Home to the some of the best beaches in the world, astonishingly inviting waters, legendary diving, snorkelling and fishing, the Turks & Caicos Islands are truly a location for a dream beach holiday. Getting to the Turks and Caicos is easy, just a short flight from the east coast of the US. The Turks & Caicos consists of 40 islands and cays, eight of which are inhabited. The islands are located 550 miles southeast of Miami, Florida, just below the Bahamas chain and just to the east of Cuba and the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti.) Technically, the Turks and Caicos are located in the Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean Sea.