Bars

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Aguadilla is Puerto Rico's most vibrant northwest coast city — home to Crash Boat Beach (one of the most colorful and community-centered beaches in Puerto Rico) and a remarkable outdoor bar culture shaped by the extraordinary Caribbean trade winds, outstanding local food culture, and the genuine Puerto Rican community spirit of the island's northwest coast.

Crash Boat Beach, Aguadilla, PR 00603

Cataño, Puerto Rico

Casa Bacardi at the Bacardi Rum Distillery is the most visited rum attraction in the world — a Cataño distillery where the world's most famous rum brand (Bacardi was founded in Cuba in 1862 and moved to Puerto Rico after Castro's revolution) produces 100,000 cases of rum daily and welcomes over 200,000 visitors annually. Casa Bacardi's extraordinary rum heritage and its remarkable facility create the world's premier rum tourism bar experience.

Santa Ana Industrial Park, Cataño, PR 00962

Luquillo, Puerto Rico

Luquillo Kioscos is Puerto Rico's most beloved beach bar district — a row of 60 food and drink kiosks adjacent to the most beautiful public beach in Puerto Rico where outstanding local food (lechón, mofongo, bacalaítos) and cold local beer create the quintessential Puerto Rican beach experience. Luquillo's extraordinary combination of the El Yunque rainforest (the only tropical rainforest in the US National Forest System), pristine beach, and outstanding local food culture creates a beach bar environment of genuine Puerto Rican cultural community significance.

Luquillo Beach Kioscos, Luquillo, PR 00773

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Destilería Serrallés is the home of Don Q rum — Puerto Rico's most beloved rum brand, produced at the stunning Hacienda Serrallés overlooking the City of Ponce. Puerto Rico's extraordinary rum heritage (it produces more rum than any other country in the world, with nearly 80% of all rum sold in the United States made in Puerto Rico) and Destilería Serrallés's remarkable hilltop castle distillery create a bar experience of genuine Caribbean rum cultural heritage significance.

Calle Capitán Correa, Ponce, PR 00731

Ponce, Puerto Rico

Ponce is Puerto Rico's second-largest city and the "Pearl of the South" — a remarkable historic city where the extraordinary neo-classical architecture (it has been called the most architecturally significant city in the Caribbean), the Museo de Arte de Ponce (housing the finest collection of European academic art in Latin America), and the outstanding bar scene around Plaza Las Delicias create a community of remarkable Puerto Rican cultural heritage significance.

Plaza Las Delicias, Ponce, PR 00731

Rincón, Puerto Rico

Rincón is the surfing capital of the Caribbean — a western Puerto Rico town where the extraordinary surf breaks (world-class winter swells attract professional surfers from around the globe), outstanding beachside bars, and the remarkable surf culture create a bar environment of genuine Caribbean beach sports cultural significance. Rincón's 1968 World Surfing Championships heritage and its beautiful Lighthouse Point create bars shaped by the most authentic surf lifestyle in the Caribbean.

Sandy Beach Rd, Rincón, PR 00677

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's craft brewing scene is the most vibrant in the Caribbean — an island where the post-Hurricane Maria recovery has been accompanied by an extraordinary craft brewery renaissance, with dozens of new craft breweries opening since 2018. Puerto Rico's remarkable craft beer growth and its extraordinary rum heritage (creating a craft spirits culture that rivals any American market) create a bar scene of genuine Caribbean craft beverage cultural significance.

Ave. Ponce de León, Hato Rey, San Juan, PR 00918

San Juan, Puerto Rico

La Taberna Lúpulo is Old San Juan's most important craft beer bar — a Calle San Sebastián institution presenting an outstanding selection of Puerto Rican and international craft beers in the most atmospheric colonial setting in the Caribbean. La Taberna Lúpulo's remarkable craft beer program and its extraordinary 400-year-old building setting create a beer bar of unique Caribbean craft beer cultural significance.

Calle San Sebastián 151, San Juan, PR 00901

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Old San Juan's bar district is Puerto Rico's most atmospheric nightlife zone — the cobblestone streets of the 500-year-old Spanish colonial city lined with rum bars, cocktail lounges, and outdoor terraces that serve coquito, piña coladas, and rum-based cocktails overlooking the Atlantic. Old San Juan's concentration of boutique bars, restaurants, and nightlife venues makes it one of the Caribbean's most distinctive and walkable entertainment experiences within walking distance of multiple casino hotels.

Calle del Cristo, Old San Juan 00901

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Old Harbor Brewery is Puerto Rico's most historically situated craft brewery — a San Juan institution producing outstanding ales in the heart of Old San Juan's 500-year-old colonial district. Old San Juan's extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Site architecture (the Spanish fortifications of El Morro and El Cañuelo are among the best-preserved 16th-century military structures in the Americas) and Old Harbor's excellent craft beer create a brewery taproom of genuine Caribbean craft culture historical significance.

Calle Tanca 202, San Juan, PR 00901