Visit to Casa Paoli (Folkloric Research Center of Puerto Rico)

Imagine having your own painted purse, custom-designed shopping bag or Picasso-inspired pillow. Here, you can paint your own interpretation of artistic masterpieces or designs on a personalized clutch, canvas, handbag or pillow. You will receive a short tour of our workshop, after which you will choose a medium (bag, pillow, clutch, canvas etc.) and an image. We provide instructions, paint, paintbrushes, etc., and the painting session begins!

The Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico is a public institution offering university-level studies in music. Located in San Juan’s historic Miramar, it grants degrees in piano, vocal music, guitar, orchestral instruments, jazz and Caribbean music, composition. In this tour, we will visit the conservatory and learn about its different projects.

In this trip, you will discover the Afro-Caribbean community of Loíza. You will learn about its cultural heritage, attend a demonstration of Bomba y Plena dance and finally spend a relaxing afternoon on the beach at Piñones.

A local music group will explain the names and sounds of instruments used in traditional Puerto Rican song, along with the typical clothes used in different clothes associated with different dances and music genres. Finally, we will learn the basic movements of emblematic dances such as Bomba y Plena, salsa and cuembé.

Through this innovative sustainability project in Puerto Rico, you will discover the Casa Pueblo Community. Since 1980, this community has been working to value and protect natural, cultural and human resources.

Learn to prepare the island’s most traditional Creole dish, Mofongo. Our expert will teach us step by step the elaboration of this treat and once finished, we will try our creation.