Puerto Rico Vacation Rentals

Why not go on vacation to the great island territory of Puerto Rico. It is great place to have vacation. You can have great fun and if you are lucky great weather. The island has great beaches and has great facilities for tourists and often some great variety of accomodations. So why not rent, buy, hire, timeshare, or sell a some vscation accomodation in the great territory. Why not have a great holiday rental in the region.

Puerto Rico consists of the main island of Puerto Rico and various smaller islands, including Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, and Caja de Muertos. Of the latter five, only Culebra and Vieques are inhabited year round. Mona is uninhabited most of the year except for employees of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources. There are also many other even smaller islands including Monito and "La Isleta de San Juan" which includes Old San Juan and Puerta de Tierra.

Puerto Rico has an area of 5,325 square miles, of which 3,425 square miles is land and 1,900 square miles is water. The maximum length from east to west is 110 miles, and the maximum width from north to south is 40 miles. Comparing land areas, Puerto Rico is 8/10 the size of Jamaica and 8/100 the size of Cuba, the next smallest and the largest countries in the Greater Antilles, respectively. Compared to U.S. states, it is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined, but slightly smaller than Connecticut. The main island is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south. The main mountain range is called "La Cordillera Central" (The Central Range). The highest elevation in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta (4,390 feet), is located in this range. Another important peak is El Yunque, one of the highest in the Sierra de Luquillo at the El Yunque National Forest, with an elevation of 3,494 feet.

Puerto Rico has 17 lakes, all man-made, and more than 50 rivers, most originating in the Cordillera Central. Rivers in the northern region of the island are typically longer and of higher water flow rates than those of the south, since the south receives less rain than the central and northern regions.

Puerto Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, overlain by younger Oligocene and more recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks.[45] Most of the caverns and karst topography on the island occurs in the northern region in the carbonates. The oldest rocks are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and are located at Sierra Bermeja in the southwest part of the island. They may represent part of the oceanic crust and are believed to come from the Pacific Ocean realm.

Puerto Rico lies at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates and is being deformed by the tectonic stresses caused by their interaction. These stresses may cause earthquakes and tsunamis. These seismic events, along with landslides, represent some of the most dangerous geologic hazards in the island and in the northeastern Caribbean. The most recent major earthquake occurred on October 11, 1918 and had an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale. It originated off the coast of Aguadilla and was accompanied by a tsunami.

The Puerto Rico Trench, the largest and deepest trench in the Atlantic, is located about 75 miles north of Puerto Rico in the at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates. It is 1,090 miles long and about 60 miles wide. At its deepest point, named the Milwaukee Deep, it is 27,493 feet deep, or about 5.2 miles.

Located in the tropics. Temperatures do not change drastically throughout the seasons. The temperature in the south is usually a few degrees higher than the north and temperatures in the central interior mountains are always cooler than the rest of the island. The Hurricane season spans from June to November.

The island's main airport, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, is located in Carolina and is a major hub in the Caribbean. The most recently renovated airport in the west of Puerto Rico is that of the former Ramey Military airbase in Aguadilla, Rafael Hernandez Airport, which has made it easier to explore the towns of the newly created tourism area known as "Porta del Sol". The main port of the island is San Juan Port.

Airports

Culebra Airport
Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez
Humacao Airport
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan
Mercedita Airport Ponce
Rafael Hernández Airport, Aguadilla
Vieques Airport

Destinations

Aguadilla: site of old Ramey AFB, now a local airport
Arecibo: site of the famous Arecibo radio observatory
Bayamón:, site of the Science Park
Cabo Rojo: site of beautiful beaches.
Cataño: home of Bacardi, the world's largest rum distillery.
Culebra: an island in itself is home to beautiful solitary beaches such as Flamenco beach
Fajardo: home of the Fajardo Lighthouse and its luminicent bay, Las Croabas fishing village, the Paso Fino horse national competition ring and the beautiful seven seas beach
Mayagüez: home of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo and a local beer brewery
Ponce: home of the Ponce Museum of Art, Castillo de Serralles, Hacienda Juanita coffee plantation museum, and the Old Firehouse in the main square of the town.
San Juan: home of Old San Juan, the Puerto Rican Museum of Art, El Morro Castle and many more points of great interest
Trujillo Alto: home of Lake Carraizo Dam
Rio Grande: home of El Yunque National Rain Forest
Vieques: an island in itself is home to gorgeous beaches, Spanish Castles and beautiful mountains

Puerto Rican culture is a mix of four cultures, African (from the slaves), Taíno (Amerindians), Spanish, and more recently, North American. From Africans, the Puerto Ricans have obtained the "bomba and plena", a type of music and dance including percussions and maracas. From the Amerindians (Taínos), they kept many names for their municipalities, foods, musical instruments like the güiro and maracas.

Species endemic to the archipelago are 239 plants, 16 birds and 39 amphibians/reptiles, recognized as of 1998. Most of these (234, 12 and 33 respectively) are found on the main island. The most recognizable endemic species and a symbol of Puerto Rican pride is the Coquí, a small frog easily identified by the sound of its call, and from which it gets its name. Most Coquí species (13 of 17) live in the El Yunque National Forest, a tropical rainforest in the northeast of the island previously known as the Caribbean National Forest. El Yunque is home to more than 240 plants, 26 of which are endemic to the island. It is also home to 50 bird species, including the critically endangered Puerto Rican Amazon. Across the island in the southwest, the 10,000 acres of dry land at the Guánica Dry Forest Reserve contain over 600 uncommon species of plants and animals, including 48 endangered species and 16 endemic to Puerto Rico.

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