Island Adventures
Description:
Using San Juan as a base, it's still possible to pack in some exciting day excursions to take advantage of the island's nature and adventure offerings. The guest house we stayed at is located in a breathtaking corner of Old San Juan, and most importantly has a furnished kitchen. Saving on meals allowed us to splurge on activities and nightlife. This was a high energy trip day and night.
Author: Melanie
Day 1 - San Juan
Our room at Caleta is decent, mostly worth the street outside. We're happy to have a kitchen though. We kind of mulled around the city, watched the sunset at El Morro.
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Caleta (La)
Location:
view in google maps151 Calle Clara Lair
First Floor
00902 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
+1 787 725 53472
Fort San Felipe del Morro
Location:
view in google maps501 Norzagaray
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
+1787 729 69603
Cafe Berlin
Location:
view in google maps407 Calle San Francisco
00902 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
787 722 5205Day 2 - San Juan
There's a ferry and pick up from Old San Juan to the distillery across the bay. The tour's ok, but it was a fun afternoon trip, and the mojitos were great. We hit the town at night, checking out some of the afterhours places on Fortaleza St.
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Bacardí Rum Distillery
Location:
view in google mapsRoute 165, Km. 2.6
Bay View Industrial Park
00962 San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Fratelli's
Location:
view in google maps310 Fortalez St.
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
787 7262653
Nuyorican Cafe
Location:
view in google mapsCalle San Francisco Number 312
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
Z65787 366 5074 / 787 977 12764
Blend
Location:
view in google maps309 Fortaleza St.
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
787 977 7777Day 3 - San Juan
Awesome! Kitesuring takes a lot of work, much more than you can do in a day, but we were proud of ourselves. We had lunch delivered to the beach from Pinkys, can't beat that! At night we headed to the plazita, which was packed--great people watching.
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Kitesurfer
Location:
view in google maps2434 Loiza St.#2, San Juan PR 00913
00913 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
178722106352
Pinkys
Location:
view in google maps51 Maria Moczo, Ocean Park, Santurce, between Calle Loiza and Calle McLeary on the way to the gated entrance of Ocean Park.
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
1 787 727 33473
La Placita
Location:
view in google mapsParada 18, between Ponce de Leon and Baldorioty de Castro
00907 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
+1 787 723 80224
Rubi's in "la plazita"
Location:
view in google maps213 Canals St.
00940 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
787 289 8080Day 4 - San Juan
We stopped at the Museo de Arte, and then headed to Pinones by bus. This was a little confusing, as you have to change buses in Isla Verde, and make sure the bus you're taking is headed to Pinones. Pinones was fantastic. We rented bikes and biked through the mangrove trail and along the stunning coast. There's tons of cheap, great food, drinks, and music along the main drag. We took a cab back to Old San Juan, $20.
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Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
Location:
view in google maps299 De Diego Avenue
00940 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
178797762772
Piñones
Location:
view in google mapsRt. 187, about 10 minutes outside of Isla Verde and the LMM airport. Rollow the signs headed out from Isla Verde
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Soleil Beach Club
Location:
view in google mapsCarratera 187 Km 4.6
(Loiza's Piñones Sector)
00772 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
787 253 1033Day 5 - San Juan
We rented a car from Charlie's in Condado and headed out to the east of the island. There are tours to El Yunque and the bioluminescent bay, but they are expensive, and don't do the two trips together. We certainly didn't see the sense in getting on a bus to the rainforest, coming back to San Juan, and getting on a bus back to the same area for the bioluminescent bay. A car was the way to go. Can't believe we managed to get it all done! We left later than planned, but still managed the hike up to El Yunque, which was under two hours there and back. Once up there, we couldn't see much unfortunately, as the afternoon clouds had already rolled in. Leaving the rainforest, we stopped at the kioskos along Luquillo Beach to eat some more fried stuff. It's a little confusing getting to the kayak tour, make sure to get good directions from the tour group. We arrived earlier than the 8:30 take off time, but there's a few restaurants around. The kayaking tour was easily one of the coolest things I've ever done in my life. Must see!!!!!!! Needless to say, the drive back to San Juan (about 45 minutes) was a little exhausting, but we managed.
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Bosque Nacional del Caribe - El Yunque
Location:
view in google mapsRoute 191 Km 4.2 (visitor's center)
PO Box 13490
00721 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
+1 787 888 18103
Las Tortugas Adventures
Location:
view in google mapsP.O. Box 1637, Canovanas PR, 00729-1637
00729 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
17878090252 +17876378356Day 6 - San Juan
It's been such a busy week! We decided to just take it easy today. Since we had to take the car back to Condado, we wore our suits and then headed to the beach and hung out for the day. There's a great health food restaurant on Ashford Avenue called Pure and Natural. After a few days of all the fried food, we were happy to have salad and juice.
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Dragonfly
Location:
view in google maps364 Calle Fortaleza
00901 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Phone:
1 787 977 3886