RESTAURANTS
The Palm Steakhouse
Happy Bellies Jobos
Metropol
Parrot Club
Nativo Bar & Grill
Yamato Sushi
Soliel Beach Club
Che's Argentine Steakhouse
Lolita's Tex Mex


BARS & PUBS
Logans Irish Pub
Migas Condado
Tamboo Beside the Pointe
Dunbars
The New Shannons
Shots Bar & Grill
Restaurant Fratelli
Lupi's Mexican Cantina
Hollywoods
Brass Cactus
Doubleteams Sport Bar


Adventure Tourism
Jobos Beach
Arecibo Observatory
Salinas Speedway
Taino Divers
Camuy Caves
Luquillo Beach
Paseo Princessa
Playa Santa
Mar Chiquita
La Guancha
Taller Ce
Plaza Las Americas
Ocean and limestone form a
crystalline bay and beach
by Norka Perez  
DownIsland Staff
Click on pictures to enlarge
To explore a place, you must be open to the new feelings and sensations it
will bring. The experience starts in the road taken. The route is full of orange
flamboyant embracing each other. Then, going up and then descending a hill,
you will find the beach translated as Small Beach. Contradicting its name, Mar
Chiquita, it anything but a small feat of nature.

Mar Chiquita is located in the karst region of Manatí, Puerto Rico; city bathed
by springs, lagoons, beaches and the Río Grande of Manatí. Surrounded by
two limestone formations that create a blue bay; the beach is considered one
of the 1,000 beautiful places in the world, and that is why many family
meetings and tourists choose this beach as a place to encounter. Also, each
year they celebrate the famous Festival of Mar Chiquita, beginning on the
eve of Noche de San Juan on June 24, and extending for three days.

From kayaking to talking with your sweetheart to walking on the beach’s
magnificent rock structures, having fun with your family is elementary. Mar
Chiquita waites for you to start feeling the sensations a beautiful ocean
provides: peace and tranquility.

And please, doesn’t worry about the food. Local merchants over have kioskos
that prepare “bacalaitos”, a fried mass made of codfish; “alcapurrias”, a fried
mass made of plantains, filled with meet or crab; and “pastelillos”, a fried
mass filled with meet, chicken or shrimps. So, after floating around in the
beautiful crystalline water, enjoy some of the local food. The rest is left to
your imagination.


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