Thursday, December 3 Take a motorcoach via Luquillo Beach to Fajardo. Once a sleepy fishing village, Fajardo is now a major boating and sailing center.
Many offshore cays provide secluded beaches.
This will be our day to spend at a private beach on a small island, or by one of the six El Conquistador Hotel pools. The evening talk will center around the island's political status and touch on its agriculture and economy. Ponce, a century-old cultural center, is a principal shipping port on the Caribbean. It has one of the most charming main squares in the Caribbean.