Welcome to Puerto Rico: endless sand, swashbuckling history lessons and wildly diverse tropical terrain. The sun-washed backyard of the United States is a place locals fittingly call the ‘Island of Enchantment.’

• 2 expert authors,
  
• 84 days (and nights) of research,
  
• 110 beaches explored and 30 mofongos (mashed plantains) eaten, 
• Inspirational photos and Puerto Rico Outdoors feature, 
• Comprehensive planning tools.

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