Cayman Islands tourist information with details
about travel to and around the islands. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with
insider tips and hand-selected Cayman links, by dedicated editors and visitors to
TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel.
A dependency of the United Kingdom, the Cayman Islands lie north-west of Jamaica and consist of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.
The Cayman Islands lie north-west of Jamaica and consist of
Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. The capital, George Town, is on Grand Cayman.
When Christopher Columbus saw the
islands in 1503 he named them Las Tortugas, after the turtles that are still raised for
export today.
British settlers from Jamaica colonised the islands
around 1734 and the Caymans remained a dependency of Jamaica until 1959.
The Cayman Islanders welcome foreign currency; with tourism and
banking making up a major part of the economy.
Enter The Cayman Islands:
Getting to the Cayman Islands, and other information for tourists.
Cayman Activities:
What to do in the Caymans, when you come up for air.
Cayman Diving:
There are more than 200 dive sites in the clear, warm waters of the Cayman Islands.
Cayman Island Travel Tips:
Answers to your Cayman Island questions.
Caribbean Hurricane Network:
These pages contain information, weather discussions and local reports regarding tropical
systems threatening the Caribbean islands.
Cayman Islands Online
Phonebook:
Cable and Wireless provide this search of Cayman Island phone numbers.
Weather in Cayman Islands
View a graphical weather forecast for the week ahead around the Cayman
Islands.
Cayman
Brac Weather, George
Town Weather.
Books
on Cayman Islands Travel:
Browse Amazon's best-selling list of books on travel in the Cayman Islands.
|
