For most visitors to Puerto Rico, Old San Juan is a city of colonial delights, with narrow alleyways, Carribean-colored buildings, pulsating Latin rhythms, and the mysteries of magnificent El Morro Fort.City walls built nearly 400 years ago to protect locals from marauding pirates and empire-building Englishmen offer a glimpse into history, where you can imagine aristocrats singing songs of love and drinking bottles of rioja.
But for the glasser, the beaches of San Juan Bay and the shorelines of the Atlantic Ocean encircling the island offer their own exquisite rewards — lovely smooth shards of glass in aqua blues, deep turquoise, and pastel greens.
From the surf town of Rincon to the west, to the neighboring island of Vieques to the east, Puerto Rico offers lots of areas for sea glassers to explore.
One beach in particular stands out, though, and it is surprisingly easy to reach, located just before you enter the main tourist district of Old San Juan. Driving along the one-way stretch of Hwy. 25, look for the Puerto Rican capitol and government buildings on your left. If you've reached San Cristobal Fort, you've come too far and will need to circle around again. There is a parking lot on your right that runs parallel to the road where you can park for free.
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