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AAP Bulletin Summer 2016

2016 AAP Annual Meeting Local Recommendations

AAP Administrative Office, 9/15/2016


2016 AAP Annual Meeting
September 21-24, 2016

 

LOCAL RECOMMENDATIONS
made by Lillian Segarra Roig, MD, University of Puerto Rico

Watch YouTube video (120 seconds in Puerto Rico) for a feeling of what Puerto Rico is like and places you may want to see.

RESTAURANTS

  1. Marmalade (Old San Juan)- fusion cuisine, caribbean-international
  2. Santaella (La Placita Santurce)- caribbean-international
  3. Jose Enrique (La Placita Santurce)- caribbean
  4. Perla (Condado)($$$)
  5. 1919 (Condado) ($$$)
  6. Cocina Abierta (Condado)
  7. Casita Miramar (Miramar)- local, typical puertorrican food
  8. Budatai (Condado)- Asian-caribbean
  9. Steakhouses- Ruth Chris, Mortons, Fogo de Chao, Texas of Brazil
  10. La Cueva del Mar (Santurce)- seafood, not fancy but good food for a good price
  11. So many restaurants… If not in this list it doesn’t mean it’s not good. Check reviews…

RESTAURANTS within walking distance of the InterContinental San Juan
according to Trip Advisor
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g2665727-Isla_Verde_Carolina_Puerto_Rico.html#MAPVIEW


ACTIVITIES

  1. Old San Juan walk  and nightlife (Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Castillo San Cristobal, Bar and Restaurants)
  2. El Condado walk and nightlife (La Ventana al Mar, La Concha Hotel, Condado Vanderbilt Hotel, Bar and Restaurants)
  3. El Yunque Rainforest (half day or day trip)
  4. Mall of San Juan (high scale shopping)
  5. Plaza Las Americas (shopping)
  6. La Placita (not fancy but very lively nightlife, bars and restaurants, New Orleans like-feeling, dancing in the streets, just walk up and down the street, fun crowd)
  7. Beaches
  8. Day trips to different Puerto Rican towns and islands (Culebra Island, Bioluminescent Bays, Toro Verde Zipline, Fajardo kayaking, Camuy Caves, etc.)
  9. Blue Martini (Condado/San Juan)- lively nightlife, dancing
  10. La Factoria (Old San Juan)- Bar/tapas
  11. Bacardi (Rum Factory) excursions