Providenciales International Airport (PLS): Approximate driving time is 12 minutes and distance is 5 miles.

Due to British-style driving (on the left) along narrow roads, few visitors to Providenciales rent cars, but instead use taxis to get around.

Located away from the beach, the resort's newest section, French Village, consists of seven two- and three-story pastel-colored châteaus with contrasting shutters and metal balcony railings facing an expansive central garden containing a 4,000-square-foot pool. French Village provides its own reception area, a colorful room decorated like a country inn. French Village rooms and suites feature elaborately carved four-poster king beds and two-poster double beds, as well as second marble vanities in dressing areas outside bathrooms. These rooms and suites offer only step-out balconies on upper floors, with patios fronting ground-floor units.

All of the resort's rooms and suites feature tile floors, area rugs, mahogany and rattan furniture, tropical-colored fabrics, pastel walls, and mahogany accents. Rooms are available only in the All-Inclusive Plan.

All-Inclusive Plan - Rate includes the following:

Not included, but available for extra charges: special wines, DVD and CD players (suites include complimentary use of CD players), fax services, dry cleaning and laundry, child care, health spa and beauty salon services, Internet connections at an Internet café, and tours and excursions available at a lobby desk.

Arizona - Casual beachwear-style spot at lunch for grilled fish, chicken, burgers, hot dogs. Southwestern-accented grill items in the evenings. At dinner, polo or collared shirts, long pants for men; sundresses, skirts, dress-shorts for women.

Café de Paris - French Village café featuring French pastries, coffee drinks, ice cream. Indoor/outdoor seating. No bare feet.

Schooners - Islands-style ocean-view fish house at dinner. Á la carte breakfast. Indoor/outdoor seating. At dinner, polo or collared shirts, long pants for men; sundresses, skirts, dress-shorts for women.

Sapodilla's - Specialty adults-only dinner restaurant. International cuisine, white-glove service. Collared shirts, long pants for men; resort wear for women. Reservations required. No smoking.

Kimonos - Specialty adults-only dinner restaurant located in glass-wall, wood-shingle pavilion. Teppanyaki-style Asian cuisine prepared at table by chef/entertainer. Polo or collared shirts, long pants for men; sundresses, skirts, dress-shorts for women. No smoking. Reservations required.

Sushi Bar - Open-air spot under wood-shingle roof adjacent to Kimonos. Open for dinner.

Guiseppe's - French Village restaurant serving breakfast, lunch buffets, à la carte dinners. Italian-accented choices at night, such as stone-pressed game hen, roasted fish. No bare feet. No beachwear for dinner. Indoor/outdoor seating.

Le Petit Chateau - Adults-only French-cuisine dinner bistro in French Village. Rustic mountain-château ambience under peaked wood ceiling, painted beams. Live music many nights. Collared shirts, long pants for men; resort wear for women.

Bobby D's - Burgers, pizza, pasta, sandwiches, ice cream in 1950s-style diner in wood ship at Pirates Island pool. Lunch and dinner. Late-night snacks. Swimsuits permitted during day. At dinner, polo or collared shirts, long pants for men; sundresses, skirts, dress-shorts for women.

The resort includes 10 bars and lounges, including the adults-only Turtles Bar and the French-style Bar de Musique in French Village, either of which features live music at night. The resort has three swim-up bars, plus a non-alcoholic swim-up bar in the Pirates Island pool for children and teens.

Amenity highlights: A French Village lodging section features an enormous, 4,000-square-foot pool in a formal garden. The children/teens entertainment center, Pirates Island, includes a pool with water slides and a non-alcoholic swim-up bar as well as a large spa. Two other pools, one with adjacent spa, and a children's pool are located in a beachside lodging section. Located adjacent to the beach in the resort's center, an adults-only spa provides an ocean view for 20 people. The beach is furnished with thatched shelters and lounge chairs with folding shades.

Insider tip: JoJo, a friendly Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, frequents Grace Bay, which laps the resort's beach, offering swimmers and snorkelers close-up encounters. (No touching allowed.)

Situated between the resort's beachside section and French Village, Pirate's Island is the resort's entertainment center for children and teens. It features a pool with waterslides, a spa large enough for 14 to 20 little soakers, and a large wooden pirate ship. Facilities include a spacious kid's club and a nursery for infants and toddlers providing supervised activities, pool games, arts and crafts, and outdoor playground equipment. Other facilities include an open-air game center with Ping-Pong and pool tables; a video and virtual-reality game room; and Bobby D's Restaurant & Disco.

Organized family activities at pools and on the beach are available all day. Nightly entertainment is presented on an open-air French Village stage, including live music and such activities as bingo, dance parties, reggae and limbo lessons, kids' fashion and talent shows, and an island folkloric show. Adults-only live-music entertainment occurs nightly either in Turtles Bar or the French-style Bar de Musique in French Village.

A 24-hour Internet Café provides e-mail connections for fees. A departure lounge permits guests awaiting late flights to continue enjoying the resort's facilities. It contains lockers, showers, luggage storage, and a large room with televisions.

Two hard-surface tennis courts are lighted for night play, with racquets and balls provided. Other land-based recreation includes volleyball, outdoor chess, basketball (including one court on which Michael Jordan plays during family visits), bocce, shuffleboard, and pool and Ping-Pong tables.

Provo Golf Club 3 miles away is an 18-hole championship layout featuring target fairways amid a rugged landscape of water inlets and limestone outcroppings. More than 2,500 palm trees, pink flamingoes, herons, and waterfowl contribute to the exotic ambience.

Other recreational activities listed below are available near the resort; fees may apply.