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Chase and I have been fortunate to escape on a few baby-free vacations together. While Mom generously volunteered to stay with our little redhead, we’ve escaped to run the Princess Half Marathon, long weekends at a beach house, and even a Caribbean cruise with stops dotting the tropical islands, like Puerto Rico.
San Juan, Puerto Rico is one of my favorite cities to visit in the whole world. The simple ease of traveling there (Being a U.S. Territory means no passports, no exchanging currency, etc.) from Atlanta by plane, or even cruise ship is so easy and worry-free. Being huge history buffs as well as amateur city-scape explorers, Chase and I love being in San Juan. The culture of the people is everywhere, from the delectable, locally grown foods, to the wares and goods that you actually want to buy and bring home to your family. The architecture is distinct, and nestled amongst the more familiar locales are superb eateries and (most importantly 🙂 ) fabulous rum distilleries that I absolutely recommend visiting. Seeing the famous bat-caves of Bacardi was one of the highlights of my travel career!
The last time my husband and I went to Puerto Rico, we were on a stop from a Royal Caribbean ship, which already meant it was too short of a stop for me! I was incredibly happy to be there, because it was not on our original itinerary. We were avoiding a hurricane in the area, which was pummeling our original destination. The morning of our San Juan stop, it rained a ton, but that did NOT dampen our spirits or our fun. We had local snacks at a beautiful, gardened restaurant, and filled our bags with treasures to take home. If we had a few more hours, I would have visited the historic fort Castillo San Cristóbal and beach lines. While we may have never ventured much beyond the historic city and San Juan, I already can’t wait to go back to experience more five star attractions, like the El Yunque Tropical Rainforest (the only rainforest under protection of the US National Park service)!
There are so many things I still have to see in Puerto Rico, despite having been twice already! As you can see, I can guarantee that you’ll want to return and experience more of the world-class attractions on the island. What would you want to see in Puerto Rico? Leave a comment below about how you would Live your own 5-star vacation story in Puerto Rico. Be sure to Follow @PRTourismCo on Twitter and Like SeePuertoRico.com on Facebook for more awesome vacation ideas.
My husband and I were literally just talking about going to PR. Neither of us have ever been and it looks awesome there 🙂
I have always wanted to go to Puerto Rico. I’ve heard so many good things about how beautiful it is. Would love to see for myself!
I’ve never been but the Hubs and I always talk about taking a long weekend there without the kids. It has some really beautiful areas.
I’ve never been to Puerto Rico, but I’d really like to visit that rainforest. I love that you don’t have to exchange currency.
We keep saying we’re going to go to Puerto Rico, but we just never have yet. I’m just about to run out of patience!
We once had a port of call in PR on one of our cruises. I remember it being so pretty and wishing I got more time to spend there!
My best friend is from PR and the photos she shares of her family trips there are amazing. Her sister just got married there recently and it made me long for a wedding in PR too!
I hope to get there. Sounds like so much to do and see.
We have been thinking about going to Puerto Rico. It sounds amazing.
I want to go to Puerto Rico soo bad! It’s on my bucket list! It looks beautiful and peaceful!
Puerto Rico is awesome. I have some friends from there and travel quite frequently. One of these days I am going to go!
I’m adding Puerto Rico to my travel bucket list. It sounds just perfect for our next vacation.
My friend actually wanted to go to PR this summer! I would love to go and do some travel blogging!!
I am of Puerto Rican descent but born and raised in New York City, and quite frankly it amazes me how they won’t send their own bloggers out there for press trips but seem to send everyone else. Shame really! They seem to give Latina Bloggers the run around.
Growing up in the UK, Puerto Rico is somewhere we hear a lot about in American programmes and where many of us tend to go during gap years after university. I haven’t had the pleasure of going as yet, but would love to add it to my travel bucket list!
I would love to go there. I like that no passport is required.
I’ll be in Puerto Rico this summer! We’re taking an 8 day cruise and this is one of the ports. I’m super excited!
My parents rave about this place too! Maybe a future getaway with the hubby 🙂
I have never been to Puerto Rico but it looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing your travel experience. It definitely makes me want to visit right now!!