Experience Puerto Rico
When to Go
High season runs from mid-December through mid-April. Winter hotel rates are as much as 25% higher than...
Masked Mischief
A week before Ash Wednesday, vejigantes (pronounced veh-hee-GAN-tays), wearing long, colorful robes and...
Lives of the Santos
When they arrived on Puerto Rico, Spanish missionaries spread the word of God and fostered a spirited...
On the Menu
Adobo. A seasoning made of salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and ground black pepper, usually rubbed...
Underwater fireworks
On most moonless nights strings of kayaks float along the surface of Bahía Mosquito. The people...
Cocina Criolla
Puerto Rican cocina criolla -- literally, the creole kitchen -- is a relative of other Caribbean cuisines...
Peaceful Music
Cellist Pablo Casals was one of the 20th century's most influential musicians. Born in Catalonia in 1876...
The Piña Colada Wars
This mixture of pineapple juice, coconut cream, and liberal amounts of rum, always garnished with a wedge...
Vieques Libre
For nearly six decades, the U.S. Navy had a stranglehold on Vieques. It controlled the island's eastern...
Great Itineraries
This itinerary takes you west to the best beaches of the Porta del Sol, along the island's west coast...
The Abominable Chupacabra
The Himalayas have their Yeti, Britain has its crop circles, New Jersey has its legendary Jersey Devil…and...