Family holidays with children in Puerto Rico - attractions and entertainment

Puerto Rico is a great place to travel with kids. Fresh air, warm water, lots of greenery and sun benefit children's health, acquaintance with unique Puerto Rican culture enriches their inner world, and entertainment won't let get bored. In San Juan, you will find the Children's Museum, which is open every day except Monday. It is a wonderful three-story interactive museum where science goes side by side with fun. Children learn a lot about the environment and the human body, draw and play music. The ground floor is equipped for the smallest kids, the other two are for children up to 12 years old. Books, toys and a themed cave will surely capture children's imagination.

The interactive Children's Museum in Carolina with more than a hundred exhibitions is a great place to play, learn, and gain new skills. There is a big volcano, a play area for kids, a theater, the opportunity to feel like a newscaster, actor, seller, designer, artist or architect. Outside there is a playground and a real aircraft, which can be fully explored to the delight of young researchers. Music, science, and games are mixed together in this amazing place. The museum is open all week except Mondays and Tuesdays.

In Caguas, you can visit Criollo Center for Science and Technology Caribbean - a museum for children and adults equipped with touch screens, interactive exhibits, a 3D cinema showing interesting scientific films about animals, nature, science, and technology, as well as solar panels and a "green roof" for collecting rainwater. Many museum exhibits introduce visitors to environmental problems and their solutions, the human body and the island's nature. In physics and chemistry labs, you can observe experiments and even participate in them. There is also a cafe and a souvenir shop. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Tourists with active children full of energy must visit at least one of Puerto Rican water parks, which are especially good on a hot day. Small but popular Las Cascadas Aquatic Park in Aguadilla is great for family fun and entertainment. It offers delicious ice cream and good food, cheerful music, a swimming pool with artificial waves, many slides, slow and fast artificial rivers, as well as a special area with a shallow pool for small kids. Guards closely monitor children, ensuring their safety.

Fajardo has large Coqui Water Park with a variety of pools and water slides for visitors of all ages. Here you can have fun non-stop all day long. Large pools filled with warm water allow to relax after a breathtaking descent from an eighteen-meter tower. For an additional fee, guests of the water park are provided with inflatable mattresses and cozy hammocks, in which it is always nice to relax and sunbathe. A restaurant and a bar provide refreshments after fun in the water.

El Morro in San Juan is a popular picnic spot among locals and tourists. On Sundays, beautiful kites of all colors and shapes traditionally hover in the sky. You can buy one in the same place. Any child would be happy to get a kite and launch it along with others. Thrill-seekers can visit Scuba Dogs Club in Guiyanabo where not only adults and children are taught to swim from year to year but also children of 8-14 years old master diving skills. Instructors use modern equipment and closely monitor the situation.

While in Puerto Rico with kids, be sure to visit the Carabali Rainforest adventure park in Luquillo. The park invites children and adults to ride horses on the beach or rainforest, enjoy enchanting views from an open trailer riding along the foothills, swim in the Mameyes River, go karting, ride quad bikes or ATVs along forest roads and just take a walk, admiring the greenery.