El Tuque Beach
Playa El Tuque | |
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Beach | |
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  El Tuque Beach Location of Playa El Tuque in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′51″N 66°38′36″W / 17.98083°N 66.64333°W | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Ponce |
| Activities |  Scuba  Swimming  Boating  Fishing  Snorkeling  Hiking |
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El Tuque is a beach and family recreational and tourist complex in the Punta Cucharas sector of Barrio Canas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was designed in the early 1960s by Luis Flores, an architect from Cayey, Puerto Rico.[1] It is located on PR-2, Km 220.1, in the El Tuque sector of Barrio Canas in Ponce.[2] The sector of El Tuque is considered Puerto Rico's largest populated sector.[3] The beach opened on 17 July 1965.[4]
- ^ Periferia: Balneario El Tuque. Periferia: Internet Resources for Architecture and Urban Design in the Caribbean. Periferia: Architecture: Piscina Balneario El Tuque. (Piscina en el Balneario "El Tuque". Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1984. Marvel Flores Cobián & Asociados. Luis Flores with Magdiel Rodríguez and Antonio Suárez.) Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ Tremendas Ofertas en el Hotel. ElTuque.com Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ Como Centro de Emergencias: Renace en febrero el CDT de El Tuque. Jason RodrÌguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ Monseñor Raúl Irizarry impartiendo la bendición al balneario de Ponce en su inauguración. Ruperto Torres. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras. Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña. (Originally from "El Mundo", San Juan, Puerto Rico. 18 July 1965.) Accessed 27 May 2018.