipe is such a hit here on the island that we serve it to our guests at our own very Tuesday Manager’s Cocktail party and even as a special “welcome to Turks & Caicos” check-in cocktail when you first arrive at The Sands at Grace Bay.

Hemingway’s Beachfront Restaurant “RUM PUNCH” Recipe:

1 oz Bambarra Coconut Rum (a local Turks & Caicos Island rum)

1 oz Bambarra Dark Rum

3 oz Orange Juice

3 oz Pineapple Juice

1 oz Grenadine

Float with Myers dark rum

Finish with a cherry/pineapple garnish and ENJOY!  Whether you’re on our beautiful beach or hosting a party at home with your family and friends – this tropical drink recipe is sure to please all!

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Visit the caves of Middle Caicos

Grace Bay in the Turks and Caicos (TCI) is on a bit of a roll these days – it’s been introduced as one of the world’s top 10 beaches, and the island of Providenciales has been celebrated one of the world’s top honeymoon retreats.

With all this interest, you would think TCI would be a bustling place, but not a long way away to the east of Provo and Grace Bay can be found the most quiet island of Middle Caicos, home to the lowest number of inhabitants in the islands (only 300 full-timers).

If you have the time and cash to charter a boat or fly on an airplane, it’s practical explore some pretty remote landscape on Middle Caicos. The chief allure of the cay are some of the most amazing caves and caverns in the Caribbean.

Generated by the erosion of limestone, the Conch Bar Caves are the greatest above-ground caves in the Turks and Caicos, as well as the nearby Bahamas.

Closeby are the Village Caves, which seem to have been used by by humans since prehistoric times. Limestone outcroppings similar to furniture add to the illusion of human habitation, and water fed by massive underground lakes must have made these subterranean areas an fantastic place to dwell.

The caves themselves were revealed in the last century by guano excavators, and probably had not been seen by human eyes in some time.

It’s thought the grottoes were originally utilized by the Lucayans, the former inhabitants of the Bahamas archipelago (which includes TCI) who were made use of by the Spanish as slaves and died out by around 1520.

Various Lucayan cultural items have been uncovered in the caves, such as intricate “duho” wooden stools, and other remnants that have been unearthed in the caves suggest that Middle Caicos has been a hub of indigenous custom for millennia.

It seems more than likely that the caves on the cay were in use commonly for worship by indigenous folk, and quite possibly as refuge during windstorms. With the arrival ofwhite colonization, native people of Middle Caicos escaped from the shoreline, discovering refuge in the caves, and started to to live in them perpetually.

It makes for an excellent daytrip from Provo!

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Update for Travelers to the Turks and Caicos

Regarding the gastrointestinal illness that was detected in Providenciales in May: all resorts are open and operating normally as well as all tourism related businesses.

Reports of the illness have dramatically decreased since it was first reported in May, and there been no new reports of symptoms experienced by travelers on the island since June 10th, 2012 (as reported by Travel Weekly on June 11, 2012).

All local businesses and hotels have implemented precautionary safety procedures and sanitization measures to ensure the continued safety and health of guests and travelers. These sanitization measures are being overseen by the highly experienced Environmental Health Officers from Caribbean Epidemiology Center and the Pan American Health Organization.

We want to assure you that The Sands at Grace Bay Resort and Hemingway’s beachfront Restaurant remain open for business to the public and to travelers.

Vacationers are currently enjoying their trips in Providenciales and their time spent at the resort. As a precautionary measure, we are continuing to regularly sanitize all guest rooms, public areas and the restaurant to ensure the continued safety and health of our guests and staff.

About the Sands at Grace Bay

The Sands at Grace Bay is situated on the world-renowned 12-mile crescent of powdery white sand known as Grace Bay Beach – voted the #1 Beach Destination In The World by Trip Advisor’s 2011 ‘Traveler’s Choice’ Awards. This gracious, family-friendly 114-room resort located on six oceanfront acres offers accommodations in studios and 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom suites ranging from 1,000 to 1,600 square feet, all of which combine comfort-focused amenities and spectacular natural surroundings. Suites also come with fully equipped kitchens appointed with stainless appliances, granite countertops, coffee makers and more. The Sands at Grace Bay is the home of Hemingway’s Restaurant and Bar – a legendary beach-side venue and local favorite – where guests can enjoy gourmet selections and island specialties seven days a week. Spa treatments by Spa Tropique are also available by appointment.

For reservations, call toll-free from the U.S. (877) 777-2637; from Canada (800) 567-5327; online at www.thesandstc.flywheelstaging.com or contact your travel agent.

Media Contact

Cassie Dittrich
O: (802) 522-0714