Ocean Club
P.O. Box 240
Providenciales
649-946-5880, Fax 649-946-5845
Reservations: 800-457-8787
www.oceanclubresorts.com
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The Ocean Club is casual elegance at its best: rooms with cool tile floors, ceiling fans, fully equipped kitchens, and large screen balconies where the two of you can sit and discuss the underwater beauty you beheld that day.

Hotel Features: beachfront, casual dining and bar, freshwater pool, shopping arcade, tennis, walking distance to golf course and club, watersports, dive shop

Grace Bay Club
P.O. Box 128
Providenciales
649-946-5757, Fax 649-946-5758
Reservations: 800-946-5757
www.gracebay.com
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Provo's most exclusive property, this a Swiss-owned hotel has 22 suites and a regard for privacy. We have seen few properties in the Caribbean with this level of style. Furnished with items from Mexico and India, the rooms are decorated in subdued beige tones to put the emphasis on the brilliant color of the sea just beyond the balcony.

Guests can choose from a list of complimentary activities, or pamper themselves with a facial, body wrap, or even a massage on the beach. For some time alone, the hotel can arrange to drop the two of you off on an uninhabited island with a picnic lunch. At the end of the day, enjoy a cocktail in the palapa bar, dinner at Anacaona, the finest restaurant on the island, and some dancing to live music under the stars. This resort isn't for the budget conscious, but for those who can afford it, this is luxury itself.

Hotel Features: beachfront, tennis, fine dining, complimentary watersports, sailing, golf at nearby course

Allegro Resort Turks and Caicos
P.O. Box 205
Providenciales
649-946-5555, Fax 649-946-5629
Reservations: 800-992-2015
www.jacktar.com or www.allegroresorts.com
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The only casino in the country is found at this beachside hotel. The full service hotel has comfortable rooms, an excellent beach, and a relaxed atmosphere that we enjoyed.

Hotel Features: beachfront, freshwater pool, dive shop, tennis, watersports, casual and fine dining, casino

Le Deck
P.O. Box 144
Providenciales
649-946-5547, fax 649-946-5770
Reservations: 800-528-1905
www.ledeck.com
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Le Deck has comfortable rooms sporting a recent refurbishment, an excellent restaurant, and a central location. Nothing fancy, but you can't beat the Grace Bay location.

Hotel Features: beachfront, freshwater swimming pool, casual restaurant and bar

Erebus Inn
P.O. Box 238
Providenciales
649-946-4240, Fax 649-946-4704
Reservations: 800-645-1179
www.erebus.tc
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Overlooking Turtle Cove Marina, this modest inn is a charming spot for those on a budget--plus it offers a great view.

Hotel Features: mountainside, freshwater pool, gym, restaurant

Turtle Cove Inn
P.O. Box 131
Providenciales
649-946-4203, Fax 649-946-4141
Reservations: 800-887-0477
www.provo.net/turtlecoveinn
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When divers come up for air, many head to this resort where they find an on-site dive center and packages including two tank morning dives plus honeymoon packages featuring champagne, dinner, a dune buggy rental or day sail, picnic lunch for two, and more. Located directly off the marina, rooms here are simple but include telephone, cable TV, and a private balcony.

Hotel Features: freshwater pool, casual restaurant and bar, dive shop

Beaches Turquoise Resort and Spa
P.O. Box 186
Lower Bight Road
Providenciales
649-946-8000, Fax 649-946-8001
Reservations: 800-BEACHES
www.beaches.com
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Provo's member of the Sandals family is one that's open to couples as well as singles and families. Here you can expect all-inclusive fun while taking advantage of its Grace Bay location. Includes full European Spa, kid's program, and 5 restaurants. Rooms include cable TV, minibar, safes, coffee makers, hairdryers, dataports, and balconies.

Hotel Features: beachfront, all-inclusive, fine and casual dining, watersports, spa

GRAND TURK

Sitting Pretty Hotel
P.O. Box 42
Duke Street, Grand Turk
649-946-2135, Fax 649-946-1460
Reservations: 800-548-8462
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This 43-room hotel is simple and rather spartan. All rooms include TVs and air-conditioning as well as private patios. The hotel is primarily a rest stop for dedicated divers, though, who will find three wrecks just offshore and many other dive sites just 10 minutes away.

Hotel Features: some beachfront rooms, freshwater pool, restaurant and bar, dive shop

SALT CAY

Mount Pleasant Guest House
Salt Cay
649-946-6927, fax (same)
Reservations: 800-821-6670
www.turksandcaicos.tc/mtpleasant
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This simple accommodation with seven guest rooms plus a dorm room with multiple beds is a favorite with scuba divers. All rooms are furnished with antiques.

Although divers may comprise the biggest part of their guest list, the owners of this inn haven't forgotten romantics as well. Here you'll find one of the most romantic offerings in the Caribbean -- and at no extra cost. You can arrange to overnight on a private, uninhabited island. The inn will take you out by boat and provide tents, bedrooms, a gas grill and a bottle of wine. The rest is up to you. As the owner says, "You can reinvent the wheel as a couple" in this truly Robinson Crusoe-type setting.

Hotel Features: casual dining, horseback riding

Windmills Plantation
North Beach Road, Salt Cay
649-946-6962, Fax 649-946-6930
Reservations: 800-822-7715
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It's somewhat surprising to find this exclusive eight-room hotel tucked away on tiny Salt Cay. Perhaps that's what makes this inn so special. Add furniture imported from Costa Rica, a library with over a thousand volumes, a restaurant featuring Caribbean food including Salt Cay lobster (reservations required), horseback trails, and nature trails, and you've got a romantic getaway for those looking for the ultimate in privacy. You can even splurge and book a suite with its own plunge pool.

Hotel Features: fine dining, pool