Salt is mined from the flats regularly—in fact, it’s one of the oldest businesses in Puerto Rico, Casillas Martinez says. When Christopher Columbus landed on the island in 1493, the Indigenous ...

Cabo Rojo "Even the drive is a thrill, as you pass right through the famed Salinas de Cabo Rojo (Cabo Rojo Salt Flats)," Puerto Rico local Amy Gordon says of La Playuela. Located in the ...

Cabo Rojo is a municipality located on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico ... which was built in 1882, and the Salt Flats, which date back to the Spanish colonial era. 3.

Ranging east to west from the town of Yabucoa to Cabo Rojo, the southern coast of Puerto Rico is rich in ... blackbirds flying over the pink salt flats. Boquerón is a neighborhood known for ...

It was only Day 1, and I had already found my favorite beach in western Puerto Rico: La Playuela. After another bone-rattling drive, I stopped at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats and walked along the ...