Trip IdeasFodor's Puerto Rico, 5th Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Puerto Rico!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Puerto Rico provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Puerto Rico features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Puerto Rico.
•Experience Puerto Rico like a local! Fodor’s Puerto Rico includes choices for every traveler, from exploring Spanish forts to kayaking in a bioluminescent bay to choosing just the right pearly-white beach to soak up some Caribbean sun, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Puerto Rico!
•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Puerto Rico provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s Puerto Rico features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Puerto Rico.
•Experience Puerto Rico like a local! Fodor’s Puerto Rico includes choices for every traveler, from exploring Spanish forts to kayaking in a bioluminescent bay to choosing just the right pearly-white beach to soak up some Caribbean sun, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About this Book ............ 5
What’s Where ............ 6
Quintessential Puerto Rico ............ 10
If You Like ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
On the Calendar ............ 20
When to Go ............ 24
Chapter 1: San Juan ............ 25
Exploring San Juan ............ 26
Where to Eat ............ 45
Where to Stay ............ 62
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 73
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 81
Shopping ............ 86
Chapter 2: El Yunque & the Northeast ............ 99
The Northeastern Coast ............ 101
The Eastern Coast ............ 123
Chapter 3: ............ Vieques & Culebra ............ 133
Vieques ............ 137
Culebra ............ 153
Chapter 4: ............ Ponce & the Southern Coast ............ 165
Ponce ............ 168
The Southeastern Coast ............ 182
The Southwestern Coast ............ 187
Chapter 5: ............ Rincón & the Porta del Sol ............ 201
Rincón ............ 204
Mayagüez ............ 214
Cabo Rojo ............ 216
The Northwestern Coast ............ 222
Chapter 6: ............ The Cordillera Central ............ 233
The North Coast ............ 237
The Cordillera Central ............ 241
Understanding Puerto Rico ............ 255
Cocina Criolla ............ 256
The State of the Arts in Puerto Rico ............ 259
A Gambling Primer ............ 261
Menu Guide ............ 269
Puerto Rico Essentials ............ 271
Getting Started ............ 272
Booking Your Trip ............ 275
Transportation ............ 282
On The Ground ............ 286
Index ............ 293
About Our Writer ............ 304
Maps
Puerto Rico ............ 8—9
Exploring Old San Juan ............ 30
Exploring Old San Juan ............ 31
Exploring Greater San Juan ............ 40
Exploring Greater San Juan ............ 41
Where to Stay & Eat in Old San Juan ............ 46—47
Where to Stay & Eat in Greater San Juan ............ 56—57
El Yunque & the Northeast ............ 104
El Yunque ............ 112
Vieques & Culebra ............ 136
Vieques ............ 138
Culebra ............ 155
Southern Puerto Rico ............ 170
Ponce Centro ............ 172
Greater Ponce ............ 177
San Germán ............ 194
Rincón & the Porta del Sol ............ 203
The Cordillera Central ............ 236
What’s Where ............ 6
Quintessential Puerto Rico ............ 10
If You Like ............ 12
Great Itineraries ............ 14
On the Calendar ............ 20
When to Go ............ 24
Chapter 1: San Juan ............ 25
Exploring San Juan ............ 26
Where to Eat ............ 45
Where to Stay ............ 62
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 73
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 81
Shopping ............ 86
Chapter 2: El Yunque & the Northeast ............ 99
The Northeastern Coast ............ 101
The Eastern Coast ............ 123
Chapter 3: ............ Vieques & Culebra ............ 133
Vieques ............ 137
Culebra ............ 153
Chapter 4: ............ Ponce & the Southern Coast ............ 165
Ponce ............ 168
The Southeastern Coast ............ 182
The Southwestern Coast ............ 187
Chapter 5: ............ Rincón & the Porta del Sol ............ 201
Rincón ............ 204
Mayagüez ............ 214
Cabo Rojo ............ 216
The Northwestern Coast ............ 222
Chapter 6: ............ The Cordillera Central ............ 233
The North Coast ............ 237
The Cordillera Central ............ 241
Understanding Puerto Rico ............ 255
Cocina Criolla ............ 256
The State of the Arts in Puerto Rico ............ 259
A Gambling Primer ............ 261
Menu Guide ............ 269
Puerto Rico Essentials ............ 271
Getting Started ............ 272
Booking Your Trip ............ 275
Transportation ............ 282
On The Ground ............ 286
Index ............ 293
About Our Writer ............ 304
Maps
Puerto Rico ............ 8—9
Exploring Old San Juan ............ 30
Exploring Old San Juan ............ 31
Exploring Greater San Juan ............ 40
Exploring Greater San Juan ............ 41
Where to Stay & Eat in Old San Juan ............ 46—47
Where to Stay & Eat in Greater San Juan ............ 56—57
El Yunque & the Northeast ............ 104
El Yunque ............ 112
Vieques & Culebra ............ 136
Vieques ............ 138
Culebra ............ 155
Southern Puerto Rico ............ 170
Ponce Centro ............ 172
Greater Ponce ............ 177
San Germán ............ 194
Rincón & the Porta del Sol ............ 203
The Cordillera Central ............ 236
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