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  • Beach and beach related activities

  • Bicycle Rentals and Tours

     

    • Vieques Adventure Co.  Trek bikes rental for $25/day, kayak rentals for $45/day and kayak fishing trips, 3-4hr trip for $150/person.  787-692-9162, or email garry@viequesadventures.com.

     

    • Black Beard Sports in Downtown Isabel II, offers bikes, kayak and snorkeling gear for rent as well as internet access. 

  • Bioluminescent Bay Tour

     

  • Horseback Riding

     

    • Vieques Trail Ride offers horseback riding with a guide. The ride starts at Sea Gate Hotel and lasts 2 hours. The cost is $45 per person. Call 787 741-4661.

     

  • Kiani Lagoon tour Kiani is a protected lagoon on the west side of the island. There is a wooden boardwalk around the lagoon. Prime spot for nature watching. The lagoon is close to several secluded beaches.

     

    • Kiani Tours Certified licensed excursionist offers daily historical and cultural tours from 9 am to 12 pm or 2 pm to 5 pm. Call 787 556-6003 Letty Perez. Visit their web site.
       

     

  • Lighthouse museum

     

    The Lighthouse at Punta Mulas is a maritime museum. It is located next to the port where the ferryboats from Fajardo dock.

     

  • Sampling local food at La Esperanza One of the best things to do in Vieques is going to La Esperanza or across from Sun Bay on weekends for local foods sold from kiosks or from the restaurants in the area. You can get coconut water, fish, lobster or conch salad Vieques style... lots of wonderful fried things Vieques is known for: "pastelillos" (dough stuffed with meat, fish or seafood, sealed and fried), "alcapurrias" (grinded plantain filled with your choice of meat or seafood), "arepas" (fried dough, a local favorite usually served with fried fish). Vieques people are affectionately called "areperos" or arepa eaters, by Puerto Ricans from the big island.

    Also check local chef Geigel Rosa and his famous "Nativo Tripa Burger" at Esperanza beach on Friday and Saturday nights until 3 am. This is a burger like you have never seen before, layered with three types of meat cooked with onions over the beef patty.

     

  • Spanish Fort

    Fort Count of Mirasol museum is a historical monument from the 19th century; the last fort built on the western hemisphere. It stands over a hilltop overlooking the port. The Vieques Historic Archives is located in the Fort. The archives include thousands of documents and other materials relating to five centuries of Vieques' history, a great number of books and documents about archaeology, history, folklore and poetry. No reservations are required to visit the Fort, but to arrange for a visit to the Archives contact: Robert L. Rabin, Historian, Fuerte Conde de Mirasol Vieques, P.R. 00765, Phone (787) 741-8651 or 741-1717. Notes about what you will find at the fort museum

     

     

  • Tennis

     

    • Inn on the Blue Horizon Omni Courts.  Artificial grass turf filled with sand. Day play $25 per hour. Lighted night play $35/hour. Call for court time 787 741-3318 or 787 741-0527.

  • Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust Museum The Trust was founded in 1984 as a non-profit membership organization to save the Island's Bio Bays, especially Puerto Mosquito, and raise consciousness in the community in preserving the beaches and historic and archaeological sites. The Trust operates a small museum and gift shop in the town of Esperanza. It also have a small aviary to help injured birds, turtles and other local wildlife. The Esperanza location offers Internet access thru their computers for $3 for half an hour.

 

Updated Apr 28, 2008

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