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Departing SFO at 9:30 am on American Airlines Flight 1846 (arrives in Dallas at 2:50). Departs Dallas on Flight 606 at 3:45.

This takes about 3 miles, 3 hours: see p. 105 of Lonely Planet. Starts at Cafe Cala, ends at Paseo del Morro at sunset.

Check out San Francisco and Fortaleza, Calle del Cristo runs perpendicular at the west end of town. Look for Boveda (200 Calle del Cristo), Butterfly People (257 Cruz), the Artisans Fair (open on weekends - Parques Munoz Rivera and Sixto Escobar). Popular Puer...

"Playa Luquillo, the mile-long crescent of surf and sand to the west of the town, is regularly touted as being the commonwealth's finest balneario (public beach) ... has always been more about atmosphere than solitude. It has a famous strip of 50-plus food kios...

There is a waterslide on this boat. Snorkeling, sailing, lunch. Costs $69/person.

The more spectacular phosphorescent bay is Mosquito Bay in Vieques, the island municipality off of the main island's northeastern shore. The experience of seeing-and being surrounded by-this eerie light is nothing less than magical!

Trip Advisors members pref...

Jump in your Jeep — you'll need to rent one to get to the best beaches — and head to Green Beach map on the western end of the island for great snorkeling. (But go in the morning. After noon, you risk getting eaten alive by little black flies). If it's surf you'...

For lunch, you can't beat the half-dozen roadside pincho or shish kebab stands scattered around the island that offer chicken, fish or meat kebabs for about $2 a skewer. The one on Route 200, halfway between the airport and Martineau Car Rental and just steps fr...

"Swimming after dark in the glowing translucent purple waters of Bahia Mosquito on Vieques is one of the best legal psychedelic experiences on the planet."

The resort is adjacent to the lush El Yunque National Forest, which is Rio Grande’s own natural version of the Emerald City. Did you know that a rainforest is even more complex than a computer? Or a city? More than 100 billion gallons of annual rainfall account ...

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elebrate St. Valentine week-end in Puerto Rico. Enjoy more than 2,000 antique cars in exhibition, car corral and auction. Perfect weather. Great cars, better prices, no commission and very reasonable transportation fees to the USA. Call us or e-mail for more inf...

Puerto Rican Road Food: No other place offers as many road-side treats as Puerto Rico. There's something good to eat around virtually every turn in the road. Our favorites include barbecued chicken stands along Route 116 in Guánica, the pizzerias ringing northwe...

Approximately 10 pm

Good brunch spot

Hacienda Buena Vista Nature Reserve

Carefully maintained and well managed by the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust (Fideicomiso de Conservación) this restored coffee hacienda museum truly is a 19th century GREEN (water driven) engineering wonder in the middle of...

Celebrating its 152 anniversary in 2010, the Ponce Carnival is considered one of the oldest of the Western Hemisphere and centers around the vivid costumed characters called Vejigantes.
Poster of the 2001 Ponce Carnival

These marauding, mischievous colorful ...

Devilish vejigantes patrol the streets in their masks and colourful costumes at Ponce's annual carnival. Lively street parades and parties provide the final chance to celebrate before the long period of solemnity throughout Lent.
The carnival is believed to hav...

Days 4 & 5: Ponce & the Southwest Coast

Leave San Juan on the morning of Day 4 and drive 75 miles (121km) southwest to the city of Ponce, the island's "second city." Take Route 1 south to Highway 52, then continue south and west to Ponce, following the road s...

Set among the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico’s northeast corner, El Yunque is the only tropical rain forest in the United States national forest system.

The name has an interesting story. Christopher Columbus, arriving in Puerto Rico in 1493, encountered th...

By El Yunque, discounts for Barefoot Travelers.

Now at the Conrad Condado Plaza in San Juan.

Pikayo is the flagship project for Chef Wilo Benet. The restaurant, created in 1990, has set standards and raised the level of luxury in fine dining in Puerto Rico . Pikayo combines exquisite taste with exclusive a...

If you want to be part of a local experience, get up early on a Friday and head to the San Sebastian Market. I guess I would call it a large flea market or farmers market, since it had a little bit of everything. The market is located on the Centro Agropecuario ...

Metropolitan San Juan: This easy beach dive off the Condado district in San Juan is not as spectacular as other dives mentioned here, but it's certainly more convenient. Lava reefs sculptured with caverns, tunnels, and overhangs provide hiding areas for schools ...

351 Calle Tapia
San Juan, PR 00933
(787) 726-5501

Leaves San Juan on Airtran Flight 2, connects in Atlanta, arriving at 7:58, leaving Atlanta at 8:40 on Flight 67 and arriving at 11:14

"San Juan has developed a reputation for being Las Vegas-on-the-sea, a mantle it stole from Havana when Castro threw the mob and their gambling syndicates out of Cuba in 1959. Resorts featuring casinos include the Intercontinental, the El San Juan, the Ritz Car...

Approx 3 pm