A Guide for Our Guests
Things we love around the island.
We've hand-picked a list of some of our favorite ways to spend an hour, an afternoon, or an entire day around San Juan and beyond. Some of the links below take you to real-time tour availability you can book; others are just suggestions on our list.
01 · Rainforest
El Yunque — the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. system, an hour east of the house.
Switchback roads, waterfalls you can swim under, natural waterslides locals have been using forever, and trails up into the cloud forest. Three ways in, depending on how much time you've got.
02 · Water Sports
Ways to get in, on, and across the water.
Jet skis around El Morro. A snorkel reef ten minutes from the house. River tubing through a green canyon. A surf lesson where the waves cooperate. A catamaran to a deserted island. And the bioluminescent bay after dark.
03 · Beaches
Secret beaches, ferry days, and the old city shoreline by sea.
The two small islands off the east coast — Culebra and Vieques — where the ferry drops you onto wide, half-empty sand most visitors never reach. Plus the Old San Juan coastline from the water at sunset.
04 · Adventure
Fly across mountains, drive a hacienda, ride a Paso Fino, explore a cave.
Six tours for the energetic — two ziplines at Toro Verde, an ATV at Campo Rico, Paso Fino horses at a private ranch, a cave-river-waterfall adventure, and an LED night kayak through Condado Lagoon.
05 · Food
The mountain lechoneras, the Piñones kioskos, the city by morning and by sunset.
Six different sides of Puerto Rican food — Sunday lechón up in Cayey, weekend pasteles and frituras along Piñones, west-coast chinchorreo, tasting walks through Old San Juan at sunrise and sunset, and a focused rum-and-street-food hour.
06 · History
Five centuries of Old San Juan — by day, by ramparts, by lantern.
The walking tour for the city, the fortresses tour for the military history, and the haunted history walk for the folklore after dark.
07 · Beverages
The rums, the coffee, the cream liqueurs, the late nights on Calle San Sebastián.
Six ways to taste Puerto Rico's drinks: a hands-on mixology class at Casa BACARDÍ, the family rum at Ron del Barrilito, the moonshine pitorro, the coquito cream liqueurs, a working coffee finca in the mountains, and a guided bar crawl through Old San Juan.
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