Puerto Rico
Rum on the coast, coffee in the mountains. Casa Bacardí sits across the bay from Old San Juan, twenty minutes by ferry and shuttle; the coffee haciendas are two hours inland around Jayuya, Adjuntas and Yauco.
Rum in Puerto Rico
Don Q Rum Tour at Castillo SerrallésRum
Ponce
The Don Q rum tour, held at Castillo Serrallés, the 1930s mansion on El Vigía hill in Ponce that was home to the Serrallés family, founders of Don Q.
Ron del Barrilito, Hacienda Santa AnaRum
Bayamón
The Ron del Barrilito visitor center at Hacienda Santa Ana in Bayamón, where the producer says the rum has been made since 1880.
San Juan Artisan DistillersRum
Vega Alta
A sugarcane estate distillery in Vega Alta that grows its own cane and makes Ron Pepón and TRESCLAVOS rum in pot stills.
Coffee in Puerto Rico
Café Gran BateyCoffee
Utuado
A family coffee farm in Barrio Caguana, Utuado, now run with the Instituto para la Agroecología and moving to agroecological practices.
Hacienda Buena VistaCoffee
Ponce
A former coffee hacienda north of Ponce, run as a protected natural area by the conservation nonprofit Para la Naturaleza.
Hacienda MuñozCoffee
San Lorenzo
A coffee farm in San Lorenzo with a 75-minute guided walk through the plantation on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Areas
The coffee haciendas
Adjuntas, Lares, Utuado, Ponce, San Lorenzo
San Juan area
Cataño, Bayamón, Vega Alta
Where it is
Guides
Rum and Coffee Shore Excursions from San Juan
From the San Juan cruise piers, Casa Bacardí is about 20 minutes away by its ferry and shuttle from Pier 2, and Ron del Barrilito is 15 to 20 minutes by car. The coffee haciendas in the mountains are a full day out.
San Juan to the Coffee Haciendas
Drive. The coffee haciendas are in the central mountains around Adjuntas, Lares, Utuado and above Ponce, over 2 hours from San Juan on winding roads, so plan a full day or stay a night.
From the San Juan cruise port
Ships dock at the Old San Juan piers. Casa Bacardí runs a ferry and shuttle from Pier 2.