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Pilar Defilló Museum | Pablo Casals Statue | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: History, Culture, and a Slow Coastal Rhythm | Puerto Rico By GPS | Orlando Mergal

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: History, Culture, and Coastal Rhythm

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Mayagüez sits on Puer­to Rico’s cen­tral west­ern coast, fac­ing the Atlantic with a calm con­fi­dence that’s easy to miss if you’re rush­ing through. This is a town known for two very dif­fer­ent things: a fruit that helped shape its iden­ti­ty and one of the most respect­ed engi­neer­ing schools in the Caribbean. But num­bers and nick­names don’t tell the whole sto­ry. Con­tin­ue reading…
Our Lady Of Monserrat Basilica sit upon a mountain in the beautiful town of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. | Puerto Rico By GPS | ©2026 Orlando Mergal

Hormigueros, Puerto Rico: Small Town, Big Stories, and One Powerful View

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Click on image to watch the video Some towns sur­prise you the moment you arrive. Oth­ers take their time, reveal­ing their sto­ry lay­er by lay­er. Hormigueros does both. Today, we’re explor­ing Puer­to Rico’s sec­ond small­est munic­i­pal­i­ty. To put that into per­spec­tive, Hormigueros is about half the size of Man­hat­tan. Yet with­in that com­pact foot­print, you’ll find one of the island’s most impor­tant Con­tin­ue reading…
Los Morrillos Lighthouse, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico: Well Beyond the Beaches

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If you haven’t been to south­west­ern Puer­to Rico, you’ve missed one of the most beau­ti­ful regions on the island. This cor­ner of Puer­to Rico is where rolling hills meet rugged cliffs, where calm Caribbean waters touch wild shore­lines, and where his­to­ry qui­et­ly waits for those will­ing to slow down. In this chap­ter of our jour­ney to vis­it all 78 munic­i­pal­i­ties of Con­tin­ue reading…
Immaculate Conception Parish | Guayanilla, Puerto Rico — History, Heart, and Hidden Beauty | Puerto Rico By GPS | Orlando Mergal

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico | History, Heart, and Hidden Beauty

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Click on image to watch the video It was a warm Sep­tem­ber morn­ing in 2025, and my wife and I were wrap­ping up our last day of explo­ration in Puer­to Rico’s south­ern coast before head­ing back to the San Juan metro area. We had just checked out of the charm­ing Guáni­ca 1929 Hotel, an ele­gant, fam­i­­ly-run prop­er­ty that had been our Con­tin­ue reading…
San Jose Parish | Peñuelas | Beauty, History and Resilience | Puerto Rico By GPS | Orlando

Peñuelas | Beauty, History and Resilience

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A Cloudy Begin­ning in the Val­ley of Flam­boy­ans It was one of those gray Puer­to Rican morn­ings — humid, over­cast, and with a driz­zle that made every­thing shine just a lit­tle more. My wife and I were head­ed to Peñue­las, a small town on the south­west coast of Puer­to Rico, tucked between Ponce to the east, Adjun­tas to the north, Con­tin­ue reading…
Federico Degetau Square | Ponce, Puerto Rico: Exploring the City of Lions, History, and Elegance (Part 1) | Puerto Rico By GPS | Orlando Mergal

Ponce, Puerto Rico, the City of Lions, History and Elegance
“Part 1”

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When you think of Puer­to Rico, your mind may jump straight to Old San Juan with its col­or­ful streets and his­toric forts. But trav­el south, and you’ll find a city with just as much his­to­ry, charm, and character—Ponce. Known as La Per­la del Sur (the Pearl of the South), Ponce is Puer­to Rico’s sec­ond-largest city and, some would argue, its Con­tin­ue reading…
Riding On Wet Pavers | 7 Mistakes Tourists Make in Old San Juan (And How to Avoid Them)
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7 Common Mistakes Tourists Make in Old San Juan (And How to Avoid Them)

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If you’re plan­ning a trip to Old San Juan, you’re in for a real treat. This 500-year-old walled city is packed with his­to­ry, charm, and col­or. It’s the third-old­est cap­i­tal in the Amer­i­c­as, fol­low­ing San­to Domin­go in the Domini­can Repub­lic and Havana, Cuba. But before you grab your cam­era and head out the door, let’s go over some com­mon mis­takes Con­tin­ue reading…
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SEO, Social Media And Travel Blogs, Pick Two

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This morn­ing I con­duct­ed an exper­i­ment. It was some­thing that I should’ve real­ized for years. And yet, for some strange rea­son it elud­ed me. SEO on Social Media doesn’t work! Duh­h­h­h­h­hh! I’ve been at this gig since 1990, so I’m not exact­ly a spring chick­en when it comes to the web, or all things tech­nol­o­gy for that mat­ter. In fact, Con­tin­ue reading…
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A Friday Morning in Aguas Buenas 

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Twen­ty twen­­ty-three has been a busy year at Puer­to Rico By GPS. We start­ed with an ambi­tious goal: “to vis­it all 78 munic­i­pal­i­ties in Puer­to Rico to pro­duce a video and how­ev­er many blog posts were war­rant­ed for each town­ship”. The idea was —and still is— to end up with the most com­pre­hen­sive col­lec­tion of pho­tographs, video and arti­cles about Con­tin­ue reading…

U.S. and Puerto Rican Flags | 10 Most Frequent Questions About Puerto Rico
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10 Most Frequent Questions About Puerto Rico 

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Are you sick and tired of the freez­ing cold, shov­el­ling snow and being trapped inside? Or maybe it’s the oppo­site sit­u­a­tion: it’s 125° out­side, your air con­di­tion­er just can’t keep up and —once again— you’re sick and tired of being trapped inside. Did you know that there’s a place, just off the east­ern coast of the Unit­ed States, where the Con­tin­ue reading…