Bayamón

Bayamón is a municipality in the San Juan metropolitan area and the second largest city in Puerto Rico with about 185,000 residents. It is in the Northern Coast region and has a small historic downtown, numerous parks, malls and family attractions.

Understand
Bayamón is San Juan's largest suburb located about 6 miles (10 km) from Puerto Rico's capital. It is the site of some of Puerto Rico's famous attractions such as Parque de las Ciencias, a science and technology-themed park, and the Francisco Oller Museum dedicated to the famous Impressionist painter.

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

Bayamón is easily reached from San Juan by car, bus and the Tren Urbano rapid transit system.

Routes PR-2 and PR-22 are the fastest roadways connecting the municipality to Santurce and Hato Rey respectively. Bayamón also is well connected to some of the main roadways of the western portion of the San Juan metropolitan area and the Atlantic coast of Puerto Rico.

Bayamón is also served by the sole line of the Tren Urbano rapid transit or metro system of the metropolitan area. The stations serving the municipality are Bayamón station, serving the historic downtown or Pueblo, and Deportivo station, serving the outer downtown and the municipal sports complex home to Puerto Rico's most successful soccer team.

Get around
The main public bus terminal is located by Bayamón station, and most of the urban area of the municipality is well connected through the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority service (AMA). The city also has several bike lanes. As with most cities in Puerto Rico, Bayamón is still very car-centric.

Attractions and historic sites




Do




Eat
Bayamón hosts a wide variety of options for dining, from American and Puerto Rican fast food joints, seafood and Criollo restaurants, American chain restaurants, pizzerias, sushi, tacos and, more famously, Chinese-Puerto Rican food.



Go next

 * Aguas Buenas
 * Cataño
 * Comerío
 * Naranjito
 * San Juan
 * Toa Alta
 * Toa Baja