The view of El Morro from the other side of the bay is awesome

Discover Fort San Felipe del Morro in Old San Juan

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If there’s one word that describes Fort San Felipe del Mor­ro, in San Juan, Puer­to Rico it’s awe­some!  And that’s exact­ly what the weath­er was also like this past week­end.  It was awe­some.  So Zorai­da and I took to the road to fin­ish this two-part series about the Span­ish Forts in Puer­to Rico. Fort San Felipe del Mor­ro is a 6‑level Con­tin­ue reading…

Fort San Cristóbal

A Visit To Fort San Cristóbal in Old San Juan

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Yes­ter­day was a mug­gy day.  The weath­er lady had fore­cast­ed rain in the after­noon so my wife and I decid­ed to stay close to home instead of explor­ing some remote part of the Island. Old San Juan is just 12 miles away from our home so we decid­ed to go there.  Old San Juan is the old­est city in Puer­to Con­tin­ue reading…

10 Things To Do In Puerto Rico While The US Government Is Closed

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So you already booked a trip to Puer­to Rico —or you just arrived— and the forts in Old San Juan are closed?  You thought about vis­it­ing El Yunque Nation­al Rain­for­est but, guess what?  That’s closed too. Now you have an entire day at your dis­pos­al (if you arrived on a cruise ship) or sev­er­al, if you arrived by plane.  Noth­ing Con­tin­ue reading…

“Hotel La Playa” beach looking west. | Balneario de Carolina, The Best Beach Near San Juan | Puerto Rico By GPS

Puerto Rico’s Blue Flag Beaches, Part 1

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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 Con­tin­ue reading…

Ponce… A Trip About Nothing

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When I start­ed this site about six weeks ago I fool­ish­ly thought that I could help pro­mote Puer­to Rico as the amaz­ing vaca­tion des­ti­na­tion that it tru­ly is.  Boy was I wrong!  My idea was sim­ple: write about an ini­tial set of tourist attrac­tions —around 100 at first— and pur­pose­ful­ly leave a sec­ond group to be added on a week­ly Con­tin­ue reading…

When To Visit Puerto Rico And Why?

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One of the ques­tions that I’m asked the most is: “when is the best time of the year to vis­it Puer­to Rico”?  And, as much as I hate to use the phrase “it depends”, well, I guess it does depend. Let me tell you a sto­ry.  Sev­er­al years ago I was work­ing in my office when all of a sud­den Con­tin­ue reading…

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Things People Forget When Visiting Puerto Rico

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This post cov­ers the lit­tle things… the things that many peo­ple leave behind… the things that can spoil a day… the things that don’t let you enjoy a place to the fullest… the things that are easy to for­get! Of course, you want to dis­cov­er every cor­ner of sun­ny Puer­to Rico. You’re eager to enjoy Old San Juan, the Span­ish Con­tin­ue reading…

Driving In Puerto Rico

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So you’ve made up your mind?  You’re rent­ing a car and explor­ing the Island of Enchant­ment on your own?  Dri­ving in Puer­to Rico is easy, once you under­stand a few sim­ple pecu­liar­i­ties.  And in the fol­low­ing video we cov­er them all. Most may­or car rental com­pa­nies are estab­lished in Puer­to Rico and many new mod­el cars are equipped with built-in GPS units. Con­tin­ue reading…

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See Everything With Puerto Rico By GPS

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Hi every­body.  Wel­come to the Puer­to Rico By GPS blog In this first install­ment I’d like to show you around the site and tell you a lit­tle bit about our plans.  Puer­to Rico By GPS is going to be a liv­ing, breath­ing site.  That means that it’s con­stant­ly going to be updat­ed with new and won­der­ful places to vis­it. Every time we Con­tin­ue reading…