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Puerto Rico - things to see & do
My girlfriends from college and I are getting together in Puerto Rico next month to collectively celebrate our 30th birthdays. We rented a house through vrbo.com that's about an hour SE of San Juan, on the coast.
We haven't made tons of plans, because we're only there for a long weekend, and will probably spend a bunch of it catching up and drinking umbrella drinks. But I've never been to PR, so...
If you've been, what have you particularly enjoyed doing that I might want to try to fit in? Any and all suggestions welcome.
Re: Puerto Rico - things to see & do
I loved the bioluminescent bay in Vieques.
The Bacardi factory tour was also fun, but I think I heard they stopped doing them? You should check though. We got lots of free samples
Definitely the bio bay, there's 3 of them in PR. The one that's on Vieques, you can swim in, but it's not very bright. We did the on in Fajardo, which you can't swim in, but it was much brighter and visible.
I'd also recommend walking Old San Juan and checking out both of the forts. It's a neat place and there's also some good restaurants down there. I'd highly recommend getting some mofongo at Mojitos...so good.
Lastly, if you are relatively adventurous and want a fun way to see the rainforest, I'd do the waterfall hike/zipline tour with Acampa. It's an all day thing, but so worth it, it was one of the highlights of our trip.
Don't go to Pikayo. Our meal was fine, but it's nothing that you can't get here in the States. I was hoping for fancy Puerto Rican food. Instead, it was just like any run-of-the-mill American fine dining. Ingredients weren't even local, which was disappointing.
Our favorite meals consisted of street food.
Drive to Luquillo. There is a long row of kiosks. We happened to eat at one called La Parilla, but I imagine all of them are pretty good.
This girl blogged about La Parilla.
Drive to Pi?ones. There are stands everywhere. Pick one and enjoy bountiful fried goodness! We enjoyed bacalaitos and alcapurrias on the beach.
We didn't eat in Old San Juan, but my Puerto Rican friend recommends La Mallorquina for a meal, La Bombonera for a mallorca and a coffee, and La Barrachina for a pi?a colada (it's the purported birthplace of the drink).
Try a piragua. It's a Puerto Rican sno-cone. Little carts are everywhere.
Don't miss Bebo's BBQ before you leave. It's next door to a McDonald's close to the airport and near our rental car place. The chicken is incredible!
You'll be tempted by the ribs and sausage, but I promise you that the chicken steals the show! Just get a whole one! The same girl blogged about Bebo's! She loves it as much as we did. LOL.
And that's what we ate. We were only there two days.
Aside from this food, I highly recommend that you visit Vieques to experience the bioluminescent bay if it is a new moon when you go. We had another meal while we were on Vieques, but it was nothing noteworthy. The bio bay, however, was one of the greatest experiences of our lives. Take the ferry to the island and stay the night.
An American Girl's Travels