What is there to do on a vacation in Puerto Rico?

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nena

There is so much to do on the island! I suggest renting a car if you would like to venture out. Otherwise there are guided tours, but they can get pricey if you want to see everything.

Well while your in San Juan, visit 'El Morro' the old war fort built to protect the island. It is huge & gorgeous, sitting right on the ocean front. Walk the colorful streets of old San Juan & shop & see the spanish architecture. There is an old Cathedral(the first church in the new world!) & the casa blanca & paseo la princesa.

Then venture off, go to 'El Yunque' Rain forest. & bring sneakers b/c it's wet. It is amazing. Then you can go to Luquillo beach right near the rain forest. One of the best beaches on the whole Island. Other great beaches are on seperate islands called Culebra & Vieques.

And you need to go to one of the Bioluminescent Bays. There are 3 in PR of on 6 in the world! & they are the best in PR. There is one called La Parguera, in the souther part of the island or one on vieques Island called Mosquito puerto Bay. The water glows in the dark at night when you touch it, it is great! Take a small boat or kayak so you can touch it, not a glass bottom boat. The kids will love it I am sure!

Also Camuy caves are beautiful! It is a huge cave system & you need to take a tram down to it. Tours for everything are in english as well as spanish. Most people on the island speak english or some, especially in cities. Also eat the local cuisine. Puerto rican food is absolutely delicious! Not spicey, just flavorful! Even eat at kiosk food stands on the road sides, b/c this is some of the best food!

Of course there are great beaches all over & tons of water sports for the kids to enjoy. There are always festivals going on too.

short2stuff1922

In San Juan, Condado, Isla Verde and Loiza:
1.The old forts in Old San Juan
2.The cathedrals Old San Juan
3. Felisa Rincon De Gautiers home Old San Juan
4. Paseo de la Princesa Old San Juan
5. Beach Condado, Isla Verde and Loiza
5. Paseo Tablado or Board Walk Loiza
Out Of San Juan:
1. El Yunque Rain Forest in Fajardo
2. Jardines Botanicos in Rio Piedras or the Botanical Gardens
3. See a movie at the Old Metro Theatre in Santurce
4. The original homestead of Ponce de Leon in Caparra (There is a museum on the grounds by the ruins and it contains belonging to him
5.Barcardi Rum Distillaries in Catano (all can go in and visit)
6. The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo (the movie Contac was made there)
7. Las Cavernas de Camuy or the Caverns of Camuy
8. Botanical Gardens in Caguas
9. The old Town Hall of Bayamon is now a wonderful museum
10. The museum of Dolls of Bayamon
Further out of the north part of the Island to the south:
11. The old Parque de Bombas of Ponce- The old Fire house of Ponce
12. La Guancha- a board walk in Ponce
13. Hacienda Buena Vista de Ponce
I have been to these places and all are open for the whole family to enjoy. We also have the Tren Urbano or Urban Train that runs from Stop26 Santurce to the center of Baymon. It is a wonderful ride, the price is$1.50 per person one way. But which ever place you visit I am sure you and your family will enjoy your stay.

FALLENMALAK

HI,

Try snorkeling, or take one of those 1 day Scuba Diving
crash courses. The ocean is fun and full of lots of
interesting things to see, from a safe depth that is.
Try it!

Mike

Go to the beach, rainforest, snorkeling, rent some jet skis, etc.

Get around the island and check it all out.

mail4cme

If your going to Puerto Rico you must visit the Bio Bay. Go to the one on Vieques island. It is GREAT!! You will never see anything like it in your life. www.biobay.com.

THE Cupid HATER

Check out the travel section of any book store.
Since you do have access to a computer, do a search of Puerto Rico. Email the Commonwealth's Tourist Bureau.(they will love to help!)

Good Luck and hope your family vacation is safe and FUN!

Breniris

P.R.its beautiful ,and i read from other answers list of places u can visit and let me tell u that u will enjoy every part of the island , all i want to add is that you need to protect your skin from the sun (during the day) and mosquitoes (at night) . Do this , be prepared and u are not going to regret your trip. also TAKE PICTURES!!!!!!! beaches are beautiful and if like exploring u will like the caves, if you like history go to san Juan, specially EL Morro. ENJOY!!!!!

Cristy

Puerto Rico is beautiful. You definitely wanna go to the beach. Also book a day tour of El Yunque, a rain forest in the middle of the island. Visit the sites like Camino de la Princesa for great pictures(free), the forts (entrance only a few dollars), Bacardi factory (like 15bucks), and the shops and restaurants in Old San Juan (the bars @night).

puertorican_nina95

well u can go to buetifull beaches, pools, shopping, u can meet new ppl learn new words to speak, and most of all if ur single meet hot hispanic men, and if ur a grown up u can go 2 bars and clubs.if ur in 2 new cultures ull like it because u can learn more about them!!!!!!!!!

â™¥@$$ kicking princessâ™¥

There are lots of things you can do as a family. I used to live there and I am around your age group. so i'm going to list things i thought were fun.

1-go to el morro and fly kites or walk the castle.
2-got to the beach.*the water is cristal clear!*
3-go to have a pinacolada =]]
4- walk around.there are many landmarks and important things to learn there!!

have fun!

Sarah

Go to the beach of course! Maybe rent a boat and go fishing, and just enjoy the gorgeous ocean.

My Three

Oh my god San Juan is beautiful. I don't know where you are staying but The Hilton Caribe in San Juan is so beautiful and they have a private beach. It's a little pricy but well worth it. It I think a 5 star hotel and when my office went it was less than 200 a night. But they have beautiful hotels all over San Juan and they get very cheap if you get one about 2-3 blocks from the beach. But make sure those have air conditioning some have that whole lets get back to nature experience and don't have air conditioning.

As for activities, Dinning out is so cheap and of course the food is great. The hotels are filled with restaurants or you can go walking through old San Juan and find the wonderful smells of restaurants on every block.

Oh and the jewlery is great and right on the beaches they have fresh rolled cegars that are rolled right in front of you by old men. We got that as a gift for my cegar smoking boss he loved it.

As for the kids they have scuba diving, all type of day boat trips and some hotels have day planners so you just give the ages and you are set.

Now I don't want to fear you as beautiful as the island is be careful every place has the bad area so know where your family is at all times.

And if you can try to go to the west coast of the island some of the best surfing in years has been reported to be in Aguadilla, PR. But that is about a 3 hour drive from San Juan but is Surfing is your passion it's well worth the trip.

Enjoy and have a nice stay in Puerto Rico

alang_ps

Puerto Rico info at
http://www.travelinfocentre.com/destination/puerto-rico/overview.html

jmclaudio76

All that you can think of at the beach. Also you may want to try fluorescent bay mid night Kayaking. It is great and the kids are old in-off to enjoy. I know is late but you are on vacation.

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