{"id":2244,"date":"2023-02-18T12:03:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2023-02-18T12:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:04:17","slug":"messy-suitcase-mini-tour-playa-ostiones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/18\/messy-suitcase-mini-tour-playa-ostiones\/","title":{"rendered":"Messy Suitcase Mini-Tour: Playa Ostiones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Playa Ostiones is the very definition of off-the-beaten path. It\u2019s a little neighborhood beach, not mentioned in any tourism brochures. It has a small, deeply-potholed dirt parking lot among the palm trees, a put-in for small boats and jet skis, a small beach and swimming area for families, and a few wooden benches. No bathrooms. No restaurants. No facilities. There are a couple of small condo complexes behind it. But if you have simple tastes and a deep appreciation of nature\u2019s beauty, it has everything you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Messy Suitcase Mini-Tour: Playa Ostiones\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4f1CcPIpdbI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can walk through a nature reserve down a path beautifully maintained by a dedicated local man by the name of Harvey John Ducot, and take your choice of countless small beach areas tucked within the mangroves. You can sit under a low shady tree and watch the placid water. You can snorkel from a beach, or kayak out onto the water, and see countless reefs, plants and sea life. You can do yoga in the sand, fish off the jetty, or just laze the day away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Shh, don\u2019t tell anyone!) <\/em>Playa de Ostiones is our definition of Paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> In the summer, the crowds on weekends can be loud and raucous, with lots of jet skis and speakers blaring Daddy Yankee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Map: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Nb2xz99utRrFkgug9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/Nb2xz99utRrFkgug9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playa Ostiones is the very definition of off-the-beaten path. It\u2019s a little neighborhood beach, not mentioned in any tourism brochures. It has a small, deeply-potholed dirt parking lot among the palm trees, a put-in for small boats and jet skis, a small beach and swimming area for families, and a few wooden benches. No bathrooms. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/18\/messy-suitcase-mini-tour-playa-ostiones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Messy Suitcase Mini-Tour: Playa Ostiones&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277,278,222,268,211],"tags":[30,428,327,27,440,515,465,514,266,28,9,12,261,262],"class_list":["post-2244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beaches","category-beaches-puerto-rico","category-lisa-blogger","category-puerto-rico","category-videos","tag-adventure","tag-beach","tag-caborojo","tag-messysuitcase","tag-ocean","tag-ostiones","tag-playa","tag-playaostiones","tag-puertorico","tag-retire","tag-retirement","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2245,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions\/2245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}