I am not the type of person to write any type of review, good or bad, but I was just blown away on my recent trip to Turks and Caicos.
Let me start off by saying that both inside and outside of the resort (as we did travel outside of the resort several times), the locals on Turks and Caicos are some of the nicest people I have ever met. I cannot say enough about how amazing the people were. that is what really made this trip exceptional.
Beaches- Just an absolutely beautiful resort! This was my first all inclusive experience, but from what I have heard talking to other people and researching other resorts, this one is by far the best. 16 amazing restaurants to choose from, you can take to the ocean with your choice of Catamarans, Water Trikes, kayaks, and paddle boards. You can get Snorkel gear and go on up to 4 different Snorkel expeditions a day, or you could just snorkel off the beach(perfect for you shell hunters out there), and just a little walk down the beach there is a fire corral preserve that you can snorkel around and see sea turtles, sting rays, and a ton of different kinds of fish(I highly recommend that). They also have a waterpark with 7 different slides and a lazy river.
It's easy to look on their website and everything they have to offer, but it does not show you the whole picture. each day the post an event calendar on the event boards located around the resort, there is so much more stuff to do every single day that is not on their website. During our time there, they had a waterpolo tournament, beach and water volleyball tournaments, Shell hunts on the beach, Poker tournaments, and much much more.
My sister also had her wedding while we were down there. The wedding planner plus the resort staff did a fantastic job and she had a beautiful wedding right on the beach.
Here are my recommendations if you are making the trip:
1. SUNSCREEN, I burn very easily and I was wearing SPF 75 most of the time and I was still getting burned, a bad sunburn can ruin your entire day or two
2. If you can afford it, I highly recommend going with the concierge service. They were all incredibly helpful with anything that we needed, and it made our time there a lot better.
3. Stay in the Caribbean Village, This is the older of the 3 villages and the rooms are a little bit smaller(we were barley in our rooms as it was) but it is the only village right on the beach and has two pools.
4. When you go to Schooners, if they have it, you need to order King Crab and Conch Risotto, by far the best meal I had when I was down there.
5. All of the restaurants are great, but the best overall for breakfast was Giuseppe's, best for lunch is Mario's buffet on the weekends( they only offer the buffet on the weekends but if you go there be ready to have a major food coma afterwords)
6. Dirty Banana or Miami Vice- Ask a bartender, they will know
7. I began this review with the people and I am ending it with the people, go and visit my friends Benj, JB, and Joel at the Arizona swim up bar, these guys love their jobs and we had a lot of fun with them in the week that we were there.
Overall if you are looking for a great place to go, I put this one at the top of my list, and I will be returning very soon.