Porta del Sol is a tourism region

Tourism region

A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics. These regions are often named after historical or current administrative and geographical regions. Others have names...

 in western Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

. It consist of 17 municipalities in the western area: Quebradillas, Isabela, San Sebastián, Moca, Aguadilla, Aguada, Rincón, Añasco, Mayagüez, Las Marías, Maricao, Hormigueros, San Germán, Sábana Grande, Guánica, Lajas and Cabo Rojo. Porta del Sol was established in 2003 by the Puerto Rico Tourism Company

Puerto Rico Tourism Company

The Puerto Rico Tourism Company was created during Governor Luis A. Ferré's administration to coordinate the marketing and growth of Puerto Rico's tourism sector...

. The name translates to "Doorway to the Sun"

Attractions

• Biobay, La Parguera
• Boqueron Beach
  Boquerón, Puerto Rico
  Boquerón is a beach village located in the town of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. The village is one of the main tourist attractions in the southwestern part of the island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the barrio population was 4,963....
  
  , Cabo Rojo
• Desecheo Island
  Desecheo Island
  Desecheo is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 21 km from the west coast of the main island of Puerto Rico and 50 km northeast of Mona Island. It has a land area of 1.5 km² . Politically, the island is...
  
  , Mayagüez
• Domes Beach, Rincón
• Palacete Los Moreau
  Palacete Los Moreau
  Palacete Los Moreau is a house museum located in Moca, Puerto Rico. Historically known as the Labadie Mansion, the house inspired Enrique Laguerre to write La Llamarada. The property was restored as a museum and renamed the "Palacete Los Moreau" in honor of Laguerre’s novel...
  
  
• Guajataca Lake
  Guajataca Lake
  Lago Guajataca is a reservoir located between the municipalities of San Sebastián, Quebradillas, and Isabela in Puerto Rico. This man-made lake was created in 1929....
  
  
• Club Deportivo del Oeste
  Club Deportivo del Oeste
  Club Deportivo del Oeste is a private club in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico which has the largest marina and one of only two golf courses in the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico.-History:...
  
  
• Guajataca Tunnel
  Guajataca Tunnel
  Guajataca Tunnel is a railroad tunnel that connected the town of Isabela and Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. The tunnel is one of the most significant work of the remnants of the national railway system that connected the island during the first half of the twentieth century. In 2000, the Government of...
  
  
• Guánica Dry Forest
  Guánica State Forest
  The Guánica State Forest is a subtropical dry forest located in southwest Puerto Rico. The area was designated as a forest reserve in 1919 and a United Nations Biosphere Reserve in 1981...
  
  , Guánica
• Guilligan's Island
  Cayos de Caña Gorda
  The Cayos de Caña Gorda is a group of three uninhabited, mangrove-covered cays, located at off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. They belong to barrio Caranero of Guánica municipio. The eastern cay, Isla Ballena is separated from the Puerto Rican mainland close to Punta Ballena only by a 20 m...
  
  
• Los Morillos Lighthouse, Cabo Rojo
• Mayagüez Zoo
  Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo
  Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo is a zoo located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is the only zoo on the island. It is named in honor of Juan A. Rivero, its first director. It has an extensive collection of animals from all continents, as well as new facilities.-History:...
  
  
• Porta Coeli - Religious Museum
• Rincon Lighthouse
  Punta Higuero Light
  Punta Higuero Light, also known as Faro de Punta Higuero, is an historic lighthouse located in Rincón, Puerto Rico. The original building was built in 1892 by the Spanish government and was rebuilt in 1922 by the U.S Coast Guard....
  
  
• Salt Flats and Lighthouse Area, Cabo Rojo (El Combate)

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Porta del Sol
  National Register of Historic Places listings in western Puerto Rico
  This is a list of properties and districts in the Porta del Sol municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
  
  
• Beaches of Porta de Sol