Grand Turk Island Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos
Turks & Caicos Isl
787
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Carnival Cruise Line (114 Cruises)
Carnival Freedom
20 Cruises
Carnival Magic
37 Cruises
Carnival Sunshine
16 Cruises
Celebrity Cruises (32 Cruises)
Costa Cruises (38 Cruises)
Costa Fascinosa
38 Cruises
Crystal Cruises (15 Cruises)
Crystal Serenity
5 Cruises
Cunard (17 Cruises)
Queen Anne
14 Cruises
Emerald Waterways (10 Cruises)
Explora Journeys (18 Cruises)
Explora III
14 Cruises
Holland America Line (79 Cruises)
ms Eurodam
24 Cruises
ms Rotterdam
26 Cruises
ms Zuiderdam
23 Cruises
| 6 March | 19 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 6 March | 8 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 13 March | 16 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 13 March | 12 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
Margaritaville at Sea (2 Cruises)
MSC Cruises (129 Cruises)
MSC Meraviglia
29 Cruises
| 2 January | 15 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 10 January | 15 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 10 January | 7 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 30 January | 15 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
MSC Seashore
15 Cruises
MSC World Atlantic
77 Cruises
Ponant (4 Cruises)
Princess Cruises (183 Cruises)
Caribbean Princess
19 Cruises
| 30 August | 15 days | Round-trip from Port Canaveral, USA |
| 30 August | 8 days | Round-trip from Port Canaveral, USA |
Regal Princess
52 Cruises
| 13 February | 15 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 20 February | 15 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 20 February | 8 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
Sky Princess
26 Cruises
Star Princess
54 Cruises
| 26 October | 6 days | Round-trip from Port Canaveral, USA |
| 31 October | 8 days | Round-trip from Port Canaveral, USA |
Sun Princess
26 Cruises
Royal Caribbean Cruises (59 Cruises)
Adventure of the Seas
19 Cruises
Explorer of the Seas
14 Cruises
Jewel of the Seas
9 Cruises
SeaDream Yacht Club (2 Cruises)
Virgin Voyages (66 Cruises)
Resilient Lady
26 Cruises
Scarlet Lady
12 Cruises
Valiant Lady
26 Cruises
| 13 February | 8 days | Round-trip from San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 13 February | 7 days | Round-trip 7 Night Sisters at Sea Voyage Cruise |
| 10 April | 6 days | One-way from San Juan to Miami |
| 15 April | 5 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
| 26 April | 6 days | Round-trip from Miami, USA |
Frequently Asked Questions
At a jetty over 300 metres long at the south of the island, with no tendering. At the foot of the gangway, the cruise centre gathers shops, a free-access pool and restaurants around a white sand beach reserved for passengers. You can spend the whole day there without spending a dollar on transport.
Not necessarily, and that makes this call unusual. Chairs and umbrellas are rented on site, the water stays calm almost year-round, and the setting is far from artificial. Those who want to see the real island, however, need a taxi: the capital is five kilometres away.
A few hundred metres offshore, the underwater shelf stops dead and the face drops straight down toward more than 2,000 metres of abyss. That legendary wall makes Grand Turk one of the most celebrated dive sites in the tropical Atlantic, and it begins just beyond the reef.
Governor's Beach, a kilometre and a half north of the quay: casuarinas, translucent water and far fewer people than the cruise centre beach. It's a short taxi ride, or a walk that's manageable on an overcast day and much less pleasant in full sun.
The tiny capital lines Duke Street and Front Street with wooden houses and swinging shutters, about five kilometres from the quay. Behind the town, the salt pans that made the Bermudians' fortune from the 17th century still show their stone walls and rusted sluice gates, among the flamingos.
The Molasses Reef wreck, the oldest known European shipwreck in the Americas, dated to the early 16th century. The museum occupies an old house in Cockburn Town and takes under an hour to visit. It is the archipelago's centrepiece, and few visitors know it's there.
They are descendants of the days when salt supported the whole archipelago: they hauled loads between the salinas and the quays. Today they wander freely over ten kilometres of flat land, and drivers need to take care. Don't feed them.
If you have the time, yes. This cast iron lighthouse, prefabricated in London in 1852, stands guard at the northern point, about twenty minutes by taxi from the quay. Admission is modest, trails circle the headland, and the view over the Atlantic rollers is splendid.
From January to March, yes, from the northern point and from the water. Humpback whales pass through the channel alongside the island on migration. Outside that window there's no point hoping: it's a question of season, not luck.
The US dollar, which simplifies everything for a North American traveller, and cards work at the cruise centre. Keep cash for taxis and the small shops of Cockburn Town. English is spoken: the Turks and Caicos are a British Overseas Territory.




















