PUERTO RICO & US VIRGIN ISLANDS

UNITED STATES – PUERTO RICO (San Juan, Bayamón, Ponce)

LA FORTALEZA AND SAN JUAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN PUERTO RICO WHS
SAN JUAN
San Juan: Museum of Art of Puerto Rico
San Juan: Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art
San Juan: Castillo San Cristóbal
San Juan: Castillo San Felipe del Morro
San Juan: Palacio de Santa Catalina
Castles, Palaces, Forts
San Juan: Castillo San Cristóbal
San Juan: Castillo San Felipe del Morro
San Juan: Palacio de Santa Catalina
House and Biographical Museums:
Puerto Rico – San Juan: La Casa Blanca
Architectural Delights:
San Juan: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Religious Temples
San Juan: Metropolitan Cathedral Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de San Juan Bautista)
San Juan: San Jose Church
Monuments: San Juan: Christopher Columbus Monument
Hospitality Legends
San Juan: Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
San Juan: La Mallorquina
Malls/Department Stores: San Juan: Plaza Las Americas
Music, Film and Photography Museums:
Ponce: Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña
Maritime/Ship Museums:
San Juan: Maritime Museum
Botanical Gardens: San Juan Botanical Garden
Distillery: San Juan: Casa Bacardi
Vehicle Museums:
San Juan: Puerto Rico Microcar Museum

Airports: Aguadilla (BQN), San Juan (SJU). Vieques (VQS)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Tren Urbano, San Juan
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels
Road – 2: San Juan-Ponce (Western loop)
Scenic Road – Ruta Panoramica Road
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Palo Seco: Fortin John of the Cross
Art Museums
Aguadilla: Museo de Arte de Aguadilla
Bayamón: Francisco Oller Art Museum
Bayamón: Museum of Art of Bayamón
House and Biographical Museums
Guayama: Museo Casa Cautiño
Humacao: Museo Casa Antonio Roig
Religious Temples: Dorado: Santuario Santo Cristo de la Reconcilacion
Religious and Sacred Art Museums
(including Islamic and Jewish Museums): Puerto Rico – San German: Museo de Arte Religioso Porta Coeli

ISLA MONA
VIEQUES
Vieques: Fortín Conde de Mirasol

PUERTO RICO
ARECIBO
Architectural Delights:
Arecibo Radio Telescope
Arecibo: Birth of the New World
Planetariums:
Arecibo: Arecibo Observatory

CAGUAS
MAYAGUEZ
Zoos:
Mayagüez: Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo
PONCE
Museo Castillo Serrallés
Ponce: Museo de Arte de Ponce
Puerto Rico – Ponce: Mercado de las Carnes
Puerto Rico – Ponce: Parque de Bombas
Puerto Rico – Ponce: Teatro Fox Delicias
Ponce: Plaza Luis Muñoz Rivera
Religious Monuments:
Ponce: Watchman Cross (Cruceta del Vigía)

DARE places
United States – Desecheo Island
United States – Puerto Rico – Culebra
United States – Puerto Rico – Vieques
United States – Puerto Rico – Isla de Mona
United States – Puerto Rico – Caja de Muertos island

Villages and Small Towns
ADJUNTAS
AGUADA
BARRANQUITAS

World of Nature
Bosque Estatal de Boquerón
Culebra National Wildlife Refuge
Culebra Natural Reserve
El Yunque National Forest
Humacao Nature Preserve
Pantano Cibuco Nature Reserve
Rio Abajo State Forest
Tres Hermanos NP
Vieques National Wildlife Refuge

Waterfalls
Chorro de Doña Juana
La Coca Waterfall
Rincon: El Ultimo Brinco Waterfall
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines
Camuy Caves
Puerto Rico: Cueva Ventana
Puerto Rico: Reserva Natural Cueva del Indio
Lakes Laguna Grande, Laguna Guaniquilla
Rivers: La Plata River
Beaches
Culebra: Flamenco Beach
Luquillo Beach
Mar Chiquita Beach
Sucia Beach
Vieques: La Chiva
Botanical Gardens: Caguas: William Miranda Marín Botanical Garden
Well-being
Distilleries: Ron del Barrilito – Hacienda Santa Ana
Eco-Experience: Hacienda Lealtad
Eco-Experience: Hacienda Munoz
Eco-Experience: Hacienda San Pedro
Lighthouses
Cabo Rojo: Faro Los Morrillos
Las Croabas: Faro Las Cabezas de San Juan
Bizzarium: Yaucro: Yaucromatic
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UNITED STATES – US VIRGIN ISLANDS (St. Thomas, St. Croix, Saint John)

SAINT THOMAS
CHARLOTTE AMALIE
Urban Legends:
Charlotte Amalie: 99 Steps
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Skyride to Paradise Point
Castles, Palaces, Forts
Charlotte Amalie: Blackbeard’s Castle
Charlotte Amalie: Fort Cristian
Religious Temples
Charlotte Amalie: Frederick Lutheran Church
Charlotte Amalie: Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas
Botanical Gardens: Charlotte Amalie: Phantasea Tropical Botanical Garden
Theme Parks, ‘Fun’ Museums and Miniatures: St. Thomas: Pirates Treasure Museum
St. Thomas: Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral

SAINT JOHN

Annaberg Sugar Plantation
Virgin Islands NP
Cruz Bay
Trunk Bay

SAINT CROIX
Fort Frederik, Frederiksted: 
Caribbean Museum Center for The Arts, Frederiksted:
Estate Whim Sugar Mill. House and Biographical Museums: St. Croix: 
National Historic Site, Christiansted. Architectural Delights:
Point Udall Sundial Monument
St. Croix: Cruzan Distillery
St George Village Botanical Gardens
Annaly Bay / Carambola Tide Pools
Estate Mount Washington

Beaches
Lindquist Beach
Magens Bay
DARE
St. Croix
Flanagan Island (easternmost; formerly disputed)

 

 

 

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I would like to think of myself as a full time traveler. I have been retired since 2006 and in that time have traveled every winter for four to seven months. The months that I am "home", are often also spent on the road, hiking or kayaking. I hope to present a website that describes my travel along with my hiking and sea kayaking experiences.
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