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The street of San Sebastián in Old San Juan is the focus for a big festival every year in January. A carnival atmosphere pervades the block as fairground rides, food stalls and live music take…
Under President Roosevelt, Puerto Rican coffee formed part of every White House breakfast. The annual Maricao Coffee Festival continues to celebrate the end of the annual harvest with music…
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…
Classical music fills the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A Ferré during the Casals Festival in San Juan. The festival was started by the world-renowned Spanish cellist Pablo Casals when he moved…
Puerto Rico's first PGA Tour event, the Puerto Rico Open is held at the Tom Kite-designed Coco Beach Golf and Country Club. The event is dedicated to Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, the country's…
Saborea Puerto Rico: A Culinary Extravaganza
If three days of eating the finest Caribbean specialities and drinking rum on sunny tropical shores is your idea of fun, head down to the idyllic Escambrón Beach in Puerta de Tierra for the…
The annual Heineken Jazzfest brings together some of the biggest names in Latin jazz at the Tito Puente Amphitheater in San Juan. Puerto Rico is a hotbed of salsa and merengue and the island…
San Juan International Billfish Tournament
The San Juan International Billfish Tournament is held at the peak of the deep sea fishing season. The famous nautical event attracts experienced deep-sea anglers for a week-long tournament…
Built by Dominican friars in 1606, Puerto Rico's Porta Coeli church, which translates as "doorway to Heaven", is one of the oldest in the Americas. It is now home to a museum dedicated to…
The Le Lo Lai Festival celebrates Puerto Rico's Spanish, Taino Indian and African heritage with weekly folk music shows in Old San Juan, Isla Verde and El Condado. Watch colourful dancers…
Puerto Rico's Museo de Arte de Ponce showcases works by European and American artists from the last 500 years. The building was designed by the architect responsible for New York's MOMA…
The Bacardi Rum Distillery in Cataño is the largest in the world. The free tour of the 'Cathedral of Rum' shows how sugar cane is placed in vast fermentation vats and transferred as liquid…
The Pablo Casals Museum in Plaza San José in Old San Juan is a goldmine of memorabilia about the famous Spanish cellist Pablo Casals. Casals moved to the island where his mother was from in 1956.
San Juan's residents gather to meet, chat and discuss in the Plaza de Armas. Home to the City Hall and four grand statues representing the seasons of the year, the main square was originally a…
Mona Island, sometimes called the Galapagos of the Caribbean, is a rarely-visited natural wonder. A paradise for nature lovers, it is inhabited by rare mammals, giant lizards (Mona iguanas)…
Luis Muñoz Rivera National Park
A paradise of landscaped gardens, trees and fountains by the sea, the Luis Muñoz Rivera National Park was the first urban park in Puerto Rico, built in 1929. It is named after the famous poet…
The only walled city in the Caribbean, Old San Juan was founded by the Spanish in 1521. The fortified walls hold a maze of narrow cobbled streets lined with brightly painted 17th and…
Its impressive history and restoration make the San Felipe del Morro Fortress at the western end of Old San Juan a must-see. A thrilling labyrinth of tunnels, dungeons and barracks, the…
Until he was moved to the San Juan Cathedral in 1913, Juan Ponce de León was buried for 300 years inside the San José Church in Plaza de San José. It was built by Dominican friars as the…
Remarkable exhibits such as ceramics and archaeological findings depict the lives of the indigenous people from the Caribbean region at the Museo del Indio (Museum of the Indigenous People).…
