Cities and Towns in Puerto Rico Part III

This is the third part of the hub about: Cities and Towns in Puerto Rico, where you will find the cities and towns from A to C. In the second part you will find the cities and Towns from D to J. In this third part the cities and towns from L to Q .

These places are being presented with their:

1. Nicknames
2. Coat of Arms
3. Attractions

Having those three aspects will give you enough information to know about them and get motivated to come and visit Puerto Rico "the great land of the valiant and noble Lord."

Known as: Cardinal City and The Rock Throwers.

Attractions:

1. Boquerón State Forest
2. Former Silver Mines
3. Former Train Station
4. Lajas Soldiers Monument
5. Laying Ceiba Square
6. Nature Reserve Cartagena Lagoon
7. Nature Reserve The Parguera
8. Pink Beach
9. Ruins of The Pineapple Packing Factory

Known as: The Capital of the Mountains and the Altar of the Fatherland.

Attractions:

1. Castañer Settlement and the Big House
2. The Straw Cave
3. Cultural Center 23rd of September
4. The Porvenir Estate
5. Loyalty Estate
6. Manuel Rojas Estate
7. Margarita Estate
8. Ice Cream Shop
9. José Feliciano Square
10. Marianna Bracetti Museum
11. The Jibaro Park
12. Revolution Square
13. The Torres Big House

Known as: The Town of Sweet Oranges, Citrus Fruit City

Attractions:

1. Barrietos Cave
2. Hacienda Borders
3. Hacienda Planell
4. Hacienda Rullán
5. Hacienda San Calixto
6. Ruins of the Paco Gaztambide Sugar Mill

Known as: City of Artisans

Attractions:

1. Artisans Way
2. The Rocks Historical Museum
3. Indian Cave
4. Juan Rosa Martinez Square
5. Francisco Negron Park
6. The Retirement Mount

Known as: The Capital of Tradition, The 'Santeros', The Coconut Producers.

Attractions:

1. Aircraft Beach
2. Cave Maria de la Cruz
3. Church of Saint Patrick
4. Ayala Family Craft Center
5. Cultural Center
6. Development Center
7. Empty Talega Beach
8. State Forest
9. Walkway Julia de Burgos

Known as: City of The Eternal Summer, Sunshine Capital, Puerto Rico Rivera.

Attractions:

1. Joaquin Robles Baseball Park
2. Mameyes Beach
3. Monserrate Beach
4. Pailas Beach
5. The Flag Beach
6. The Wall Beach
7. Chief Monument
8. Luquillo Range
9. Ocean View Boulevard
10. Peace Plaza
11. Public Beach
12. Square Rosendo Matienzo Cintron

Known as: 'Athens of Puerto Rico".

Attractions:

1. Acropolis Sports Complex
2. The Poza Beach
3. Mar Chiquita Beach
4. The Esperanza Beach
5. The Tubos Beach and Recreational Area
6. Christ of Miracles and Mount Calvary Sanctuary
7. Enchanted River
8. History Square
9. Municipal Library Francisco Alvarez Marrero
10. Municipal Stadium Pedro Roman Melendez
11. Nature Reserve Hacienda La Esperanza
12. Nature Reserve Tortuguero Lagoon
13. Old City Cemetery
14. Old Market
15. Poets Hall Joglar Manuel Cacho
16. Sugar Mill
17. Taboas Theater
18. Walk of Athens

Known as: Town of The Indian Villages, Town of The State Mount, Town of Legend and Romance, Land of Coffee.

Attractions:

1. Mount of the State Ecological Park
2. Falls Curet
3. Fishery of Maricao
4. Indian Cave
5. Lake Prieto
6. Recreational Area Alfonso Caste Fornes
7. Mount of the State Recreational Area and Camping Area
8. Recreational Area the Bambua
9. Recreational Park the Tombs
10. State Forest
11. Stone Tower
12. The Hacienda Delicias
13. The Hacienda Juanita

Known as: Land Grab Town, The Town of the Land Grab Eaters, and the Quite Town.

Attractions:

1. Columbia Central Ruins
2. Cultural Center
3. Huts Beach
4. Indian Cave
5. Long Beach
6. Pines Beach
7. Saint Isidore, the Farmer Labrador
8. The Quarry Caves
9. The Written Rock
10. Tuna Point Lighthouse
11. Tuna Point Wetlands Beach

Known as: The City of Pure Waters, The Birthplace of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Jelly Roll City, The City of the Indios (Baseball team), Mango Town, and The Sultaness of the West.

Attractions:

1. Agricultural Experiment Station
2. Eudaldo Baez Garcia Boulevard
3. Children's Park of the Millennium
4. Columbus Square
5. Cultural Center
6. Customs House
7. Historical Museum Big House
8. India Brewery
9. Island and Islet - Mona and Monito
10. Monument to Eugenio Maria de Hostos
11. Hostos Museum
12. Old Spanish Social Club
13. Planetarium
14. Puerto Rican Patriots Park
15. Recreation and Sports Complex
16. Seaside Promenade
17. Theater
18. University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus
19. Zoo

Known as: Capital of 'Mundillo' Lace and the Town of the Vampires.

