Puerto Nuevo Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Puerto Nuevo
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Puerto Nuevo was a little fishing village where Americans would meet local guides at the billboard off the road. That billboard was for Newport Cigaretts - Puerto Nuevo is Newport in Spanish. This is the likely derivation of the name. One day the wife of a fisherman starting cooking the fish her husband and his clients caught, and the restaurant business was born. The original restaurant is known as #2 (this has to do with the lot numbering system); #1 was the second restaurant in town. Also, there are 8 restaurants in town with the name Ortegas. They are related and the competition is not all that friendly. Puerto Nuevo is a fun stop - the lobster is good - and you have plenty of choices for food, shopping and people watching! It has cool winters with
Where to Stay in Puerto Nuevo
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Puerto Nuevo Travel Guide Sections
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