Top LBGTQ-Friendly Beaches in the Turks and Caicos
As the timeless, immaculate, and stunning beach that it is, Grace Bay takes the cake as our top travel destination in the world. The bay embodies that classic, luxury beach feel that we've seen on every magazine cover and every women's fragrance commercial.
Grace Bay is the quintessential beach for honeymooners and bachelors alike, rich with beachside massage treatments, lavish resorts, and vibrant marine life. Located in the Turks and Caicos Islands, this beach is the icon of the Caribbean, and offers beachgoers a relaxing resort experience. Grace Bay Club, among others, offers the ultimate vacation accommodations, including rooms with breathtaking ocean views, supreme customer service, delicious food and drinks, and beachside lounges -- not to mention its location right on the sand. The resort has a romantic, serene ambiance, as well as an adventurous one, with accommodations for various boat tours on the beach.
The calm waters of this reef-protected destination are perfect for sailing, and many boat tours offer only the best of snorkeling, diving, and whale watching. M & J's Charters is a popular company for boat tours, giving beachgoers the fishing and snorkeling experience of a lifetime! The tours visit Iguana Island and finish with a private island barbeque overlooking the most beautiful waters in the world. Scuba diving in the crystal-clear waters of Grace Bay is an especially fulfilling experience, with coral formations, warm waters, and rich marine life to make your jaw drop. Ocean Vibes Scuba and Watersports offer excursions with conch diving, parasailing, and more, and each trip comes with a steady flow of island drinks. Overall, Grace Bay is simply as perfect as it gets.
Located in the northern part of the island of Providenciales, Leeward Beach is a popular and beautiful curve-shaped beach with soft white sand, some large rocks, multiple rocky jetties, and nearby oceanfront homes. A portion of this beach is also called Pelican Beach or Sunset Beach – this portion is located near a vacation rental property named Pelican’s Nest Villas. Leeward Beach Providenciales is a part of a national park named Princess Alexandra Nature Reserve that is located in a residential area named Leeward Area. There is an aquatic channel near the northeastern end of this beach called the “Leeward Going Through Channel.”
Reader’s Digest featured this beach in its article "12 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit for the Perfect Vacation" and Conde Nast Traveller also featured this beach in its article titled “The Best Islands in the World: 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards.” It is also a favorite of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach.
Located on the western coast of Grand Turk, the capital island of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Governor's Beach is a 300-meter-long and wide white sand beach with a few rocky portions. The soft, powdery white sand is comprised of finely crushed coral and shells. The beach is considered the best beach on the island, and is a favorite of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach. This immensely popular beach is positioned between the Grand Turk Cruise Center and Cockburn Town and has a beautiful backdrop of a grove of casuarina and palm trees, offering panoramic views of the turquoise waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The beach received its name from being the site of the former governor's residence, Waterloo, which is near the beach. Governor's Beach is part of the Columbus Landfall National Park, which aims to promote a protected marine environment while emphasizing the importance of sustainable tourism practices. Governor's Beach has been awarded the Blue Flag certification and the Green Coast Award due to its natural beauty, cleanliness, and water quality standards.
