Beach sights in Southern & Western Puerto Rico
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Playa Caña Gorda
Playa Caña Gorda is the balneario adjacent to the southern edge of the dry forest on Hwy 333 and where the locals come to grill fresh fish, play volleyball and lie around in the shade. The modern facilities are the most developed in the area, including a small shop with cold soda and sunblock.
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La Guancha Paseo Tablado
One of Ponce's most successful urban beautification projects of the last couple decades was the boardwalk La Guancha Paseo Tablado, commonly known as 'La Guancha,' which lies about 3 miles south of the city center near the relatively lonely Ponce Hilton. Built in the mid-1990s, it's a haven for picnicking families and strolling couples to watch yachts slide in and out of the harbor.
Its chief points of interest include a concert pavilion, a handful of open-air bars and food kiosks, a couple of fine-dining restaurants, a well-kempt public beach and a humble observation tower. Monday and Tuesday are slow, but on the weekends the place picks up with a breezy, festive…
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Bahía de Fosforescente
These glittering waters are La Parguera's biggest tourist draw, though it's actually not one bay but two: Bahía Monsio José and Bahía La Parguera. Both lie east of town and are nearly encircled by mangroves. You reach them via narrow canals through the mangrove forest and, if you come here at night, bioluminescent micro-organisms in the water put on a surreal light show.
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Rincón Balneario
There's a safe and newly renovated Rincón Balneario, where there's beach swimming, restrooms, showers, some temporary food shacks and a new mall which contains the tourist office, harbor restaurant and lookout tower.
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