Puerto Rico

Fodor's Puerto Rico, 5th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Puerto Rico!

•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Puerto Rico provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s Puerto Rico features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Puerto Rico.

•Experience Puerto Rico like a local! Fodor’s Puerto Rico includes choices for every traveler, from exploring Spanish forts to kayaking in a bioluminescent bay to choosing just the right pearly-white beach to soak up some Caribbean sun, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

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Puerto Rico (Regional Guide)

Discover Puerto Rico

Venture outside the fortified walls of Old San Juan for a stress-free coastal cycle to Pinones
Channel Hunter S Thompson with shots of rum at El Batey
Salsa till the small hours with San Juan's suited-up office-set in La Placita de Santurce
Volunteer to oversee turtles laying eggs at sunset on Playa Brava

In This Guide:

Two authors, two bikes and a two-year-old get under Puerto Rico's skin to find all that lies beneath
From cycling to kayaking to publicos, we've got the island covered...without a car
Dedicated chapter and reviews get into the roots of the country's music
Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights

The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico 1 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

Discover a land of lush jungles and dazzling white sand with The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico. The full-colour introduction will inspire you with stunning photography of the “things not to miss” from the cosmopolitan city of San Juan to the exotic flora and fauna of the Caribbean National Forest. Dozens of user-friendly maps will guide you to our recommended accommodation and there are hundreds of restaurant reviews for gourmet eateries and local food stalls across the island. Covering all must-sees such as the Río Camuy caves and the romantic colonial town of Ponce, the guide also features full-colour inserts on Festivals dedicated to fruits and flowers, and Food, including independent gourmet coffee producers and regional specialties. The guide features in-depth sections on Mayagüez, La Cordillera, Vieques and Culebra, as well as all the practical information you’d expect from a Rough Guide. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Puerto Rico.

Moon Puerto Rico (Moon Handbooks)

Top 10 Puerto Rico (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE)

Whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget, this Eyewitness Top 10 guide will lead you straight to the very best Puerto Rico has to offer.

Dozens of Top 10 lists - from the most beautiful beaches to the top restaurants, festivals and outdoor activities - provide the insider knowledge every visitor needs. And to save you time and money, there's even a list of the Top 10 Things to Avoid.

Each Top 10 now contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city metro systems, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend your day.

Frommer's Portable Puerto Rico

Frommer's Portable Puerto Rico, 5th Edition, is a concise, pocket-sized guide that takes you straight to the island's very best restaurants, accommodations, and attractions. We'll direct you to the best beaches, from Luquillo Beach--a white sand crescent edged by a vast coconut grove--to Boqueron Beach, which attracts devoted fishermen, sailors, scuba divers, and windsurfers. Explore the stunning El Yunque rain forest and the caves of the Rio Camuy Cave Park. Searching for some authentic Puerto Rican food? Stop by Ajili Mojili for some stuffed green plantains and arroz con pollo (stewed chicken with saffron rice). We reveal the best places for snorkeling, scuba-diving, golf, sailing, deep-sea fishing--and a host of other activities.

Stories from Puerto Rico

Dive into the tales of Puerto Rico--in Spanish and in English!

In Stories from Spain/Historias de Puerto Rico, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side--lado a lado--so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native language. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Read as much as you can understand, and then look to the facing page for help. As you read, you can check your comprehension by comparing the two versions of the story. You'll also find a bilingual vocabulary list at the end of the book, so you'll have a handy reference for new words.

Stories from Spain/Historias de Puerto Rico allows you to explore the island's rich history. It includes 18 well-known Puerto Rican legends that stretch from the dawn of creation to the twentieth century. These tales will introduce you to an array of characters as dynamic and colorful as the country that gave birth to them. Animals, indigenous peoples, conquistadors, spiritual beings, and extraterrestrials are among those who will make these pages come alive for you! As you read these stories side by side, you will be not only fine-tuning your language skills but also gaining insight into the rich cultural heritage of the Puerto Rican people.

Puerto Rico Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay)

Puerto Rico's Birds in Photographs

This book is the first to illustrate with color photographs all Puerto Rico's breeding birds and common migrants. Over 300 color photos of 181 species of Puerto Rican birds appear in this publication. The English-language text is designed for tourists, students, teachers, and anyone who wants to understand Puerto Rico's natural heritage by learning about its fascinating birds. The species' life histories are written in a non-technical style for the general reader, and include important lessons for conservation of our natural resources. Most common birds of the Virgin Islands and northern Lesser Antilles are also illustrated. The book comes with a CD-ROM with detailed Spanish and English life history accounts and bibliography for 350 species, plus audio clips and over 1,250 photos. The CD-ROM is written in HTML which is easy to read without special installation on a PC or Mac, and makes files accessible for student projects in biology, geography, music and art. Over 80 professional and amateur ornithologists from Puerto Rico and the mainland USA collaborated in this effort.

Be Here Now: Vieques: The Most Complete And Continuously Updated Guide Available

This handy book will help make any visitor's trip to Vieques a success. Written by an author who lived on Vieques for two years and still owns property there, you get a true insider's guide to the best beaches, snorkel spots, restaurants, shops, bars and activities the island has to offer. Detailed descriptions and accurate contact information helps you put together the vacation of a lifetime. Get a brief history, discover hidden stretches of sand, encounter the island's flora and fauna, and learn about the biobay - the brightest in the world according to the Guinness Book Of World Records. Includes a special section on getting to Vieques which helps you enjoy your time on the main island of Puerto Rico for a night or two while in transit. Be Here Now: Vieques is continuously updated for accuracy thanks to the author's continuing close ties with the island and its residents. $4 from the sale of the book benefits the Vieques Humane Society.