1010 Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Guide to Attractions, Places to Stay, Restaurants and Resources

Puerto Rico guide to attractions, places to stay, restaurants and local resources - all designed to help you plan and enjoy a better vacation: has info about things to see and do, where to eat and shop and info about hotels, resorts, motels, beaches, boating and golf.

Puerto Rico is the oldest, established western outpost in the hemisphere. Now very popular with travelers.

Welcome to Puerto Rico

updated - January 28, 2012

Puerto Rico, named after the jubilant cry of Ponce de Leon; "Que puerto rico!" - What a rich port". Puerto Rico was an important strategic asset and remained firmly in Spanish control until it came into possession of the United States after the Spanish-American war.

San Juan is the main point of entry and is the lifeblood of the island. You can spend your entire trip in San Juan and be easily satisfied that you saw all there is to see in Puerto Rico. That's not because that's all there is, it's more a statement of fact that there is just so much to see in San Juan, that it's hard to believe that there's more - but there is.

A trip "Out on the Island" will reinforce that in short order.


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Restaurants

Restaurant Ajili-Mojili
Serves true Puerto Rican cuisine as well as easily recognized staples. 1006 Ashford Avenue in Condado. 

Places to Stay

El Conquistador Resort
This prime hotel-resort sits proudly overlooking 300 foot cliffs on the northeast coast. A Waldorf-Astoria property with a Golden Door spa and many other amenities, it's a destination all unto its own. With four outdoor pools, horseback riding, golf, water park and other attractions, families as well as adventurous types can consider themselves modern conquistadors. Fajardo, Puerto Rico.   

Attractions

Arecibo Observatory
This is the world's largest radio telescope and movie prop in Goldeneye, Contact and others. Weighing in at 1,000 tons, the telescope is suspended above a 20 acre dish within the 565' deep sinkhole. Given the enormity of the project, you could well imagine that the sinkhole cane "after" the telescope. At the terminus of Highway 625 - about 10 miles south of Arecibo on Puerto Rico's north coast. 

Local Resources

Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Old San Juan, San Jaun, Puerto Rico. 


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