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Puerto Rico's official languages are Spanish and English but the island's primary language is Spanish . While English is widely understood in tourist areas and by professionals who deal with Americans regularly, if you travel around outside of those ...
Puerto Ricans call themselves Boricuas — from Boriquén, the name the Taíno Indigenous people gave to the island. It is a term of deep cultural pride, used in music, in political speech, in everyday conversation. When Bad Bunny performs at the Super B...
When you arrive at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, you do not clear customs or immigration. The currency is the US dollar. Signs are in English and Spanish. Police drive Ford Explorers with lights and sirens identical to those in ...
More Americans visit the Dominican Republic than any other Caribbean island — millions per year, most of them landing at Punta Cana International Airport, getting on a shuttle, and spending their entire trip inside a Barceló or Hard Rock all-inclusiv...
Algeria sits at a cultural crossroads — Arab and Amazigh (Berber) traditions run deep, French colonial influence lingers in language and architecture, and Mediterranean warmth defines daily life. For Americans, the culture can feel unfamiliar but inc...
Puerto Rico rewards visitors who arrive prepared. Most first-time visitors make the same set of avoidable mistakes — staying only in San Juan, not renting a car, eating only at tourist restaurants, or being surprised by the heat and the language. The...
Puerto Rico sits in a unique position among Caribbean destinations: it offers the richness of Latin Caribbean culture — the food, the music, the Spanish architecture, the warmth of the people — wrapped in the practical ease of a US territory. No pass...
You can visit Cuba without knowing its history — but you'd be missing the point. Every crumbling mansion, every vintage car, every slogan painted on a wall tells a story that stretches back five centuries. Cuba's history is dramatic, painful, triumph...
Canal Street at the turn of the 20th century was one of the most impressive commercial boulevards in the United States. At 171 feet wide — one of the widest streets in the country, a width that required two sets of streetcar rails and still left room...
There are places on the American East Coast where you can walk along the ocean and see horses — genuinely wild, unmanaged, government-protected horses — grazing in the dunes, standing belly-deep in the surf, or trotting across the sand with the Atlan...
Germany is a nation of travelers. With a strong passport, generous vacation entitlements, and one of Europe's highest standards of living, Germans collectively take hundreds of millions of trips per year — and the destinations they choose, the amount...
Cuba is unlike anywhere else in the Caribbean. A country where 1950s American cars roll past colonial palaces, and where salsa dancing, or Casino spills out of open doorways. If you're planning a Cuba trip, this guide covers things you need to know t...