Arecibo

Arecibo is a municipality of 88,000 people (2020) on the north coast of Puerto Rico, and was best known for its giant radio telescope, which collapsed in late 2020.

Understand
The limestone karst landscape along the Northern coast (Arecibo included) form some of the most distinctive Puerto Rican geographical features and make for scenic panoramas.

Get in

 * San Juan: Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
 * Aguadilla: Rafael Hernández Airport
 * Ponce: Mercedita Airport

By car
Arecibo is about 80 km (an hour's drive) west of San Juan along PR-22.

Go next

 * Barceloneta
 * Ciales
 * Florida
 * Hatillo
 * Ponce lies southeast of Arecibo and is a two hour drive through the Cordillera Central, the mountain range that crosses Puerto Rico from east to west. That is not easy driving. An easier drive is 2 hours and 20 minutes long, via the western coast on PR-2 west then South, then east, to avoid driving through the mountain range.
 * Utuado