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Article: Paradores for scenic splendor
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 23, 1986
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SAN GERMAN, Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Tourism Company wants to
persuade some of the thousands of American tourists who descend on
San Juan's casinos, hotels, museums and night life to go out and
witness more of the island's natural splendor.
Not coincidentally, the new idea includes where to stay once
you've gotten there. Officials have borrowed from the Spanish and
Portuguese the idea of government-owned-and-run country inns, which
usually are chosen from among the nation's finest inns. In Spain
and Portugal they are known as paradores and pousadas, respectively.
Here they're dubbed "Paradores Puertorriquenos."
Of 10 paradores (three more on the way), the government tourist
company ...