Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
For bicycling, head across to the 5-mile-long Paseo de Piñones bike trail, running from
the east end of Isla Verde along the shores of Playa Piñones and into the Bosque Estatal de
Piñones. You can rent bikes from COPI but they're in pretty awful shape. It's best to rent
them in Old San Juan.
Eating & Drinking
Although the ocean vistas, open-air seating and shade from the tall pine trees make the
food kiosks a terrific place to kick back with a
coco frío
or beer, hygiene is not always a
top concern for vendors in Piñones. If your stomach hasn't acclimatized yet, hit one of the
more established restaurants listed below.
Piñones has countless bars, restaurants and beach shacks and names come and go. To
list them all would be nigh on impossible and detract somewhat from the joy of wandering
between them and ending up where your senses carry you.
Waterfront Restaurant
SEAFOOD
( 787-791-5989;Rte187;mains$10-26; 10am-10pm; )
Right off the bike path
at Km 5, this airy place has comfortable seating and a dynamite shrimp, octopus and lob-
ster
asopao
. Its
mofongo
can be ordered with either seafood or soy meat.
Soleil Beach Club
SEAFOOD
(
www.soleilbeachclub.com
;
Rte 187 Km 4.6; mains $10-25; 11am-11pm Sun-Thu,
11am-1am Fri & Sat)
With a breezy oceanfront location, this more upscale place has two
floors to drink in the views and a menu of seafood-based Caribbean cuisine that's kept the
buzz going for almost 15 years. Try the
mofongo
with crab, shrimp, conch or octopus, and
the excellent the
tres leches
cake. It caters a lot of special event banquets.
Reef Bar & Grill
SEAFOOD
( 787-791-1374; mains $7-18; 10:30am-10pm Sun-Thu, 10:30am-3am Fri-Sun)
To get started you might want to try its seafood and African-flavored sides.
Puerta del Mar
PUERTO RICAN
(mains $8-20; lunch & dinner, Fri & Sat until late)
Serves classic
mofongo,
fritters,
deep-fried fish and burgers.
