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The annual Casals Festival is a very popular event on the music-lover’s calendar in Puerto Rico. The 52nd festival will take place from 21 February through to 15 March 2008 and, after 27 years, the event will be returning to the University of Puerto Rico – the place where Pablo Casals started the festival in 1957. The maestro Pablo Casals died in 1973, but his legacy of music lives on.
Francisco Pancho Coimbre was one of the best baseball players of his time, long before the legendary Roberto Clemente became the local hero of Puerto Rico. Clemente has always shown respect and admiration for Coimbre, and both players will always be remembered for natural talent, their ability to dominate the field with speed and strength and for bringing confidence and pride home to other Puerto Ricans and aspiring baseball players.
Puerto Rico is a beautiful country situated in a temperate tropical climatic zone with diverse terrain and abundant natural beauty, all factors that make it a popular choice for tourists who enjoy getting close to nature. Canyoning and rock climbing are activities that often go hand-in-hand and are becoming increasingly popular, offering tourists a unique perspective of some of the most beautiful areas in Puerto Rico.
On a normal day at the Xtreme Divers base, while the sun warms the earth and the exotic culture and traditions of Puerto Rico lure tourists into taking risks and setting off on adventures they never thought they would, a team of professional skydivers stand ready to take visitors on a thrill of a lifetime. For many, becoming a flying human object for a day is a major leap of faith and a onetime experience only, but for others it is a lifestyle. And at no other event in Puerto Rico is this lifestyle celebrated better than at the Puerto Rico Freefall Festival.
Puerto Rico has always been a popular tourist destination. Its white beaches, diverse attractions and magnificent natural reserves and wildlife, have resulted in a flourishing tourism industry. From the year 2008, however, there will be one more reason to visit Puerto Rico, as it has been announced that for the 2008 schedule, the Puerto Rico Open will be added into the PGA Tour. Golf enthusiasts from all over the world will be making plans to travel to Rio Grande to participate in the memorable Puerto Rico Open.
Amongst the cobblestone streets, restored buildings from the sixteenth and seventeenth century, and the charm of a district in Puerto Rico that has existed for more than four hundred and ninety years, tourists often loose themselves in an ocean of attractions. They come here to explore the history of Old San Juan, try their hand at the casino, take walks along the picturesque beaches and explore the noteworthy sights and attractions, such as the Plaza de San Jose, the Ponce de Leon statue, Plaza del Quinto Centenario and the Plaza de Armas. But in January, they come to take part in a tradition that is rooted in the culture of Puerto Rico, the San Sebastian Street Festival.
For a wide variety of reasons the beautiful archipelago of Puerto Rico is a popular tourist destination. Situated in the northeastern Caribbean, west of the Virgin Islands and east of the Dominican Republic, the archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and cays, most of which offer stunning sandy beaches, with the sparkling clear waters of the Caribbean Sea inviting sun-lovers to enjoy the wonders of nature. The Puerto Del Ray Marina is the largest and busiest marina in Puerto Rico as it serves as the home base for yachts and boats that ferry tourists to and from these beautiful islands.
The area south of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, known as Karst Country, consists of unusually beautiful landscape which has been shaped, and continues to be shaped, by the elements. The multitude of karst formations in Puerto Rico have come about through the carbonic acid level in the water eroding the limestone. The caves and canyons that have been formed in this way have resulted in the Karst Country cave system being the third largest in the world, many of which have not been completely explored.
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