Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Club Brava
With DJs imported from New York and the best sound system in the Carib-
bean, this is place thumps all night (
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Boquerón
The narrow streets of this southern beach town are a great place to chase a party,
especially on freewheeling summer weekends (
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Local Food
Sorry, you'll have to put healthy eating on hold; Puerto Rico's best dishes are meaty as hell
and decadently delicious.
Chuletas can-can
The house dish at the peerless Restaurante La Guardarraya - a deep-
fried pork chop - is worth going
way
out of your way for (
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Platano Loco
Aguadilla's 'University of Plantains' employs Puerto Rico's favorite starch
with devilish creativity (
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Guavatelechón
Smoky, spit-roasted suckling pig sold at roadside trucks is a taste of heav-
en (
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La mallorca
Don't leave Old San Juan before hitting La Bombonera, where this sweet-
and-savory ham-and-egg breakfast sandwich was invented (
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Mofongo
Mashed plantains encases seafood or steak in this signature dish of the island;
served everywhere
La Casa de Los Pasteliollos
Sway on a hammock while savoring a deep-fried, octopus-
stuffed pastry (
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Hiking
Don't expect much by way of well-marked trails, but Puerto Rico's hikes offer excellent
DIY adventures.
El Yunque
Short, easy hikes through this soaking rainforest should top every outdoors
agenda (
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Bosque Estatal de Guánica
With amazing views and a bizarre landscape of cacti and
scrub, this blazing hot hike is the weirdest on Puerto Rico (
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