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No but I'd love to go!

Just curious, why does he want to go to PR if he's not a beach person?

I have only ever stayed in San Juan...it was close enough to El Yunque for a day trip there. We also did a bioluminescent bay tour and a day trip to Culebra.

@Mamaof2: bioluminescent bay is where the micro organisms "light up" upon contact. So think of glow sticks that light up when you touch it and dim when there's no contact. Then relight when you touch it again. I've never been to the one in PR, but have in Jamaica. It's pretty cool.

I went last spring, and it was great! It's SO nice because you don't have to worry much about language and currency, yet it still feels like a different country!

There are PLENTY of things to do besides beach time. Definitely look into bioluminscent bay trips (it was closed when I went - I was so bummed!). Old San Juan is the historic part of the capital, and it's very beautiful and interesting. We also went on a tour to the El Yunque Rainforest, which was okay. I hear the golfing is pretty nice.

Went last summer! Loved it. We stayed on condadobeach but also went to el yunque.

Loved Puerto Rico! You can do a lot that is not beach related if you want. The bioluminescent bay tour is amazing, plus you can hike the rainforest and/or visit the Arecibo Observatory (as seen in GoldenEye and Contact). I spent two weeks there in undergrad as a study abroad trip of sorts and had a great time.

We stayed in San Juan which is lovely. Did some walking around in the old town and I think a tour of a fort. We went to El Yunque rainforest which I HIGHLY recommend. We did a tour of the Bacardi distillery which was great. And a bunch of beach time. It was a fabulous and easy trip. Everyone spoke English for the most part and you don't change currencies from US obviously.