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.
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