Besides the Bacardi distillery, what else should I visit in Puerto Rico?

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The "L" Word

If you are San Juan you can visit:

* Old San Juan
* San Felipe del Morro fortress (simply known as El Morro)
* San Cristobal fort
* La Fortaleza (governor's mansion; oldest executive mansion in the Americas)
* Iglesia San Jose (third oldest church in the Americas)
* Pablo Casals Museum
* Condado (for shopping and nightlife)
* Plaza Las Americas (largest shopping mall in Caribbean)

Throughout the island:

* The Luis Ferre Art Museum in Ponce (largest collection of renaissance art including Rembrandts in Caribbean)
* El Yunque Rainforest (only rainforest in US Parks System)
* Rio Camuy Caves (Camuy)
* Arecibo Radio telescope (largest radio telescope in world)
* Vieques Island (for great beaches)
* Culebra Island (great beaches and great natural reserves)
* Porta Coeli Church (San German)

For the truly adventurous:

* Mona Island (natural reserve between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic; you will need a permit to travel here)

Firstly, I would recommend renting a car. That way you go do stuff on your time and not someone elses itineary. Plus if you go somewhere and you are not impressed you can move on straight away and are not stuck there until the tour decides to leave. With that in mind, driving is a little crazy, just keep your eyes on all your mirrors and you'll be fine.

Places to see.
Old San Juan - easily spend a few hours walking around here. It's a little hilly so maybe jump on the free trolley bus to El Morro (the fort) and work your way back down through the city. Plenty of places to eat and drink for all budgets. Try Breakfast at La Bombonera (one of the oldest establishments in the city)

El Yunque (rainforest) plus spend the afternoon at Luquillo Beach

Check out one of the grand hotels on a weekend evening and try your hand (feet) at some latin dancing.

Ponce on the South coast for more Puerto Rican architecture

Arecibo Observatory. The James Bond movie Golden Eye and also the Jodie Foster movie Contact were filmed there.

Also check the online guides frommers.com, roughguide.com and visitthecoqui.wordpress.com

Enjoy

Enrique

Camuy Cave.
Old San Juan.
Arecibo Observatory.
Culebra Island.

* Go to party.

shinningstarofthecarribean

try the Camuy Caverns (Tierra Adentro tour) will take you to do underground rapelling.
The Flourocent bay in Vieques, the Observatory in Arecibo.

Guilligans and Ballena Island.

www.welcometopuertorico.org has many more spots.

Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

I did the Bacardi distillery tour last month and it only takes a couple of hours, maybe less. You do want to spend some time at their bar and enjoy the free drinks, though! You can combine a visit to the plant with a trip to Old San Juan and see El Morro Fort, San Cristobal Fort and, Paseo de la Princesa. You can also enjoy nice open air cafes with great food and drinks. There is also a casino by the cruise ship docks.

When going out of San Juan, you definetly want to visit El Yunque (Caribbean National Forest). We did this in January as well, we visited El Portal, went up Yukahu Tower, stopped at Coca Falls and you can do the hike down to La Mina Falls where - if the weather is OK - you can swim in the water.

Luqilllo beach is near el Yunque, so you may want to stop there as well.

You can spend another day visiting both the Arecibo Observatory and the Camuy River Caverns Park. I highly reccomend this tour.

On the south side you can visit the historic town of Ponce (See my response on the "Mayaguez" question.

Have fun!

Larry

Without a doubt the mountains and rain forest.

diva

Me and some girlfriends went last summer.. Must see
1. Rio Camuy Cave Park.. this is nature at its best
2.Museo del Nino
3.sports bar/club Lupi's, fun atmosphere if your in your mid 20's-30's in San Juan
and yes the distillery is cool too.. have fun

ggcoralysp

Try Aventuras Tierra Adentro.... they are the best excursion ever.. something totally different... I did it and I can't wait to try again. They show you all the beauties of PR..

www.aventuraspr.com

This is the "QuÃ© Pasa" magazine and in the web page they show you all the attractions that Puerto Rico have.
http://www.qpsm.com

Also, heres a video from Good Morning America that shows the area of the Old San Juan.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2829916

CaptainAlbania

Try to catch a glimpse of the Chupacabra.

tabushi11209

Definitely: El Yunque, stay instead of visiting in Old San Juan, Vieques and dont forget to find out about the history and their struggles with the military, also i loved Culebra...very laid back and sweet...I camped at Flamenco beach which you should not miss...It was nominated one of the most beautiful beaches in the world...take a van there and spend the day...They do have a villa with rooms on the same beach and the camping site...nothing else...it's magic...Happy travels and peace

andykpln

in san juan pr you can drink a beer or alcoholic in a casino 18 or older you can drink there

ms_lovelace2

Visit the rain forest.

arecibena_ausente

Visit the west coast, it's beautiful, here's the link!
http://www.gotoportadelsol.com/

Here's a calendar too!
http://www.apasear.com/en_index2.htm

Enjoy my beautiful island!

SANDRA Q

old san juan

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