Ponce, Puerto Rico
Good to know
- Best time to go
- December to April; February for its long-running carnival
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Puerto Rico's second city, known as the Pearl of the South, centers on a plaza with a striped 19th-century firehouse that has become the island's most photographed building. Neoclassical and criollo architecture, the Ponce Museum of Art, and the Serrallés rum dynasty's hilltop castle reflect its mercantile golden age. The Caja de Muertos island reserve lies offshore for beach and snorkel trips.
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