Playa del Dorado
Playa del Dorado is a beach in Higuillar Barrio, Dorado. Playa del Dorado is situated nearby to the locality Costa Dorado, as well as near Villas de Playa II.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Dorado Beach” and “Playa de Dorado”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Antonio López and Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School.
Antonio López
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Antonio L. López was a merchant steamship that was built in Scotland in 1882 for the Spanish Compañía Transatlántica Española. A United States Navy auxiliary cruiser sank her in the Spanish–American War when she was trying to run the US blockade to supply materiél to the Spanish garrison on Puerto Rico. Antonio López is situated 3 km east of Playa del Dorado.
Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School
School
Photo: The Eloquent Peasant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School, also known as Escuela Jacinto Lopez Martinez, in Dorado, Puerto Rico, is a school built in 1923-25 which was designed by architect Pedro Adolfo de Castro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toa Baja and Toa Alta.
Toa Baja
Toa Baja is a municipality and town of 75,000 residents in the Toa Valley region of San Juan's metropolitan area in Puerto Rico along the island's Atlantic coast.
Toa Alta
Photo: Yarfpr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toa Alta is a municipality and town of 67,000 residents located in the Toa Valley region of San Juan's metropolitan area in Puerto Rico along the island's Atlantic coast.
Playa del Dorado
- Category: landform
- Location: Higuillar Barrio, Dorado, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Playa del Dorado from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Playa del Dorado” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Playa del Dorado”
- Spanish: “Playa de Dorado (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Playa del Dorado (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Playa del Dorado”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Costa Dorado and Villas de Playa II.
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Highlights include Punta Boca Juana and Punta Fraile.
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