Inn on the Blue Horizon
A small, refined but casual inn on the ocean, with total privacy for guests and Cafe Blu on the grounds.
Welcome to Vieques Island!
The Vieques Island travel guide: all of the tourism information you need to plan your trip, from restaurant reviews and hotels to the bioluminescent bay and travel to and from the island.
Stay
Hotels, guesthouses and two inns in detail
Eat
Restaurant reviews from the island
Explore
The bio bay, beaches, kayaking and island art
Getting here
Planes, ferries, cars, taxis and bikes
Bioluminescent Bay
The bioluminescent bay is perhaps one of the most spectacular sights on earth. Whatever you do, don’t miss the bay on your trip: it’s the sight eco-tourists from all over the world come to the island to see.
Come see photographs of the bio bay, and learn how to take your own.
Hotels and rentals
Vieques offers many tours, scuba diving and horseback riding, as well as the spectacular Quinta Jacaranda villa, the finest rental on this Caribbean island. Hotels range in price from inexpensive to the pamperingly luxurious, and travel is easy: no passport is needed if you are an American.
The Crow’s Nest Inn
One of the most spectacular views in Vieques, from fifteen secluded rooms on a lush tropical hillside.
Restaurants, art galleries, shopping
This tiny island is just off the coast of Puerto Rico and is one of the least crowded islands in the Caribbean. Vieques restaurants are among the world’s finest, and if you’re shopping for island art, there are several shops and galleries.
La Isla Nena
Isla Nena, as it is sometimes called, is a wonderful place to take your next Caribbean vacation. Come see what Vieques has to offer: it is truly the Enchanted Isle of Puerto Rico.
Welcome to Vieques, “La Isla Nena,” as many people call it: a tiny island just a few miles southeast of Puerto Rico. We welcome visitors and are very conscious of our local environment, and we are a favorite destination of eco-tourists the world over. Vieques is the home of the Bioluminescent Bay, one of the few such places left on Earth and definitely the brightest. At night any stirring of the water activates trillions of luminescent microorganisms that light up the bay; witnessing it is, to say the least, a breathtaking and otherworldly experience. Most such bays have been decimated by pollution, and we are determined not to let the same fate befall ours, so please don’t throw anything in the water: these little organisms can thrive only in a very fragile and pristine ecosystem.
You can reach Vieques by ferry or by small aircraft from Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. The ferry ride takes about an hour; by plane it is only a few minutes.
Until fairly recently there were few places to stay on Vieques. Now you have quite a few choices of hotels, guesthouses and villas, as well as some truly world-class restaurants, with prices from economical to expensive. There are still not enough rooms at any given time to crowd the island. With a population of under 10,000, Vieques is perhaps the last Caribbean island where you can still go to the beach and enjoy peaceful solitude, without the throngs of tourists.
If a restful tropical vacation is what you seek, Vieques is for you. Be sure to book well in advance, and have a wonderful time! On many pages of this guide you will find travel tips and reviews written by a first-time traveler to the island.