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Adjuntas

A coffee town in the western Cordillera, cool enough to be called the Switzerland of Puerto Rico, ringed by green peaks.

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Typetown
WhereAdjuntas
Nearest cityPonce
Best seasonDecember to April
Time to allowA day
Getting thereIn the western central mountains on PR-10 and PR-135
EntryFree

Adjuntas sits at around six hundred metres in the western Cordillera surrounded by peaks, and the temperature difference from the coast is enough that the town has traded on it for a century. Coffee is the crop, and small farms around the town roast and sell their own. Casa Pueblo, a community organisation founded in 1980 to fight open-pit mining in the mountains, is based here and runs a solar-powered building, a radio station and a coffee brand from the plaza.

What you actually see

  • Casa Pueblo - a community organisation with a solar-powered base on the plaza.
  • The coffee farms - small producers roasting and selling around the town.
  • The mountain setting - green peaks on all sides of the valley.
  • The plaza - the town square with the church and Casa Pueblo on it.

When to go

December to April is the drier season and the most comfortable. Coffee harvest runs roughly from August to February. Nights in the mountains are genuinely cool.

Honest expectations

Farm visits should be arranged rather than assumed. The roads up are winding and slow. There is little formal sightseeing beyond the plaza and Casa Pueblo.

Nearby

Ponce is south, and Jayuya is east in the mountains.

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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.

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