Grand Cayman Vacations, Grand Cayman Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and is home to George Town. The island is known worldwide for it’s banks. This is also one of the better shopping places in the Caribbean and it is especially known for it’s watches and jewelry.
The economy relies on tourism a great deal. Some favorites include Seven Mile Beach, Stingray City, the turtle farm, butterfly garden, the Tortuga Rum Factory and Hell. This is also a great place for diving and snorkeling as the island features many reefs and walls, a few of them are accessible by swimming from the shore.
Like most islands in the Caribbean, the Caymans were “first sighted” by Christopher Columbus. He spotted this chain on his fourth and final expedition to the New World in 1503. He named the island Las Tortugas in honor of the many sea turtles. It was Sir Francis Drake who renamed the islands to their current name, the Cayman Islands in 1586.
The Cayman Islands are located in the Western Caribbean on an underwater ridge known as the Cayman Trench. Oddly, the islands are not featured on many printed maps.