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There's little in the way of tourist development on the south side of the island, where you'll find one of Provo's original settlements at Five Cays (named for the small group of rocks just offshore) and the gorgeous Chalk Sound national park and semi-circular Taylor Bay. To get there from downtown, turn down the main road virtually opposite the airport road. A left turn at the gas station leads to Five Cays - an uninspiring and unkempt jumble of houses, schools and small businesses. Make sure you stop at the excellent Liz's Bakery (daily 6am-6pm) on the main road for some freshly baked breads, cakes and pasties. Continuing south on the main road towards the island's main dock at South Dock, a turn to the right just before you reach the sea leads to the gloriously milky blue Chalk Sound , a stunning lagoon in a national park; bear in mind, though, that it's not a great place to swim because of the salty bottom.
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The Sound is protected from the sea on its southern side by a narrow peninsula, which is indented with a series of bays, overlooked by grand and very expensive private homes. Sapodilla Bay is the first and largest of the bays, with a handful of yachts normally moored just offshore. At the eastern end of the bay, reached by a rocky path just west of the run-down Mariner's Hotel , are a number of inscriptions in the rock that were carved by shipwrecked sailors in the early nineteenth century. Beyond Sapodilla Bay, Taylor Bay has a perfect crescent of sand. Like Chalk Sound and Sapodilla Bay, however, it's not a great place to swim.
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