Puerto Rico - Ponce & South Coast (PDF Chapter)

This is the Ponce & South Coast chapter from Lonely Planet’s Puerto Rico guide-book.

The Caribbean-facing south coast offers the opportunity to unplug, escape the cruise-ship crowds and take a DIY journey into Puerto Rico’s tempestuous, rough-and-tumble piratical past, with ethereal forests and some of the Caribbean’s best dive spots.

• fall in love with Flaming June in the cultural hot spot the Museo de Arte de Ponce
• maps
• connect with the mysterious Taíno past at the island’s largest archaeological site, Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes
• transport
• sway on a hammock while lunching on golden, octopus-stuffed pastries at la Casa de Los Pastelillos in Pozuelo
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Ponce, Guayama & Pozuelo, Bahía de Jobos, Playa Salinas, Coamo, Yauco & Around, Guánica & Around, La Parguera, When to Go, Best Places to Sleep.