Details About George Town

Attractions

Experience a once-in-a-lifetime adventure: snorkeling with stingrays at Stingray City Sandbar. These relatively tame creatures will swim right into your arms and eat from your hand. They have velvety soft skin and love to have their bellies rubbed. Despite their frightening name, they are very gentle and won't hurt you as long as you stay away from their tails.

Activities

• Take a tour through the charming city of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands. Stop at the Conch Shell House, constructed entirely of the trumpet shells of the mollusk, and the town of Hell, whose name was inspired by its unusual rock formations.
• Visit the Turtle Farm, an interactive sea-turtle nursery where green and hawksbill turtles are bred and raised.
• Explore a seemingly endless stretch of magnificent coastline at Grand Cayman's world-famous Seven-Mile Beach.
• Get away from it all and enjoy a great island-style day out at the Rum Point Club, situated on the picturesque north side of the island.
• Sail the beautiful waters of the North Sounds, stopping by Stingray City, aboard the 60-foot racing catamaran Cockatoo.
• Surround yourself with exotic marine life and huge coral formations as you explore the underwater world in a submarine.
• Experience a bird's-eye perspective of Grand Cayman on an exciting flightseeing tour.

Adventures

• Paddle along Grand Cayman's world-renowned Seven-Mile Beach on a kayaking adventure.
• Explore a historic shipwreck while snorkeling the beautiful Cayman waters.
• Explore the island and get a great workout at the same time, cycling through the island's quaint villages.

Shopping

Grand Cayman is humorously referred to as "Brand Cayman" by those savvy shoppers who know the island's reputation for fabulous duty-free prices on designer merchandise. Great bargains abound on jewelry and watches from Caribbean Hook, Chopard, Honora, House of Tanzanite, John Atencio, John Hardy, Kabana, Roberto Coin, Starnight, Alfex, Cartier, Concord, Faconnable, Gucci, Maurice Lacroix, Michele, Movado, Wenger and more. Fine china, crystal, perfumes, leather, rum cakes, and liquor are available at bargain prices. Local crafts and treasure coins found in retail shops in George Town are also great buys.

Currency

The official currency of the Cayman Islands is the Cayman Islands dollar (KYD).  U.S. dollars, credit cards, and traveler's checks are widely accepted.