Turks and Caicos' Newest Residential Resort Opens in November and We Got a First Look

South Bank on Providenciales blends the island's natural beauty with modern luxury.

Credit: Courtesy of South Bank

Over the last several months, I’ve been making the pitch to various family members that we should spend this coming Thanksgiving someplace warm — ideally on an island — that’s an easy, non-stop flight from New York City. On a recent trip to South Bank, the newest addition to the Turks and Caicos-based Grace Bay Resorts portfolio, I just might have convinced my mother-in-law, a crucial hold-out.

Here's how it happened: Having embarked on an intergenerational trip over Passover to road test spending a holiday together, the family member, aka “holdout,” and I were standing in a four-bedroom Ocean Estate Villa. The villa is situated in one of four “neighborhoods" in the 30-acre development, looking out over Long Bay Beach. With the villa at our backs, we were totally mesmerized by the expanse of turquoise water that shimmered in a way that seemed like the best Hollywood lighting technicians had backlit it.

Credit: Courtesy of South Bank

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