Best places in Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands to visit (UPDATED June, 2024)

Cruise terminal

Duty free shopping & visitor attractions cluster together in this center for visiting cruise ships.

4.60 (4.3K reviews)

Caribbean restaurant

👍👍 One of my favorite beach bars in all of the Caribbean! Just walk to the end of the cruise pier, make a hard left to avoid the mega-Margaritaville, then straight down the beach (if you hit the concrete pier, you went too far). Amazing beach, cold buckets of local beers (I Soon Reach is my favorite)...

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4.60 (774 reviews)

Grand Turk

Island

Scenic island with historic structures, diving areas & a cruise ship complex with shops & dining.

4.60 (614 reviews)

Governor’s Beach

Tourist attraction

👍👍 One of the best beaches in the world. Governor's beach is the place to go if you are in Grand Turk.

4.70 (146 reviews)

Sandbar Restaurant

Restaurant

👍👍 We stopped here for lunch while visiting Grand Turk on a cruise. It was a fantastic meal. We had 3 orders of fish and chips and 1 order of fried conch. The fish was grouper and was the best fish and chips that anyone at our table had EVER had. The breading was light and flavorful and the fish was pe...

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4.60 (175 reviews)

Grand Turk Lighthouse

Historical landmark

😠 It's a lighthouse. I have been to this island twice and this seems to be the only attraction on the whole island. Its like $3 to go close to it, but honestlt you can see it from where ths tour bus drops you. The donkeys and horses roaming are more interesting. I overall found this island as a big ca...

4.30 (880 reviews)

Bajari Beach Club

Beach

👍👍 Bajari Beach Club was an All Inclusive Private Beach Break excursion on my Carnival cruise. The excursion included an island lunch, fruit punch, sodas, a local lunch, unlimited local beer and rum punch, a beach lounge chair and an umbrella. The white sand beach was well taken care of. The water was...

4.40 (315 reviews)

Margaritaville Grand Turk

Restaurant

👍👍 Came here back in May with my mom and sister in law on the carnival Mardi gras. It was soo much fun. The drinks were flowing, the food was tasty, and the music was pumping!!! A perfect recipe for a nice day in port. I will be coming back in October, and again in December on the carnival magic and...

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4.30 (620 reviews)

Turks and Caicos National Museum

National museum

Displays on slavery, indigenous peoples & a 16th-century wreck in one of Grand Turk's oldest houses.

4.50 (193 reviews)

Ridge Cafe Grand Turk

Restaurant

👍👍 Excellent food, service, views, ambiance, and they give great tips for visiting the island. Just love it. It’s our favorite place for breakfast and coffee. They also have fun cocktail drinks.

4.80 (80 reviews)

Blue Water Divers

Dive shop

👍👍 The owners are honest with you. Our Snorkling trip got cancelled because the waters were too rough and we wouldn't enjoy it because we would swallow a lot of water, and we'd probably not see anything. They went out on their own earlier, and they were having troubles, so instead of taking our money,...

4.90 (68 reviews)

Osprey Beach Hotel

Hotel

Bright quarters, some with 4-poster beds, in a relaxed beach hotel offering dining, a bar & a pool.

4.30 (193 reviews)

Grand Turk Diving Company

Dive shop

👍👍 Great locally owned dive shop, excellent divers, kind, and generous. Chris the office manager is great at responding quickly to email and very detail oriented. Smitty is the owner, AKA “Duke of Diving”, he knows the wall as well as he knows the land. He took us whale watching, after 3 hours of scann...

4.60 (68 reviews)

The Salt Raker Inn

Inn

👍👍 {"0":"The Secret Garden restaurant is a hidden gem on the island. Erica is fantastic. The atmosphere is very quaint, and you actually do feel hidden among the trees as if you're in the forest. Nice variety on the menu, and the Chicken Schnitzel is fantastic. If you can find this spot, you will be...

4.70 (59 reviews)

Gibbs Cay

Land mass

👍👍 Absolutely gorgeous! We took a ride over to Gibbs Cay during a cruise excursion. It was called "Stingray City" in the list of excursions available for this particular port. We were able to swim with stingrays, pet them, and pose for a picture while kissing a stingray for good luck. The staff als...

4.90 (43 reviews)

Barbie's Bar & Restaurant

Caribbean restaurant

👍👍 No frills true beach bar. Sometimes that is all it takes .

4.20 (133 reviews)

Norman Saunders Beach

Beach

👍👍 We discovered this while in port on a cruise. It was a prime location - great views and no one around! If you stumble across this review and want a secluded beach location - head here!

4.90 (42 reviews)