Six Nights in Puerto Rico

We visited Puerto Rico for the first time in late April and it was fantastic. Puerto Rico combines the natural features and beauty and other advantages of the Caribbean with interesting cultural and historical attractions. Puerto Rico offers an experiene for residents of the United States that in many ways "feels international" while benefitting from some of the advantages of not leaving the United States. It's easy to understand why Puerto Rico was given its name (Spanish for "rich port") and why it's often referred to as la isla del encanto ("island of enchantment").

The associated series of posts provide greater details regarding highlights (and a small number of lowlights mostly related to flying to and from San Juan) of our recent trip to Puerto Rico.

The following bullets each include a link pointing to individual blog post highlighting specific observations and lessons learned while in Puerto Rico.

• Advantages of Travel to Puerto Rico for Citizens of United States
• Traveling to Puerto Rico During COVID-19
• Vehicle Rental and Fueling in Puerto Rico
• Flying to and from San Juan
• Puerto Rico Lodging: Fajardo, Vieques, Ponce, and San Juan
• Bioluminescent Bays: Laguna Grande (Fajardo) and Mosquito Bay (Vieques)
• "Spanish Virgin Islands"
  • Isla Culebra and Traveling to Culebra by Airplane
  • Vieques and Traveling to Vieques by Airplane
• Mini Boats and Snorkeling Out of Fajardo
• ATVs in El Yunque National Park
• Pink Salt Flats and Faro Los Morillos of Cabo Rojo
• Cueva Ventana
• Miniboats in San Juan Harbor
• Old San Juan and San Juan National Historic Site
• Ponce
• The Pork Highway
• What We Would Have Liked to Have Done in Puerto Rico

Six nights did not provide nearly enough time to do all the things we really wanted to do in Puerto Rico, but we attempted to stuff as much as we could into the allotted time. We spent three nights in Fajardo, one night on Vieques, one night in Ponce, and one night in San Juan. We chose to only stay in San Juan for one of the six nights because we think we'll have the easiest opportunity to stay there again in the future in conjunction with a Caribbean cruise or with an extended layover on the way to or from other Caribbean destinations.