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Cockburn Town
About Cockburn Town
Cockburn Town is the capital of Turks and Caicos Islands and its historic and cultural center. The colonial style homes and public buildings remind us of the Bermudian salt trade from the mid-1600’s to the early 1900’s. Today it is a favourite haunt of anglers and scuba divers.
Local highlights
Explore the city
- Columbus Landfall National Park with the Molasses Reef Wreck
- Columbus Monument
- Front Street
- Turks and Caicos National Museum and Museum Arboretum
Highlights in the vicinity
Explore the island of Grand Turk,
- Fire Hill
- Governor's Beach
- Turks and Caicos National Lighthouse and Botanical Gardens
- Waterloo / Governor's House
Explore the other Islands,
- East Caicos Caves on East Caicos
- On Middle Caicos
- Armstrong Pond Village Historical Site
- Conch Bar Caves National Park
- Vine Point & Ocean Hole Nature Reserve
- On North Caicos
- Bottle Creek Settlements
- Cottage and Flamingo Pond
- The lush island of Parrot Cay
- The nature reserve Three Mary's Cay with beaches and snorkelling
- South Caicos
- Boiling Hole
- South Caicos Admiral Cockburn Land & Sea Park
- West Caicos
- Lake Catherine
- West Caicos Marine National Park
- Providenciales / Provo
- Chalk Sound National Park
- Five Cays Settlement
- Princess Alexandra Marine Park
- Grace Bay with beautiful beaches and a long coral reef.
- Whale watching
- Scuba diving
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants:
- Timezone: UTC -4
- Weather: average 28 ° C; tropical; marine; continuous ocean breezes from the trade winds; sunny and relatively dry.
- The high season is traditionally winter
- Turks and Caicos Islands are a dependent territory of the UK, so driving on the left!
Local transport
- Rental cars
- Regular Ferries from North to Middle Caicos
Inbound transport
- Nearest airport: Provo only 75 minutes from Miami
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