Ragazzi (Buckingham Square, West Bay Road, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman) – a popular Italian restaurant, With its vibrant colors, authentic wood burning pizza oven and central location, it has become a meeting point for family, friends and repeat customers many times over. Ask a local and they will say the food at Ragazzi is […]
Pirates Point (Preston Bay, Little Cayman) – this restaurant, located with the resort of the same name, serves buffet style and plate service meals prepared by gourmet chefs. Evening meals are hosted by owner Gladys Howard. The chefs (Jeff and Dianne) prepare different themed meals during the week that include unique Cayman dishes as well […]
Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink (The Crescent at Camana Bay, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman) — James Beard Award winning Chef Michael Schwartz’s first Cayman Islands outpost, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink Grand Cayman, brings the warmth, flavour and acclaimed cuisine that are the hallmarks of his Miami restaurant to the beautiful harbour-facing Crescent at […]
Luca Restaurant (Caribbean Club, 871 West Bay Road, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman) – this smart-looking beachfront trattoria presents an impressive contemporary Italian menu in a sleek upscale interior (reminiscent of New York Soho designs) with breathtaking views of the infinity pool to Seven Mile Beach. It also has an impressive wine list. Because of […]
Hacienda Buena Vista (Rte. 123, Barrio Magüeyes Km 16.8, Ponce) — Built in 1833, this hacienda preserves an old way of life, with its whirring water wheels and artifacts of 19th-century farm production. Once it was one of the most successful plantations on Puerto Rico, producing coffee, corn, and citrus. It was a working coffee […]
Casa Wiechers-Villaronga (106 Calle Reina e/Calle Méndez Vigo, Ponce) – In a city filled with neoclassical confections, this is one of the most elaborate. Alfredo B. Wiechers, who returned to his native Ponce after studying architecture in Paris, designed the house. Though small in scale, it makes a big impression with details like huge arched […]
Located 75 miles (121km) southwest of San Juan, Ponce — “The Pearl of the South,” was named after Loíza Ponce de León, great-grandson of Juan Ponce de León. Founded in 1692, Ponce is today Puerto Rico’s principal shipping port in the Caribbean. The city is well kept and attractive, with an air of being stuck […]
Playa Puerto Nuevo — Located on the north coast, in Vega Baja, about 45 minutes west of San Juan, it is just beautiful. Sometimes called the Balneario of Vega Baja, or Balneario Puerto Nuevo, it is has something for everyone. The beach is golden sand and is protected from the violent northern swells by huge […]
San Cristobal Canyon – located between the towns of Aibonito and Barranquitas, this volcanic canyon is the Yosemite of Puerto Rico. It is a mystical place that is filled with towering granite walls, enormous waterfalls, secret swimming holes, rare plants, insects, and animals. If you are a scientist, photographer, hiker, naturalist, historian, geologist, or lover […]
San Cristobal Canyon – located between the towns of Aibonito and Barranquitas, this volcanic canyon is the Yosemite of Puerto Rico. It is a mystical place that is filled with towering granite walls, enormous waterfalls, secret swimming holes, rare plants, insects, and animals. If you are a scientist, photographer, hiker, naturalist, historian, geologist, or lover […]