Puerto Rico’s Blue Flag Beaches, Part 1

Puer­to Ricans love their beach­es.  And with good rea­son. They’re among the best in the world!  And when you throw in the words “blue flag” they become even better.

In my last post I men­tioned my deci­sion to explore Puer­to Rico like any oth­er tourist: with no pre­arranged inter­views or spe­cial treat­ment.  After all, that’s what my read­er’s pre­fer.  They want it real.  So that’s what I did last week­end.   I took to the road with my wife Zorai­da and we explored four of Puer­to Rico’s Blue Flag beaches.

The Blue Flag is a vol­un­tary eco-label that is only bestowed to the best-kept beach­es in the world.  I’m not going to go into every detail about the Blue Flag pro­gram now because many of them are cov­ered in the video.  Besides, you can learn all about it at their web­site www.blueflag.com.

By now you might have noticed that I can be quite crit­i­cal when things aren’t what they’re sup­posed to be.  After all, why would any­one read my posts if they were just spin-jobs.  I tell it like I see it.  And if any­one’s offend­ed they can always work hard­er and improve.

So what did I think about Puer­to Rico’s Blue Flag beach­es?  Well, let’s just say that it had been quite a while since I had been so impressed!  All of them passed with fly­ing col­ors.  To sum it all into one word… wow!

Puer­to Rico has sev­en Blue Flag beach­es and two mari­nas.  How­ev­er, on this first install­ment we’ll cov­er only four: Sev­en Seas, in Fajar­do; “Bal­n­eario La Mon­ser­rate”, in Luquil­lo”; “Bal­n­eario de Car­oli­na”, right next to the Isla Verde hotel dis­trict; and “Pun­ta Sali­na”, in the town of Toa Baja.  All four are with­in an hour’s dri­ve of the San Juan Metroplex.

On a future post we’ll explore the remain­ing three: “Boquerón”, in the south­west­ern town of Cabo Rojo; Pel­i­can Beach, on a small islet called “Caja de Muer­to”, just off our south­ern coast, and Sun­bay Beach, on the small­er Island of Vieques to our east.

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So if life on the beach is your idea of rest and relax­ation, and you’re already plan­ning your win­ter escape, Puer­to Rico should def­i­nite­ly be your des­ti­na­tion.  And, of course, stay tuned to Puer­to Rico By GPS.  We’ll show you around…

Enjoy Puer­to Rico,

©2013,Orlando Mer­gal, MA
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