With a total landmass of 78 square miles, GRAND CAYMAN is the largest, most populated and most developed of the three Cayman Islands. As such it receives the greatest number of visitors and certainly feels the most traditionally Caribbean, with a small colonial capital, a beautiful stretch of beach, and lots of typical resorts that will set your whole holiday up for you.

Each week thousands of cruise ship passengers shoulder their way along the narrow sidewalks of George Town, where duty free shops hawk everything from fine emeralds to Cuban cigars. Once you've covered downtown, it's easy to explore the rest of the island in a day or two. Of the outer districts, each certainly has its charm and a far mellower pace than George Town, but few really hold that much individual interest.

East End does have some prime places for diving , and Bodden Town bears vestiges of its status as former island capital; perhaps best of all, Seven Mile Beach , just a ten-minute drive from George Town, is arguably one of the finest stretches of sand in the entire Caribbean, its fine powder and calm waters making an alluring destination. No place on the island is more than an hour from any other, so you can base yourself anywhere, and come and go as you please.

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