Videos tagged with "beaches"

Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico [00:38]
Flamenco Beach #1 beach in Puerto Rico. One of the United States' top 10 beaches. Culebra is a small island about an hour ferry ride away from the Puerto Rico mainland. It is a municipality of Puerto Rico, located east of the PR mainland and north of the island of Vieques. You can get there by ferry or plane. There are plenty of guest houses and rental houses around the island and you can take your car on the ferry or rent a jeep once there. Or you can just take a bus to Flamenco. Beautiful, quiet, clean beach. Playa Flamenco o Flamingo La mejor playa de Puerto Rico y una de las 10 mejores playas de todos los Estados Unidos.Está ubicada al este de Puerto Rico y al norte de la isla de Vieques. Accesible por ferry o avión. Limpia, segura, tranquila y hermosa. La isla tiene muchos lugares para alojamiento. Puedes llevar tu auto en el ferry o puedes alquilar un jeep una vez allí. Si no posees auto y no quieres alquilar uno, hay buses que te llevan a la playa de Flamenco.

Entering Flamenco Beach in Culebra, Puerto Rico [01:03]
Flamenco Beach #1 beach in Puerto Rico. One of the United States' top 10 beaches. Culebra is a small island about an hour ferry ride away from the Puerto Rico mainland. It is a municipality of Puerto Rico, located east of the PR mainland and north of the island of Vieques. You can get there by ferry or plane. There are plenty of guest houses and rental houses around the island and you can take your car on the ferry or rent a jeep once there. Or you can just take a bus to Flamenco. Beautiful, quiet, clean beach. Playa Flamenco o Flamingo La mejor playa de Puerto Rico y una de las 10 mejores playas de todos los Estados Unidos.Está ubicada al este de Puerto Rico y al norte de la isla de Vieques. Accesible por ferry o avión. Limpia, segura, tranquila y hermosa. La isla tiene muchos lugares para alojamiento. Puedes llevar tu auto en el ferry o puedes alquilar un jeep una vez allí. Si no posees auto y no quieres alquilar uno, hay buses que te llevan a la playa de Flamenco.

Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico [01:00]
Flamenco Beach #1 beach in Puerto Rico. One of the United States' top 10 beaches. Culebra is a small island about an hour ferry ride away from the Puerto Rico mainland. It is a municipality of Puerto Rico, located east of the PR mainland and north of the island of Vieques. You can get there by ferry or plane. There are plenty of guest houses and rental houses around the island and you can take your car from the on the ferry or rent a jeep once there. Or you can just take a bus to Flamenco. Beautiful, quiet, clean beach. Playa Flamenco o Flamingo La mejor playa de Puerto Rico y una de las 10 mejores playas de todos los Estados Unidos.Está ubicada al este de Puerto Rico y al norte de la isla de Vieques. Accesible por ferry o avión. Limpia, segura, tranquila y hermosa. La isla tiene muchos lugares para alojamiento. Puedes llevar tu auto en el ferry o puedes alquilar un jeep una vez allí. Si no posees auto y no quieres alquilar uno, hay buses que te llevan a la playa de Flamenco.

Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico [02:34]
One of the states' top 10 beaches and Puerto Rico's top beach, Flamenco Beach (or Playa Flamingo) is an hour ferry ride away from Fajardo, Puerto Rico (northeastern part of Puerto Rico). It has one of the most beautiful shades of blue and green that i have ever seen. The water is crystal clear and the sand is white and soft, like sugar. It is a very clean, quiet and well kept public beach and it is inexpensive to go there ($2.25 for the ferry ride each way and $5.00 round trip to and from Culebra's pier to the beach-at least that was the cost as of Feb 2013). There are many guest houses and rental homes around the island and you can also take your car by ferry, or rent a jeep there to explore the island if you choose to stay over.

Globe Trekker - Puerto Rico with Zay Harding [48:19]
Located at the heart of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is around 100 miles long by 30 miles wide, with a population of some 4 million. Part of the US Commonwealth, it's known as the "island of enchantment", boasting sun-kissed beaches, dramatic mountains, a rich colonial history, and great music. Starting his journey in Puerto Rico's vibrant capital, San Juan, host Zay Harding looks around the beautifully preserved old city, dating back to the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. Sampling the local cuisine and the fabulous national drink, the piña colada, he salsas the night away before getting to meet the man who rolled the world's longest cigar. From San Juan, Zay heads east to El Yunque National Forest, one of the best preserved rainforests in the Caribbean. Home to over 240 species of trees, and a lot of rare wildlife, it's the last refuge of the endangered Puerto Rican Parrot. Checking out the breeding project that aims to save these beautiful birds, Zay is reassured that the future of the species is in good hands. From El Yunque, Zay leaves the main island of Puerto Rico to catch a ferry to the small island of Vieques, which is blessed with a spectacular coastline. During WWII, the US military used the island as a weapons test site, and Zay discovers how the island's glorious beaches are now being decontaminated and opened to public access for the first time since the war. After enjoying a fabulous horse-ride along the coast of Vieques, Zay takes the ferry back to the ...