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PALMAS
DEL MAR
WORLD CLASS CULINARY EXPERIENCE
Visitors experience the rich and enticing flavors that
this culinary melting pot has to offer. The Island’s chefs
are exceptionally talented men and women who have
gained worldwide recognition by breaking culinary
paradigms and pushing beyond traditional boundaries.
Impeccable taste and creativity have earned them
numerous national and international distinctions,
among them the Top Chef Awards, La Grand Medaille
© blackdenimgumby d’Honneur, the Chef’s Hat Awards and the National
Chef Awards. The presence and strong influence of
renowned and prestigious international restaurants
such as Mi Casa by Chef Jose Andrés, Jean-Georges,
BLT, Morton’s of Chicago and Il Mulino, have also
TOURISM contributed to the development of a new culinary
Passenger movement: language, thus making the dining experience another
Inbound 4,863,000 great highlight when visiting the Island.
Tourists:
1.2 million passengers per year.
Main International Airport:
Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
Airlines that serve Puerto Rico: © Steve Loya
Americans Airlines, Southwest, West Jet, Air
Canada, Condor, Avianca, Jet Blue, Delta, United, US
Airways, Spirit, Sun Country Airlines, LIAT, Cape Air, SHOPPING
and Seaborne, among others.
San Juan is the Island’s shopping Mecca. Plaza las
Principal U.S. Destinations: Americas, the Caribbean’s biggest and most mod-
Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, ern shopping center with over 300 stores, is located
Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Fort here as well as The Mall of San Juan, a high-end
Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Mem- mall developed by Taubman, which will open March
phis, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Newark, New of 2015 and will feature retailers such as Saks Fifth
York-JFK, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa and Wash- Ave. and Nordstrom. There are various shopping
ington-Dulles, among others. centers and two big factory outlet malls around the
Passport requirements: Island, all containing many of the same store brands
American citizens do not need their passports to © Insert Magazine found in the U.S.
enter Puerto Rico.
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