Puerto Rico
– The state located on the same island in the Caribbean. Translated from Spanish, its name means “rich port”, and although it initially implied a completely different one, today Puerto Rico among tourists from around the world clearly explains. Resorts for every taste and perfect beach holidays are just the top of the iceberg; Today we will tell you about the treasures of Puerto Rico-places that you can’t help but fall in love.
1. Living story
New generations of the inhabitants of the island respect the legacy of their ancestors, so in Puerto Rico modern hotels peacefully and organically coexist with centuries-old buildings. San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, built up in layers, so in the city you can see any of the historical eras. So, the famous Spanish restaurant La Mallorquina opened 150 years ago. The best on the island of Paelia is served, like a century and a half ago, in the walls painted with paintings with elegant ladies of the 19th century. The city itself is surrounded by the wall of Feurt-San-Felipe del Moro, whose age is approaching 500 years. The first Christian church in the Western Hemisphere was also built here. The Cathedral of the San Juan Bautista, which decorates the center of the Old City, was erected from wood in 1521, and later restored by stone. The pearl of the trip into the past is the Indian Tibs Ceremonial Center in the city of Ponce – the restored village of Aravak Indians, who lived on the islands of the Caribbean pool in 25 BC. This center will soon be 2000 years old!
2. Festivals for any reason
At whatever time of the year you decide to visit Puerto Rico, you probably will find some bright festival. Easy on the rise and cheerful disposition of Puerto Rikans make a holiday even a modest event. The parades and performances take place here for any reason, whether it is the festival of orchids or pineapples, beer or sugarcane and … is still very far from the list! On a large scope, the street festival of San Sebastian is noted, during which a colorful parade is held, dances are arranged, tents with traditional treats and objects of the work of local masters are broken. Every year, starting in the 1970s, in the middle of January, thousands of tourists flow into the old part of the city of San Juan to become part of the noisy and fun festival in Puerto Rico.
3. Traditional crafts
In colonial times, Puerto Rico was a rich port from the point of view of export-coffee, sugar and tobacco were actively grown on the island. Nowadays, farms and plantations have passed to private owners and still produce excellent quality goods according to traditional technologies. Excursions to reed and coffee plantations will be especially interesting for families, since here children will be able to get acquainted with real rural life and see with their own eyes that sugar and coffee are not growing in a supermarket. And in the city of Vega Bach there is a farm where horses are bred and trained, there you can chat with these smart and kind animals.
4. Dancing until the morning
Salsa is a hallmark of Puerto Rico. Everyone is dancing here and always, as if they were born on the dance floor. In the evenings, clockwork rhythms come from cafes and restaurants, musicians perform here and there, and elegant people dance until the morning. If you do not feel confident to go to the dance floor, you can first take a lesson; Many cafes and clubs are held by special training evenings for beginners. Well, if your interest in the salsa goes beyond the scope of night dances, go to the tour of San Juan, called Salsa Route. The tour passes through old music shops, thematic monuments, bars and restaurants, gradually revealing the history of the development of the salsa, as an integral part of Puerto Rico culture.
5. Rum and baking
Puertorikan Rom is the main ingredient in many local cocktails, including the famous Pigna-Colav, which was invented here. Instead of the well-known Bacardi, be sure to try the local varieties of Roma, which you are unlikely to find somewhere else, for example, Donq, Palo Viejo, Ron Llave or Ron del Barrilito.
After night adventures, the most pleasant morning lesson is a leisurely branch in Panadería. So in Puerto Rico are street bakeries working in the morning. They serve excellent coffee, fresh pastries, hearty breakfasts and lunch. Throughout the island, in every city there are dozens of such bakers.
6. Nature
It is worth a little to drive away from the beaches deep into the island, and wild landscapes will open before you, striking with their beauty. The main natural attractions of Puerto Rico is the Camuy River Cave Park, which is a long cave with an underground river, the Parguera natural reserve with a complex coral reef system, as well as the tropical forest of the El Yunque national reserve. Puerto Rico island is relatively small, it can be traveled by car in one day, so reviews are popular here, on which you can look at the caves, at the mangroves, and coral reefs, Puertoorcan frogs and rare birds.
7. Viekes and Kulebra
These two strange words are the names of small satellite islands located east of Puerto Rico, you can swim with Fahardo a ferry or fly by a small plane from San Huan. On the island of Kulebra there is a flamenco beach, where the old rusty tanks left here, left here forty years ago – a surreal nature for memorable photos. And the beach of the zone was chosen by sea turtles, crawling here to lay eggs. On the island of Viekes, you need to stay overnight and spend it in Moskito-Bay-a bay full of bio-luminous plankton, which glows at night with bright neon light. In the afternoon, it is worth going to the beach of San Bay to observe wild horses. On both islands there are beautiful beaches, hotels and restaurants, so you can stay there for several days and arrange a vacation during a vacation.
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