Barceloneta
Major mountain bike area in the Cambalache Forest. By:Travel and Sports Staff, June-2008
Established in 1881, Barceloneta (named after the famous city in Spain of the same name) was one of the last towns founded by the Spanish. The town is also known as the “Ciudad de las Piñas” after the surrounding pineapple plantations.
Sixto Escobar Vargas, the first Puerto Rican to win the world bantamweight championship, was born here. In Barceloneta you will also find a major outlet mall (Prime Outlet) and what is believed to be the largest pharmaceutical complex in the world.
787-846-4199 787-846-3400 787-846-4199FX
Rt 681, at the beach. www.barcelonetapr.com
The Plazuela sugar refinery ruins. They include a sugar mill (trapiche), smoke stacks and parts of a dock that was used to transport sugar by barge to the waiting ships on the ocean.
Electronic library and museum in the original home of Sixto Escobar exhibiting memorabilia of the famous boxer (who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1950).
787-881-1004 787-999-2200 ext 5158 787-881-1866FX
Rt 682 Km 6.3. www.drna.gobierno.pr
Just west of Barceloneta. Subtropical forest with impressive karst formations. Observe 6 of Puerto Rico's 12 endemic bird species. Camping (up to 40 persons), hiking, 6-km mountain bike trail. Nursery sells decorative flowers and plants.
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