Blessed with miles of quiet sugary beaches and coral reefs, Grand Turk ranks among the world's top 10 diving destinations, and is also a tax haven and major offshore investment center. Landmarks include historic Duke and Front Streets along the western shore, a recently renovated 140-year-old lighthouse at the north end of the island and the Turks and Caicos National Museum, which houses artifacts from the Molasses Reef Wreck, the oldest shipwreck in the Americas.

Hollywood Visits Turks and Caicos
An ideal location for movie shoots, the Turks and Caicos have long been visited by movie studios and celebrities alike. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were married on Parrot Cay and actress Eva Longoria and her husband Tony Parker went to the islands for their honeymoon in July 2007. The movie Bahama Passage (1941), starring Sterling Hayden and Madeleine Carroll, was filmed on Grand Turk and Salt Cay; the TV movie Paradise Virus (2003), starring Lorenzo Lamas and Melody Thomas Scott, was filmed on Grand Turk; and the first season of the here! original series Dante's Cove was shot on the islands.