Best Eco Stays in Puerto Rico
Where to stay in Puerto Rico
The 3 best places to stay in Puerto Rico are sustainable and all run off grid on solar power, harvest rainwater and build plant based menus from gardens and farms on the land. From the island of Vieques to the central mountains at Utuado these eco lodges are top rated for low-impact eco friendly comfort that keeps guests coming back to the only Caribbean island where solar lofts, ayurvedic hilltops and old coffee plantations sit within an hour of each other.
How we decide the best place to stay in Puerto Rico
Each top rated stay in Puerto Rico is hand picked and checked for sustainability features.
We look at how the property actually sources its energy, like Hix Island House, whose Casa Solaris wing runs entirely on solar power as the first all solar accommodation in the Caribbean cut off from the commercial grid.
We analyse the water conservation, like Finca Victoria, which runs off grid with rainwater harvesting on its hilltop in the Pilon sector of Vieques.
We verify where the food comes from, like Casa Grande Mountain Retreat, whose plant based farm to table restaurant builds its menu from around 80 percent locally grown ingredients.
We also look at the property’s wider impact, like Hix Island House, which holds the first Sustainable Tourism Facility Certification from Puerto Rico Tourism and sits on a 13 acre natural refuge in Vieques.
The eco lodges on this list of best places to stay in Puerto Rico have proven they are making a real effort to protect the island while taking care of its guests.
If the Island of Enchantment has you dreaming beyond its rainforest peaks and Old San Juan blue stone, our guide to the best sustainable hotels across the Caribbean gathers the whole region in one place, or hop a short way east to the eco stays of the US Virgin Islands and their neighbours the British Virgin Islands, then look just west to nearby Dominican Republic.
Top Picks, Where To Stay in Puerto Rico
- Hix Island House: Solar powered, off grid on Vieques
- Finca Victoria: Female owned, farm to table
- Casa Grande Mountain Retreat: Solar powered mountain eco lodge
Hix Island House is an off grid concrete eco lodge set on a 13 acre natural refuge in Vieques, designed by architect John Hix on wabi sabi principles and holding the first Sustainable Tourism Facility Certification from Puerto Rico Tourism.
Its Casa Solaris wing runs entirely on solar power, the first all solar accommodation in the Caribbean cut off from the commercial grid, with sun heated showers, rainwater collection and filtration, and recycled greywater fed to fields of guavas, papayas and lemons, while the open air lofts are cooled by the trade winds rather than air conditioning.
Finca Victoria is a female and locally owned ayurvedic eco lodge on a hilltop in the Pilon sector of Vieques, founded by Puerto Rico born hotelier Sylva De Marco as the Caribbean's first ayurvedic retreat centre.
The property runs off grid on solar power with rainwater harvesting, and its plant based kitchen and apothecary are supplied from designated herb, medicine and edible gardens on the land.
Casa Grande Mountain Retreat is a mountain eco lodge on a former coffee plantation of roughly 105 acres in the central cordillera at Utuado, its twenty rooms scattered up the hillside above a river, a 50 foot waterfall and a long natural swimming hole.
The plant based farm to table restaurant builds its menu from around 80 percent locally grown ingredients, and the grounds are kept as protected tropical forest laced with hiking trails.
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Travel is a wonderful opportunity to connect with Mother Earth.
However, it is also frequently undermined by reckless development and disrespectful tourism practices.
This directory is a curated, verified list of hotels, lodges, and resorts that honour our planet and are led by visionary stewards of the environment.
From farm-to-table culinary experiences to dedicated ocean conservation efforts, such as marine protection and coral restoration, these establishments are redefining hospitality.
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