Vieques

Vieques lies about 8 miles to the east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures approximately 21 miles (long by 4 miles wide. The two main towns of Vieques are Isabel Segunda (sometimes written "Isabel II"), on the northern side of the island, and Esperanza, located on the southern side.

 

Vieques is best known internationally as the site of a series of protests against the U.S. Navy's use of the island as a bombing range and testing ground, which eventually led to the Navy's departure in 2003.

 

During your day trip explore historic landmarks and sites or simply bask on one of their white sands beach and swim in their bays:

• Sun Bay Beach

• Playa Esperanza (Esperanza Beach)

• Bioluminescent Bay

• 300-year-old ceiba tree

• Fortín Conde de Mirasol built in the mid 19th century, now a museum

• The tomb of Le Guillou, the town founder, in Isabel Segunda

• La Casa Alcaldía (City Hall)

• Faro Punta Mulas, built in 1896

• Faro de Puerto Ferro

• Rompeolas (Mosquito Pier), renamed Puerto de la Liberdad David Sanes Rodríguez in 2003

• Puerto Ferro Archaeological Site

• Black Sand BeachHacienda Playa Grande (Old Sugarcane Plantation Building)

• Underground U.S. Navy Bunkers

• Wreckage of the World War II Navy Destroyer, USS Killen (DD593)

 

Lighthouses

• Faro Punta Mulas

• Newly remodeled, this lighthouse and park are right in the town of Isabel II. (787/741-0060).