Turks and Caicos is obviously a beautiful destination to go to, and one that I was most excited to go see. It's a great port stop because, like Cozumel, you can just dock and walk right into a very tourist-friendly well-planned port that has food, shopping, and swimming all right when you walk off the ship.
The pier from the ship to the port is also pretty short, so it's a great port where you could save some money and do a quick return to the ship for lunch. It also would be a great stop if you have napping-aged kids, because you can easily go back to your stateroom for a nap and then come right back to the port without much time or effort.
There's a lot you can do in Nassau, so I wanted to create a place listing what we've done at each stop here over the years. I'll update this as we come back here again and again.
Grand Turk Cruise Center
Honestly, the port has so much to do, I think you're fine not doing an excursion. We didn't have an excursion planned for Grand Turk, and it worked out for us. It's a pretty established port that has shopping and restaurants with a big pool surrounded by free lounge chairs or you can rent like a mini house.
We grabbed lunch at Margaritaville, did some shopping in the cruise center, and then headed to a chair by the pool. We were only there for about an hour before it just started downpouring on us with no end in sight, so we went back to the ship early. There was also a beach that looked really well-kept, but we didn't make it in time to see it.
