Vieques
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Vieques, in full Isla de Vieques, is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Although Puerto Rico is a U.S. Commonwealth, Vieques, like the rest of Puerto Rico, retains strong Spanish influences from 400 years of Spanish ownership.
Today the former Navy land is a national wildlife refuge, with numerous beaches that still retain the names given by the Navy, including Red Beach, Blue Beach, Green Beach and others. The beaches are commonly listed among the top beaches in the Caribbean for their azure-colored waters and white sands.
Places near Vieques
- Culebra, (15 miles away)
- Saint Thomas Island (36 miles away)
- Carolina, (38 miles away)
- Caguas, (40 miles away)
- Bayamón, (44 miles away)
- Guaynabo, (46 miles away)
- Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (48 miles away)
- 00830, US Virgin Islands (48 miles away)
- Saint John Island (48 miles away)
- San Juan, (49 miles away)


Visit to Isla Vieques, Puerto Rico - June 2009
