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The Most eXtreme Sport is Coming to Somerset on Grace Bay

Where: Princess Drive, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

A Turks & Caicos resort is about to bring the heat with the extreme sport that will knock you out while at the same time giving you the most intense rush you have ever experienced...eXtreme Croquet. Yes, you read us right, croquet.

The Somerset on Grace Bay, a luxury beachfront resort, is bringing their eXtreme croquet to guests in March. What's involved?

"Somerset eXtreme Croquet" is played on a six-wicket beach course, a terrain that poses much more difficulty in navigating than croquet's traditionally tightly manicured lawns.  The course is laid out in a figure-eight pattern with all wickets being turn wickets, making the passage space for a ball much smaller than a regular wicket.  The basic rules and point system of croquet will apply to "Somerset eXtreme Croquet" with extreme variations.

For you croquet fiends we've posted the extreme variations after the jump, but we just thought you should know that an arm wrestling match between team captains is needed to determine who starts the game.

If you are interested in reserving some play time at the Somerset, you can do so through the resort's concierge or by calling the hotel directly. Don't worry, if you're  newbie to the sport, the hotel will provide all equipment and a rules book, along with a course diagram.

And if you get sick of eXtreme croquet and need to give your brain and body a break from the intense game high, then kick back and relax on the resort's 4.6 acres of pristine beachfront property, with 54 guest suites complete with fully stocked gourmet kitches and infinity-edge and cross-current music pools. Also feel free to chill out at the resort's very own Somerset Sandcastle University before hitting up the eXtreme course again.

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· Somerset on Grace Bay reviews [TripAdvisor]

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What Girls Do After They Have Gone Wild

Where: Princess Drive, Grace Bay PO Box 622, Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

Turns out, even when you are far too old for spring break, there are age appropriate transformed options out there.

For all you older women out there, long gone are the days you planned trips to Cancun with a few bikinis, sun dresses, and tanning oil, but say hello to the spa, cooking classes, and luxury suites. Today's replacement spring break type vacation can still involve you and your girlfriends yet this time with a lot more class. Or as the press release we received called it, "Girls Gone Mellow."

Running from July 10th through December 15th rates are $241 per person per night with a three night minimum at the Alexandra Resort on Grace Bay (hardly the El Cheapo Inn with free Corona at 5pm and rice and bean complimentary breakfast). Unlike your spring breaker days, two to three friends will fit in a luxury suite while eight to twelve will work in a penthouse...again, gone are the days of twelve girls in a double room.

The package includes a spa treatment on your hotel room terrace, a Caribbean cooking class (we have yet to find pictures of the chef), and a Caribbean Cocktail Tasting. Notice the differences here from the Cancun days. Now it's best to "taste" your cocktails rather than throw them down the hatch in a mad rush to reclaim your position dancing on the bar. This is for girls gone mellow, remember? So pack your SPF 75.

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· Alexandra Resort Reviews [TripAdvisor]

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Turks & Caicos Want You Bad

Where: Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos

Turks & Caicos always sounds like some ancient battle between warring clans but is in fact, a totally fun bunch of islands!

This is a hotspot for singles and desperate alike and with summer coming on, the hotels are feeling a little neglected since everyone is spending the weekends at the Jersey Shore.

That's why the Sands at Grace Bay is offering "sixth and seventh nights free" this summer from June 1 to Oct. 31.

(In May, only the seventh night is free.)

Rooms range from $165 for a double to $725 for a oceanfront three-bedroom suite that sleeps up to eight (but costs $25 for the seventh and eighth persons.)

The deal includes, among other things, the ever-important Welcome Cocktail, use of the fitness center, Hobie cats, and use of the snorkel gear.

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·   Sands At Grace Bay Resort Reviews [TripAdvisor]