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PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico beckons active travelers. From hiking to dining, surfing to museum hopping, you'll find an excellent take on

virtually any type of vacation interest.

Pursuing your hobbies is easy, as the well-paved mainland is only 100 miles long and 35 miles wide, making drives easy.

To reach the farthest ends, you can hop a plane from San Juan to Ponce or Aguadilla, then travel by boat or plane to the

outlying islands such as Vieques and Culebra. Most residents speak English and Spanish so it's a snap to find guidance and

American dollars are used here

Nature and Adventure
Puerto Rico is rich with natural wonders, including dry forest and rain forest, caves and beaches, mountains and meadows.

Puerto Rico has 20 designated forest reserves, and six more are proposed. The largest at 28,000 acres is El Yunque,

the United States' only tropical rain forest. Families can stroll along nearly flat trails while more athletic hikers can

traverse rougher ones. Quite a few lead to thundering waterfalls. The rain forest is home to 50 types of orchids,

150 species of ferns and even four different varieties of forest. While El Yunque has 26 animal species all its own,

the Guánica Dry Forest Reserve has yet another 16, plus 48 endangered species.

Groomed trails encourage walkers and cyclists to explore Guánica's 600 types of rare plants.

With 272 miles of coastline -

Puerto Rico lures sun worshippers with hundreds of beaches, each of them abutting warm blue-green water and

no two are the same. Most resort hotels provide access to sand and sea along with amenities such as chaise longues

restrooms and restaurants. Public beaches offer other options, from seclusion to water sports.

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