Attractions:

1. Melendez Castles
2. Enriqueta Estate
3. Former Labadie House or Moreau Palace
4. Mundillo Lace Museum
5. Public Park

Known as: The Island Except Morovis.

Attractions:

1. Agricultural Torrefactora Coffee Roasting Facility
2. Blue Pond
3. Cave Siña Carmen
4. Caves Covachuelas
5. Cultural Center Diogenes Columbus Goméz
6. Bakery Machargo
7. The Mamingo Pond

Known as: The Town of The Drenched, The Birthplace of Stars, Diplo's Town, Town of the Soaked Ones.

Attractions:

1. Punta Lima Beach
2. Boat Ride
3. Cotton Key
4. Yudelmi Center
5. Hucares Beach
6. Monument to Ramon Rivero "Diplo"
7. National Forest El Yunque
8. Tropical Beach
9. Waterfront Promenade

Known as:The City of Colors and The Blackbird Town.

Attractions:

1. Cedar Falls Down
2. Municipal Swimming Pool
3. Ortega Gelito Basketball Court
4. Park and Lookout Point ‘Anones’
5. The Marina Promenade
6. The Silver Lake
7. Troubadours Square
8. Wasps Ridge

Known as The Heart of Puerto Rico, and the Geographic Center of Puerto Rico.

Attractions:

1. Indian Cave
2. Lake Matrullas
3. Museum
4. Taino Refuge

Known as: The Emerald of The South, and The Melons.

Attractions:

1. Bicentennial Fountain
2. Fishermen's Hamlet
3. Guardarraya Beach
4. Jungle Houses
5. Mamanico Square
6. Mayors' Square
7. Patillas Lake
8. Patriots' Promenade
9. Plantation San Isidro
10. Pterocarpus Forest
11. Recreational Area Charco Azul
12. State Forest Carite
13. The Three Jets Pond

Known as: The Valley of the Flamboyan Tress and The Capital of the Guiro

Attractions:

1. Caves of The Convent
2. Eco-Tourism Area ‘Finca Guaraguao’
3. Guilarte State Forest
4. Monument to Angel Pacheco Alvarado
5. Monument to Holy Christ, the Healer
6. Monument to Pedro Albizu Campos
7. Monument to the Unknown Soldier
8. 'Sopladera' Pond
9. Recreational Area ‘Hacienda Villa Flor’
10. Spanish Cannon
11. The Chimney
12. The Locomotive

33. Torch Promenade

34. Toro Black Forest

35. Urban Park Dora Colón Clavell

36. Wiechers-Villaronga Residence

37. Women Monument

38. Yacht Club

Known as: The Pearl of the South, The Noble City, The Lions and The Genip City.

Attractions:

1. Antonio Arias Ventura Promenade
2. Armstrong-Poventud Residence
3. The Tuque Beach
4. Boulevard Miguel Pou
5. Farmers' Trails
6. Firehouse
7. Fishermen's Village
8. History Museum
9. Hotel Meliá
10. Infantry Old Quarters
11. Japanese Garden
12. Massacre Museum
13. Museum Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre
14. Museum of Art
15. Museum Paoli House
16. Music Museum
17. National Pantheon Baldorioty de Castro
18. Nature Reserve Dead man’s Chest
19. Old Casino
20. Old Customs House
21. Park and Monument Pedro Albizu Campos
22. Park Enrique Gonzalez
23. Park Silkwood Tree
24. Park Tercentennial
25. Plantation Buena Vista
26. Recreational Park Julio E. Monagas
27. Serrallés Mansion
28. Square Juan Ponce de León
29. The Boardwalk Guancha
30. The Pearl Theater
31. The Vigia Cross
32. Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center

Known as: The Pirate's Hideout, The Pirate City, The Cooperative City, and Guajataca Corner.

Attractions:

1. The Coconuts Bakery
2. St. Raphael the Archangel Church
3. Dinosaurs Recreational Park
4. Lake Guajataca
5. Liberty Theater
6. Linares Promenad
7. Mini Golf De Wechy
8. Mosaic Murals
9. Noah's Ark
10. Obelisk of Luis Muñoz Marín
11. Old Plantation Amador
12. Passive Park Kennedy Neighborhood
13. Recreational Area Pedro Albizu Campos
14. Ruins of Puerto Hermina
15. Shrine of the Three Kings
16. The Pirate Ponds - Rock Sculpture
17. The Twin Kapok Trees

Hope you have enjoyed and learned about the cities and towns in Puerto Rico from L to Q. The next (and last part) includes the cities and towns from the letters R to Y. You are welcome to view, read and enjoy the last hub of this series titled: Cities and Towns in Puerto Rico Part IV.

Until then blessings to all!

© Maria Magdalena Ruiz O'Farrill