Piñones” Beach

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Piñones Beach, Loíza, Puerto Rico

The Piñones area starts about a mile to the east of Isla Verde Beach and extends all the way to the town of Loíza.  The beach­es in Piñones are quite dif­fer­ent from Isla Verde.  First, they are not “bal­n­ear­ios”.  That means that they are not gov­ern­ment-run.  Hence, there are no buoys, no life­guards, no show­ers, no con­ces­sion stands and no park­ing areas.  The area is wild and beau­ti­ful like nature made it.

Some beach­es in this area are actu­al­ly quite nice. Oth­ers are rocky, windy and with the kind of surf that will sweep you back to shore (or deep­er in).  So, all in all, the area isn’t known as a swim­ming spot.

What it is known for is for the food.  Puer­to Rican food, that is.  Here you will find fish, and seafood dish­es of every kind.  And the prices are a lot low­er than in Isla Verde, Con­da­do and San Juan.

Piñones is where the locals go.  Dri­ving here dur­ing week­ends can be a night­mare in itself.  Hun­dreds of cars line both sides of the road for miles and miles.  Just get­ting through can take hours.  But on week­days it can be quite a delight­ful experience.

One word of cau­tion though: like many oth­er places in the Unit­ed States, Puer­to Rico is going through tough eco­nom­ic times.  This has caused crime to go up!  So this is NOT a place to explore at night.

Learn More About Puerto Rico

OLD SAN JUAN Enjoy an adven­ture through cen­turies of history
EL YUNQUE NATIONAL FOREST Explore the only trop­i­cal rain­for­est in the U.S.
LET’S HIT THE BEACH Have fun at one of Puer­to Rico’s world renown beaches.

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