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  1. Relax on the beach: Puerto Rico's beaches are public and free to visit, although motorists likely will incur parking fees. Indeed, for most of these activities, you're likely to face some transportation and parking costs. Some favorite Puerto Rican beaches include Playa Isla Verde (near Luis Munoz Marin International) and Boquerón Beach (southwest coast) and Playa Flamenco (Isla de Culebra). 2. Stroll Old San Juan: Walk the blue cobblestone streets past pastel colonial buildings dating to the 16th and 17th century Spanish colonial period. El Paseo de la Princesa is lined with trees, antique street lamps, statues, fountains and street vendors. 3. Visit Casa Blanca: (White House), built in 1521 and owned by Ponce de León's family for 250 years. Open Wednesday through Sunday. 4. Explore museums: In Ponce, about 72 miles from San Juan, Museo de la Historia de Ponce focuses on Puerto Rican culture including its ecology, architecture, government and daily life. It inc...

The Caribbean’s newest travel conference began with a simple idea. “We decided that the world should become an island,” says Ingrid Rivera Rocafort, executive of the director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, which launched the first-ever Expo Turismo Internacional at the Puerto Rico Convention Center this week. Thursday saw the culmination of that vision with ETI, a new kind of Caribbean conference aimed at gathering travel agents and tourism actors from around the world in one regional hub. The conference, which is planned as an annual one, is modeled on those held in larger tourism areas like Florida Huddle and FITUR; the goal is to position the Caribbean as a major travel trade intersection, and Puerto Rico as its epicentre. “ETI Puerto Rico has been designed to highlight the options to enjoy the beauty, sports, nature, adventure and gastronomy in the Caribbean area and globally,” Rocafort said. “ETI will help raise awareness, not only for the diversity of our offer between...

Puerto Rico used to produce some of the best coffee in the world — but that was more than a century ago. Today, Puerto Rico's coffee crop is just a fraction of what it was then, and little is exported. But there's a movement on the island to improve quality and rebuild Puerto Rico's coffee industry. The U.S. territory is still America's leading coffee producer, ahead of Hawaii, the only other part of the country where it's grown in any sizable amount. (As The Salt has reported , there is some experimental commercial coffee farming in California.) Puerto Rico produced some 10 million pounds of coffee last year. Much of it is grown in places like Elena Biamon's farm near Jayuya, a town in the island's mountainous interior. Her farm, Finca Gripiñas , is 2,000 feet up, within sight of the island's highest peak and the world-famous Arecibo observatory. There are just 5 acres devoted to coffee and other crops. But getting there requires a hike — it's on...

Scientists just captured stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico—some are so new to us, they don’t even have names. Stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto ... Scientists just captured stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico—some are so new to us, they don’t even have names. Posted by Quartz on Thursday, May 7, 2015 Quartz - Stunning images of deep sea creatures

Two of my favorite things in this world are food and travel. If you ever run into me doing both of these things in a truly exploratory experience, you'll have found me, as they say, "in my element." Growing up in south Florida, I worked my way through various kitchens at a very early age and this is where I began my lifelong relationship with food. South Florida is a melting pot of so many different culinary cultures. As a main arrival point for basically anyone traveling from south of the United States, the Miami area is rife with food history. When you have a vibrant blend of people and culture in an individual area you end up with the unique tapestry of the individual's personal food favorites all woven together but still existing independently. In Miami, you have obvious Cuban influences, but also Haitian cuisine, food from Trinidad & Tobago, and all throughout the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico. During my years living in Miami, I've had the opportunit...