Luquillo travel guide

Luquillo was founded in 1797 when a group of colonizers led by Cristóbal de Guzmán moved from San Juan to escape frequent British naval attacks. The town was named after the Indian cacique Loquillo, who died a few years after the last Indian rebellion of Boriquén that took place following the seizure of the Spanish settlement of Santiago by the shores of the Río Daguao in 1513. In honour of the anniversary of its founding, in 1997 a new landscaped plaza municipal was inaugurated with a statue of Loquillo. There is a beach in town and a balneario west of town ; just by the latter is a row of restaurants on the slip road off the dual carriageway (Route 3). Públicos from San Juan to Luquillo are marked Fajardo, US$3, no return públicos after 1500.