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I arrived to a beautiful placeculebraere on the service If I can recall Ruth was the owner. She was frank and short at first that turned into abject rudeness after I gave her $80 NO RECEIPT. She was hateful. When to her restaurant served by son order wrong a few coconut shrimp burnt missing a side dish did complain. Son complained about owning a snorkeling company. He wrote his name and number on a company card he was fired from 6 months prior. He told me usually $60 but for you $40. The next morning I awoke with I can do it some other day sat not good he knew I was leaving Monday so fathers day sun his fatherday not. His mother charged me $40 staying after checkout to waite for her son. The local shop keepers who help me find them said they weren't surprised they were dishonest. I left never saw one beach. When to police during the 2-3 hour wait for ferry. They asked if I wanted my $ back. They said son and owner had bad reputation. I didn't want want the drama of getting money back police said they went to talk look for son. I was not given report. Police drove me to the ferry. I heard from locals he was on drugs from the owner of scuba company he had not worked there in 6 months. I tried to contact tourist board but was unsuccessful every thing point to tax evasion. I will never go back. If your not loaded with money the island is sketchy.…
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Date of experience: June 2019
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The place is beautiful but you will enjoy the most depending on the time of the year you go. Spring beak is not the best time to go. Local students of puerto rico go there to drink, smoke, fornicate and fight. The place just because a mess and insecured.
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Date of experience: April 2015
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Nicely protected part of Culebra, but not really for tourist exploration. Your beaches are all around Culebra & surrounding islands.
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Date of experience: January 2015
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Like others, my wife and I heard of the island of Culebra from Fodors and the concierge at our Hotel ( Conquistador ) on the mainland. Daunted by the ferry horror stories, we opted for a flight on Flamenco Air out of ( I think it was called ) - José Aponte de la Torre Airport not far from Fajardo where we stayed to take us to our destination on Culebra Island. The airport on the mainland is located on a former US Navy base and is enormous but only serves a few small regional carriers like Flamenco. The airport on Culebra is of course small, and we enjoyed the flight over with 3 other passnegers ( small aircraft ). At the airport we had a taxi called for our 10-15 minute ride to Flamenco beach. Our cab was an old chevy van with a woman driving who, armed with a cell phone, agreed to pick us up later for our return flight. Flamenco Beach is nice and the reef ( go far right on the beach ) is very lush and extensive. Probably the best coral reef I've snorkeled outside of Maui and the Virgin Islands. Worth the $250 round trip airfare to not have to worry about the logistics of ferrying across, and much quicker! Don't miss your return flight out of Culebra, book early in the week or the flights will be gone, and bring your snorkeling gear and a few provisions for the day. You will be leaving your stuff on an unattended beach whille you snorkel so think about what you bring!…
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Date of experience: August 2014
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I was staying on the mainland and read ratings of this island being the 3rd most beautiful and felt I had to see it. There is no easy way to get there. There is a ferry but you hear horror stories of getting there two hours early to stand in line and then not get on the ferry. We booked on a catamaran tour which was great. It was a snorkel trip and the guys did a great job. 100.00 a person which included equipment, lunch and drinks. The beach itself looked like a million other beaches in the Caribbean though. Very nice - but not jaw dropping (by my standards anyway). What we saw of the island looked nice and I think if we had more than a few hours to explore my review may be different. It may be a place to look into staying for a few days.…
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Date of experience: July 2014
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