Places to Explore In El Yunque and the Northeast

Discover the best places to explore in El Yunque and the Northeast with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

El Yunque

The temperature in the U.S. Forest Service’s only tropical rain forest—an easy and popular day trip from San Juan—is about 73°F year-round,...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Fajardo

Fajardo, founded in 1772, was once notorious as a piratical pit stop. It later developed into a fishing community and an area where sugarcane...

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 8 Things To Do

Humacao

Travelers flock to the Humacao area for one reason: the sprawling resort community called Palmas del Mar and its two world-class golf courses...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Luquillo

Known as the Sun Capital of Puerto Rico, Luquillo has one of the island's best-equipped family beaches. It's also a community where fishing...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 3 Things To Do

Naguabo

In this municipality's downtown, pastel buildings give the main plaza the look of a child's nursery: a golden-yellow church on one side faces...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Piñones

Funky Piñones is little more than a collection of open-air seaside eateries. Sand floors, barefoot patrons, and tantalizing seafood—traditionally...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Rio Grande

This urban cluster of about 54,000 residents proudly calls itself "The City of El Yunque," as it's the closest community to the rain forest...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

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