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Recommendations!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Debra (---.asm.bellsouth.net)
Date:   03-26-03 08:16

Hello!

We've just returned to Atlanta from spending a week on Isle Culebra and wanted to share our experience since this board was very helpful prior to our visit!

Flying into San Juan early on a Saturday afternoon means lots and lots of traffic heading into Fajardo so allow plenty of time to make the Ferry if you're driving it or taking a Publico. Do take RT 187 as opposed to RT 3 through central Carolina (we found out after the fact and may fly the next time!) Travel time was over three hours.

Casita Linda was a great, clean and cheerful place to stay, not to mention very affordable. It's near the town so there was traffic noise as well as rooster's crowing to contend with but overall we enjoyed the stay as well as the hospitallity of Adolfo and Wilma the owners.

Breakfasts at the Dinghy Dock, overlooking the harbor were terrific and they make a killer breakfast burrito! Although we felt their dinner menu was quite pricey and only had one dinner meal there during our visit (which was excellent). Doing "Happy Hour" at the Dinghy Bar was alot of fun and more laid back then at Mamacita's which seems to attract alot of younger folks and not so many locals. (*hint- don't order too many tropical drinks or the bartenders tend to get a little cranky! I discovered a drink called a "Bushwacker" and when the Dinghy ran out of Kulua the bartenders were pretty happy about it!) Barbara Rosa's was the best and most affordable food we found during our visit if you don't require a lot of atmosphere. There are plenty of small grocery stores in the town if you want to do your own cooking and were not as expensive as we had expected. "On Island Boutique" is a small but great gift shop and there are several others in town.

Do rent a vehicle from "Jerry's" located next to the Airport, he has a 3 day minimum though and is constantly booked up but he has a passion for the Island and loves to draw you a personal map of where to find everything.

Our pick for the most beautiful almost secluded beach is Zoni, do find yourself a palm tree stand that provides cool, dappled shade throughout the day. Do bring your own picnic and bottled water as there are no places near the beach to purchase say a lunch. There was nothing more relaxing then taking a nap under the swaying palm trees while listening to the surf. For snorkeling (beginners especially) Carlos Risaro was terrific and required about a 20 minute hike over from Playa Flamenco (Jerry's cautions you against taking your car rental on unpaved roads). Flamenco tends to be the most crowded but still beautiful with white soft sands and offers some great local food right next to the beach as well as outdoor showers to hose the sand off.

We've travelled the world and own a website dedicated to Holiday Rentals in over 30+ countries yet this was one of our most favorite trips, forget about the tourist thing on Culebra. Rest, relax and just enjoy the shear beauty of this place.

Regards and thank you Culebra!

Debra Adams,
http://www.bohemianholidays.com
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Re: Recommendations!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Craig (66.100.119.---)
Date:   03-27-03 09:03

Thank you for this informative message. We are arriving in Culebra next week and everything we read gets us more pumped up. We will be staying at Mamacitas and we hope it isn't too loud but then we should be out and at the beaches most of the time.
It appears that there is one liquor store, are there any decent wines sold? What about Vodka?
Thanks,
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Re: Recommendations!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Debra (---.asm.bellsouth.net)
Date:   03-27-03 20:19

You're quite welcome!

Sooooooo.....you're staying at Mamacita's?! Okay, just don't forget to pack the ear-plugs and you'll be fine! (just kidding, well...sort of). Here's the deal, Mamacita's is probably the most popular place in a town that doesn't have a ton of places to hang out in to begin with, so, people do party there and it can get pretty noisy in the evening. (Our guesthouse was right across the canal from Mamacita's). Their Happy Hours are pretty busy and on Saturday nights they have a band and alot of bongo drums! The up-side is that I think the bar closes there at 11:00pm so the noise won't keep you up ALL night! Then of course there's the towns traffic noises!<grin>. We didn't dine there otherwise I'd tell you about the quality of the food but we did check out their posts for a few daily dinner menus and the average dinner entree runs about $17 - $23.00/pp.

I did hear there was a liquor store on the island but we didn't check it out....

We really enjoyed our visit though. Last year we travelled to Italy, Ireland, London & Wales and did the whole tourist, gotta-go-see-and-do-everything bit and to be honest having nothing to do on Culebra but relax, swim, eat, drink etc. was great!

Hope this helped! Have a wonderful holiday!

Debra,
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Re: Recommendations!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Adolfo Criscuolo (---.prtc.net)
Date:   06-24-08 16:53

Recommendations!
Author: Debra (---.asm.bellsouth.net)
Date: 03-26-03 08:16
Casita Linda was a great, clean and cheerful place to stay, not to mention very affordable. It's near the town so there was traffic noise as well as rooster's crowing to contend with but overall we enjoyed the stay as well as the hospitallity of Adolfo and Wilma the owners.
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Re: Recommendations!
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Author: Ty Watson (---.dsl.stlsmo.sbcglobal.net)
Date:   06-24-08 18:33

"We didn't dine there otherwise I'd tell you about the quality of the food but we did check out their posts for a few daily dinner menus and the average dinner entree runs about $17 - $23.00/pp."

My opinion Mamacitas blew Dinhy away on selection...fantastic seafood and even better breakfast...best meals I had on the island were their tasty early morning breakfast with a Bloody Mary to kill the hangover. Dinghy seemed more like bar and grill food to me...not bad but not as extravagant as Mamacitas...youre right though, it is more expensive but we have prepared prior to arriving on spending a good amount on food...I didnt want to have to worry about prices. Just seemed their selection was more in line with the atmosphere.
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